VOL 19 � NO 30
Separate Meetings Due On Immigration Adrke |- For Toronto Issei, Nisei
�i>;u'a'.''�'' :n;h!u- 'meetings, on ' ;.;-,:r::'sj!>;'.t:'1!.'for''Issci and Nisei \\-;.;i no hi;-M''.i:> the hoar future, ' i: \va.<'..uoi-'idui'by the.' joint Tor-.^�.:'> XVA -'Nis,oi-.Issei committee. A� tf;;pu!.:'< so language meeting �". \vi!l bo hf-I'.l 'May 5 or"l2, and 'aii ..English language" meeting will ;jtV^arva:;ged shortly after. Pro-�j-ir.ont: -occidental speakers will bo ob'.ufMvd ;for the Nisei meet-.
of Japan
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 18, 1956
TORONTO. ONT.
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; The comittUfei' also will request i'ht. Ontario JCOA write for Na-:!'i!-n!'j'cOA in Winnipeg, urging ���ictron on ^immigration work.
.An application form, is to; be drafted and printed soon, for the ' 'u>e, of.per?on>.seeking JCCA aid .'-, on their/individual problems. , ; Hideo1' Hirakj, /Jn'1 migration. '^nnuttoe co-chairman with T. U:i:ezuki,chaired Monday's ineet-�ifig.-Other's attending:' Issei, T. I Ksdonaga. S, Shinobu, K. Iwashi-I ta, V. Kanda. .T. KKameoka and �\'-. Iwasaki; Xisei, Jane Iwamoto, Ruifco Xaka^inma,. Sab Takata.. : -Mits". Stiniiya aiuj Grace Tamura,
MADAMK OSHIKAAVA ON CHC-1T FHIDAY ,'"
Mmc. Jo.^ui Oshikawa, authority .of;Sho-Fu-Ryu �flower arrange-' .nent. .will' appear, this Friday on the' CULT Open House; which:
I \sttrts at 4 ,p.m. Gloria Sato of Tc-i-otito Garden .icliib � is expected; rt be ^eeii al?p, tb make explana-' lory reinavks during Alnie, Oshi-'w&'-f demon<=tratroii. .���"'�' -
GHANOYU, KOTO MUSIC, ODORI PRESENTED TO PACKED HALL
1 The concert program of the Toronto Garden club's Japanese Doll Festival played to a packed Canadian Legion .hall in one afternoon and two evening performances Sunday and Monday.
The concert opened with a tea ceremony demonstration, given by Mrs, Kay Takahaslii, hostess , and instructress, with.'guests' Doreeiv Irie, Helen Inouye, Marianne Inouye, Hetty Kono, Tosh Qikawa and Gloria Sato.>
A koto (a horizontal harp.) rendition, was played by-.�'Cnieko �:'Hiraish'L. . ..Q'd.o'ri performances : were given by CVrolyh Iwasaki, Hetty Kono and instructress Mrs.vFujimolo (Hideya Ogawa),
A very successful festival was realized, with a steady stream of persons during the two days examining over 200 dolls, and displays of flower arrangement,miniature potted plants, miniature tray :landscf\p?s,'and :i.collection .of photographs of life in Japan. /. .'� ;
Various civic .dignitaries, including Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips attended the affair. A g;ood number of non-Japanese attended.
t^stivarco-chairman Mr. K. Oyagi and Doreeh Irie were very grateful for co-operation offored
from -..many quarters. The. Garden club's 'project .
was supported by the Japanese Consulate, Tor- -NC Photo by JACK HEMMV
onto JCCA and Kisaragi club. In addition, dis- MARIAXXK INOrYK �dmlr�-t H mannequin of H play^ were presented 'by! the Japan Trade Centeiv Japano.se girl dressed for .a festive occasion, .which Consul and Mrs. K. Yoshida and Mr. and Mrs. was amon* displays �i the JupHnese Poll Festival E, Kagetsu acted:as advisors to the committee, -sponsored by Toronto Oardenclub.
550 ATTEND SUCCESSFUL JCCA MOVIE MIGHT-
On the
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. MOXTRKAL;-Quebec JCCA's
-Alicia! statement for ;the: year
fndedFeo.%i95G disclosed dis� � ^rsemeius as $ 1,450:63 and je-
3� as $i-,?�6,43. The annual -;^d drive, realized $1,095, and
T .^^t- expense was $417.33
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-^-?TL ^efervo in the <**P-�V/\ ^ h'i}ance of '$2,373.10 is ^ biiild'fig -fnud, '$1,449.21
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,.;;..y�vj*- I;>-ei-Nisei Memorial .;:;;;-^ ivr.ji!']- friends -and rela-
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About 550 persons packed the Astdr theatre Sunday in a, very successful .movie night launching the 1056 Toronto JCCA community fund drive. "Anatahan," the featured movie, \yas enjoyed by Issei and Nisei alike;
Ppening addresses were given by chapter vice president Mits Suniiya (in Japanese) and; by: Kiichi Nbgfuchi. President Dr. Paul Takahashi outlined the chapter's program for the year, and emphasized the need for community support.
The affair was also held as a
National
keiro-kai, and citizens over 70 years were admitted free of 'charge..' Flowers for these guests; were donated by Jon Oriodera. of :Hyland Flowers. .'� '"� ;
-A fund drive canvassers' banquet held Sunday\at Hoe Sai Gay . \va's attended by 27 persons, Issei and Nisei. ;
11 was'dvcicled at' last Friday's meeting that the fund drive w-ill commence April 29, and. will be concluded Juiie 30. Objective is �4,000. Final preparations for the j drive will be completed at iv work
! night meeting this Friday, April
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,P-;rty and social will �;. ^iPK�� Nisei Youth ;--.. Mr.y 4, at Chur^i of '�*> p.m.
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1 Various long discussions, ne-i c'es.s'itated by the. problems at j hand and p.itrtiy by language bar-j rier,.were heard at last Friday's j joint Nisei-Issei Toronto JCCA ) meeting,
Considerable interest was reported to Toronto chapter's public request for information about
. individual immigration causes.
i Eighteen applications were received from across.the country, fix from B.C,, one each from
[ Saskatchewan and Manitoba, five in Toronto, and five more from
I other Ontario centres.
i Disappointm�nt was expressed 'in the inactivity of the National
JCCA on immigration. Toronto [chapter hopes to hold a poblk i � meeting1 on immigration soon. A j ; statement outlining the various ; , indi\Tdual problems and the as-' ' >Utance required is doe for re- i
lemse by the committee.
The bsei-bo will . sponsor * ' tour to Xbntreal H�y 25-27 and . a meeting tl*a with Quebec JCCA members. A *3O fee wffl cover tr�h� fare, botei bos tow
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U.S; iMMIGRATION ACT CAN STAND REVISION
NEW'yORK.-^The McCarran-\Valt<>r Immigration Act is full of loopholes and may contain inequalities for: some nationalities and favoritism of others, California's G.ov. Goodwin Knight said. '�'" .; �.��'',:�.� \ ' -�' " '. ���'� '� '.; He said it doesn't matter if a man came to this country recently or is born of ancestors who came generations ago. "The only accurate test of whether a man is an ;An�?rican," he contended, "li'es in how "completely he embraces .the ideals of American-
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MOSLEMS APPALLED AT MONET-MAD WEST
MONTREAL.� Rev. Georges C. Anawatf, head of the Institute of Oriental Studies in Cairo, said the West will ha^-e ttf produce spiritually-minded industrialists, engineers and technicians to impress the Islamic world. ^
The Egyptian-bom Dominican scholar said Moslems are appalled at the extent of materialism in the West He said the 350 mil-HOTI persons making- np the Islamic world shun men who are pre* occupied with making money.
ITALIAN PRESS LAUDS JAPAN FUJI EFFORTS
TURIN, Itarj^-La Stampa, one of Italy's leading newtpatpen, said Japaneae film maker* now showing off their work in Rome hate mniiaand Italy *� tbe artistic ralae of their Stow:
Tfcfa t� a i iptjifrj^ whkh a fairly paw, ev�a tojbe pitied gar its leaw tkaa dScMD04 pcwef^r. !�� eavtp e� itB-J^aw ave tnvfaj t* MBK acat It ii a
NAKAMURA DRAWJM6 WWS TOP AWARD IN SWiTZERUND SHOW
"Four Kridgos." a black-and-white ((rawing by Kax.uo Nak;^ inura of Toronto, has won omv of eight 'priy.es awartleti at tho Fourth Ititernatioiuil Kxhibitioii of'Prints and Drawings at l<ug�-110, Switzerland.
Tho Nisei artist was one of .four Canadians., sonding their work to the biennmlshow of contemporary artists, after ^selection by the National Art ClaUery, Otv lawa. Twenty-five countries are represented at Lugano, and the show will continue.' unt il Juno I p. Nakamura, '2�J. is members of the -Canadian Group of Painters, the. Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colors, the Canadian Society of'.GrnpTiics.1.-'. llo is. also one of tlie 1'ainters Ki�'\en, a local group.
Painters Kleyen .opened an exhibition last Sunday at Kiverside Museum, New .York; on iivvita-tion from the American Ab.stract Association. Two works by Nakamura are inchukxi in this show, which will continue until May 20.
IVakamura is also currently represented in the li)5G Exhibition of the Canadian Society of Gra-uhic Art which opened at the Art Gallery of Toronto April j;i This exhibition will be shosyn at Stratford, Ont.j for the Shakespearcaiv Festival jjcason, and will go on a cross-Canada tour iii the fall. Since las.t October, a Nftkamu-. ra one-man show has been touring -1.4' centres from Winnipeg' to Victoria under auspices of the. Picture .Loan Society, and the Western Canada Art Circuit. Sixteen drawings and"'tw�> water-.colors make up this exhibition!
Ambassador Matodaira bDeputyDelegate To Moscow
tCKfiOVLODGEMENTS
OTTAWA.�Japanese Ambas-�ador Koto Matsudairu has left, his post this week for Moscow as deputy delegate to a Russo-Japanese meeting to negotiate over the damaging Soviet blockade of northern fishing waters.
Dr. Matsudaira.will assist Japan's Agriculture and Forestry. Minister Ichiro Kono, when the talks open in the Soviet capital this Friday. He is travelling through Paris en root^ to the USSR.
���*'"�*�_'� '�� . HQNG KONG.�there is more than a few haaktifute rrf-Hxh rn -volved in Tokyo's announcement that it is sending one of its top cabinet minicters to Moscow to negotiate o^cr the Soviet blockade of aorta*i a fiating waters-; The caMwt minttter named for tola nuasMn M Ichiro* Kono�one of Premier Ichiro Hatoyama's eioaest adviaon and g^BsraJly regarded as the gwuamea-t'y lead-
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