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To the柳or ot the New Cdほn, re: Individual rep^ aratloh.
I cさnnot advocate more stf阔ly the case化r顺v/. (/{/a/ restけuWon. Th, /ntf/v/-suffered fl nanりla I losses and psychological pa In. He did not suffer collectively, therefore the lndly—[c(ual-shpulrLbe—compensiiiecl.は was precisely this collectIv 1st bent which lumped us Into a faceless mass, to be treated impersonally and unjustly. The government foundけ much eぉier to issue orders against agroup than to charge each individual and prove his guilt.
The public identifies wけh /77c//V/cywa/s. Wけness the char-はies whose individual cases are wrは(en up: would people give as much to the Santa Claus fund ifはwas publicked merely as a g脂p of needy or poor? People may have rallied more around our individual cases (we did have so me no n. Japanese friends and supporters), for the public and justice departments would have easily seen that a particular woman, or a part卜 .cular man, could not possibly be a threat to nationalsecurity.
A group payment might be easier to work out but it doesn't makeけmorally acceptable. If and when the individual accepts his reparation, fゎen he may be as/feey to contribute towards a fund or human rights group.
Some say we may be accused of greed.けthis outrageous evacuation experience had happened to some other group of Canadians, say Rumanians or Swedes or whatever, wouklwe accuse fゎem of greed to seek compensation for losses inflicted by our government for a crime they didn't commけ7 I do believe public opinion is, or wni be, wけh us.
Publにsentiment aside, if we are sure that injustices occurred (and I see no one disputing the facts), then we are morally remiss in打of demanding redress, for we pave the way, by defauけ,for a capricious government to repeatけs mistakes against another helpless group in future. We must seはe Uiis unique opportunity to educate our fellow ci"zens about the awesome powers of government, and destroy the delusion that basic rights and freedoms of individuals are not expendable for "national security" or "the common
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Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
VOL 47-NO. 54
T、UぉDAY, JULY12,1983
丄C. Cu險al Centre wins ',est Paviliorr,, for1983 Caravan
TORONTO - The Japanese Can adほn Cultural Centre's Tokyo Pavilion has won the Zena Kossar award as the Best PavlUon of Caravan for 柳3.
irs the fourth time the Tokyo PavlHon has won the top honor, named for the annual festlvaにs founder, becom,ng the only pavilion to win It more than once, having
Vyon in1981,1980 and1976.
Mr. Martin KobayashI was named Caravan mayor of the year and Tokyo Pavilion also was awarded for b"t traditional show.
lU country-Hke setting, w'th a babbling brook, tea house and gardens, won Tokyo first prize for exterior theme.
Manitoba JCCA meeting indicates redress favored
stered by a board of trustees for the purpose of serving the Japanese Canadian commu-n'はies.
Friends raising money for the Orphan Fund
SURREY, B.C, — "Everything's for sale," says Nobou Arakl, 9, and Ws friend Chris Rae, as they help load for the boシs and GIris Club Garage Sale held recently. Atl funds went to the Boys and Girls C,ub of Greater Vancouver and Radio station CKNW's Orphan's Fund. The sale was held at the Guildford Town Centre parking lot In Surrey, B.C.
Edmonton丄C.C. Award deadline July 31
EDMONTON. — Th« Edmonton
,1983. A maximum of 2 8cho tar ships ,bated on $500.
For appHc«Mon forms and contact: Dr. Dave Tsu]l"wa,10736 • 65 Stre", Edmonton,
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An ,mtMrtUi, Club ScholarstUp Comm附^t will carafu,,y
WINNIPEG — The issue of redress to the Japanese Canadians for the forced evacuation in1942 was the subject of the general meeting sponsored by the Manけoba JCCA on June 24th at the International Inn. Overwhelming support to seek an apology and compensation for the unjustified actions of the federa卜 government was expressed in the survey of over 60 people in attendance.
The meeting was held to inform the ManけOb a commun卜 ty of the redress issue and to generate feedback. Wけh this information the redress com-mはtee \^川participate in a natlonalconferenc6 in September in Toronto to debate on what form of redress and reparations w川be demanded from the federal government.
The Japanese Canadian communけles will be evaluating various redress options:
(a) Individual reparations means that restitution be まen to the individuals who were involved in the evacuation.
(b) Group reparations m,ght In a form of a foundation.
The funds would be admlnl.
Vcmcouv6r's Stsnlsy Park to ship 2 polar bears to Kobe, Japan
VANCOUVER — Stanley Park Zoo is shipping two of its four polar bears to a Japanese zoo as a part of 8 long-range plan to modernize the bear grotto.
New home for the two bears, under a reciprocal agreement to exchange ani. mals, will be the Kobe Zoo.
A keeper experienced with bears was sent here by Kobe. He has been observing the bears and will accompany them on the two'week trip to Kobe.
The original pほn was to send the bears by alr, but the ex^pense (about沐OOO) was co—dered too high. Cost of shIpiping by sea Is about $2,000, All costs are being
met by the Kobe zoo.
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TOKYO — JIro Watanabe of Japan retained his World Boxing Association Junior bantam'welght championship recently at Sendal, Japan, wはh a majority decision over Roberto Ramirez of Mexico.
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