THE NEW CANADIAN
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
v0l � 18--no. 6
saturday, janua
1955
TORONTO/ ONT.
by H. M.
...i-id, by Pr. X. J. Berrill
".-; wi^pV? issno of S at urday \ >�/'��. >?>:i:ia./:ino states that hian-.hfis spawned and spread the earth "like a plague .'..':' �.�l.-.i.~ts>' with'.' mu.ch the saine effect;" also 'that'.man 'tt.!:T:diVub!e. his numbers " ;?hih ; t i-r.iiUiry;-' but; that this :j : ear. support only a 'lim.it-.,;� .:-:;U of total life. Dr. P�or-:� -.s .!>:"There is no doubt ':[����:.:: beings call multiply :�. Hoe"ked until the ' planet.
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seams/' .and
�:r<v:4 .(up crowded together on i.i;;- and in'our cities with
. . . r; 'tiling to look at "except '';''. '.�..<'>!. a cow 'or a cornstalk or \\i .another1 human face. The ��p:V:-x-et is not pleasing."
Th; t last, pr, Bevrill, is pos-liif understatement of this },r"\v-'. year. Assure'dfy all .of us i . .'I il u. more apt qualification f ;:� .:v thought of "four billion jar,-.ius and agitated humans" "n'�t pleasing." -umjng that our sentiment \\ ;)t)!ar one, we were rather : y;d � (perhaps even" taken ';;> to vend this week thai Vio's No. 1 law enforcement �(�:('f-y w;vs' '-'shocked"' ph hearing thav a sports car: fan had at--d a velocity of HT.mph on thv" Harrie-highway.''- . . .".
.-."A rdld explosion" occurred in ;; � -fiee of the AttorneyrGen->.'-,"Or. Dana Porter,1 when the �Vvi;-=; of the death-defyiiig speed ..ci^d ins ear;..:
Nisei Seed-.Grower ; fund TOTALS Si0.033
One of 3 Candidates : .-'-'�
For Grand Forks Council TA flJT TADU grand porks. n,r. v: I If K�"rUIf Ifl
Sugimoto,/ a. suo.Wu!.. n^i ' , � . Willi�
seed farmer and present, manager '.'..' '.'.-' ,
of the Grand Forks C��-Opera live, has signified his'inu-n'ion to lini for a vacant- seat-in; 'the -V^-al-City Council- in;...election.'to";- be held ri6xt Thursday,. Jan; 27.
a former resident- of K vni-'oops, .'.ifi'ug'imotiv has resided-, in Grand. Forks .since 10\ 1. In an interview with thef Grand Forks Gazette, Sugimoto" expressed his pleasure in having the opportunity to run for coy'neil,'. and stated he would be happy to serve the residents of the city and valley if elected.
Two other candidates f\>e the seat are. former nldermrn Sam Talarico and J, B. McDonald.
FOUNDATION
Jimmy Ikebuchi Prexy For New Executive \ Of Picture Butte JCCA
J lMCTl'lvF DUTTK, Aha. � } The local JCCA chapter, which' ; was .revived.' .in December a.cer two -and- a half years inactivity, ; elected . the following slate of I officer's at their last 'meeting held I -Ian.. lo:
j. Jimmy Ikebuchi, president; I Satsuki Nagain, vice-president; j.Sumi Ya-maueh'i,-. secretary (Eng-j :ish): Seiku Sakumoto, secretary ; (Japanese)';; Takiimi O'ga-, .trea-; surer, '
Japanese across Canada to Benefit From Scrisei-Kai in Welfare, Culture
In prewar days there existed in the Japanese community in Vancouver a Saisei-Kai (or welfare foundation) Controlled jointly by various organizations in. many fields, the main one of which was the Japanese Canadian Association.
Tlie aims of this latter group were similar to those of the JCCA todays and the Saisei-Kai funds were used in charitable cases, and particularly for a. clinic for medical care for those who. eon'd not afford the costs < f hospitals,' .
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After a separation of more than two years, Mrs, Shizuko Qhashi and her cKildt^n (a son 4ind a daughter, 14- apd lo) will be re-uhited 'with their husband an d f a t h e r, A'osuke Ohashi, thanks to the oyni])ath.etic consideration of Hon. J. W, Pickers-gill, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. '.
-Wishing to return to Canada after having repatriated to Japan in .1940, th.e family found that, while Mr?. Ohashi and her son and daughter could come
]back, being Canadian citizens, I Mr. Ohashi,.being a Japanese pa: I tioKal, could not!
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j On the advice of the National j JCCA; winch Mrs. Ohashi sought [through her father in Canada, I mother and children came to ToV-! onto i?i October, 1952." with the : hope that re-a<hrris�ion : of Mr. | Ohashi" would eventuallv 'be apr i proved when they had been re^-I established in Canada.
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Such approval, however, was
in coming. Realizing the
Japanese American FamMy
in
INirter's attitude seema �pretentious. After all, many rs less ca})able of handling anobile. than a' spurts' car
o.vh<> rrobablv kno\vs all- the i . � � ....
is a,d wavs of his' pet 1 CHICAGO, Ilk� A new 400- tory of acceptance they and
in,) are exceedinglyspeeH j.Page novel telling ihe stirring. Nomocracy, fashioned out. of
. {.-;ilv Th-^e ordinary j account of. a Japanese American ; early defeat . , . Jt is a story of
y,.....across ^he pro-': family entitled Home :Again by � home and challenge to other
�. at.75 mpK prbbablv pose Uames Edmiston was published ; minority groups," ,
a.s-much risk of accident [this Aveek.: by Doubleday" and James. -Ldhnston . has worked
exn,riencei driver doins ! Company, Ino:] . |closely-wUh Japanese Amencans
,n the Darrie highwav, one |. "The, novel is a bibliographical,;for years and was. superv.sr^of
- vra-hte.t <=tretche. of Sketch of the Toshimichimaru the *an Jose-oftice of the War
- OntJSo. Mavbe Mr. Por- I Mio family; of Mountain View, [ Relocation Authority.".
�-a< concerned, because th� | Calif.,, and their plight durmg
was .coTTiTTTitted oil a the war years.
-highwav, and would
Richard Wilson of Tniver-al-glven it" more" than a International Pictures stated to thought if someone had the author, who has written
- ST^ed oh a country road. | many stories for Hollyww. d. -hat ir*s us is that Mr. i that, 'in addition to everythmg
- * weened (not only Mr. ! else, the love ?:-ry of Midori .� probably many other j Mio in this tK>ok kept n - up all
.'-.'-�'�) a: the. riak to human j night reading it . .
a man wants to take a
with his life, say we, let
The publishers state: "No <>th-er book has followed our Japa-kil'ed � and let's not j ncse Amencans through their 'h:> earth is going to be i hour of despair to the fir.a! vic-
'�"uiiy crowded place witkin I___
r hundred years or so. |
Farewell Party lan. 30 For Local Members Of Kotobuki-Kai Tour
A farewell party will be-held for members of the Toronto Kotobuki-Kai Tour of Japan oh Sunday, Jan. 30. 2 p.m. at the Ckrainian Hall. Tho^e wishing *o atterd should coirtaet either the foritir.ental Times or The New Canadian by Friday, Jan. 2$.
A breakdown of the 62 member? of the Kankodan reveals 53
in Canada
difficulties to be encountered, [.Mrs.; Ohashi sought counsel im-| mediately -hi the Toronto JCQA, and later by writing*to the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. Ottawa advised that [Mrs. Ohashi contact her local 1 Immigration office, in Toronto, : In doing so, Mrs. Qhashi found j sympathy,'but no action, i Last April, Mrs. Ohashi sent I her appeal directly to Hon. Walter Harris, who was then Citir zenship and Immigration Minister, She pressed her case further with Mn Pickcr.sgi.il last Nov-, ember, writing:
"As you are aware, .we are |leading, a very unnatural, life, j Fov the sake of my children, (would you kindly review ray case, �giving it your most careful con-jsideration. Anything you can do i to. hasten the reunion of mv | family would be very much ap-j preciatcd." .
j Early this month, an additional | appeal .was made on behalf of JMrs. Ohashi by T. Umezuki of
; The New Canadian. A week later,
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;.Mr. Umezuki received reply from ! Mr. Pickersgill as follows: j �". . . In A-iew of the fact that v^his ca?e has been pending for �ome considerable time I have asked that every effort be made to expedite the medical examination of Mr. Ohashi in order that he may join his family as soon ,as po^ible. You will appreciate that further action is dependent .on. Sir. Ohashi meeting with tfce u^oal immigration medical re-qwirements.*' .-
Mrs. Ohashi received a letter from the Minister the same day
The Saisei-Kai, which origin-; ated in a donation from Kmperor j. Meiji of Japan in liV.U, today has j total funds of approximately | $10,000, $8,000 of which has been long invested in government bonds. .
After the war, .Messrs. Eikichi Kagetsu and Jenichi Kinoshita, two of the persons responsible for the administration of the foundation, brought the funds to Toronto, and deposited them in a bank until such time as they could be wisely disposed of for the benefit of the JC community.
Last week,- a meeting was called by these persons in an inaugural effort.to put the funds to some use for the Japanese in Canada. Consul K. Yoshida and Vice^Co�i:nd E. I; chid a were in vited to the gathering to express their views. �
The meeting decided that the foundation administration should be revived, and. a further meeting of community leaders (including representatives of JCCA) is to be called soon for discussion to effect the vyLsest possible use of the funds.
While nothing is definite yet, it is expected that the fund will be expended in welfare cases as in the past, and in the promotion of cultural, educational activity among the Canadian Japanese on a national basis.
Shirley Yarriaguchi, Keiko Awaji to Get New U.S. Film Roles
TOKYO. � Shirley Yamagu-chi, who is-now in New York with her artist husband Isamu Noguchi, is considered likely to win a. starring^.role in 20th Century Fox's Steps of Megoruku which ".is to be filmed in Japan.
Keiko Awaji's performance in The Bridges of Toko-Ri ha& been so successful that Paramount is considering her for another pic-sture, according to Yoshihiko Ta-mura? hoad of the foreign films department of Daiei Studios.
. Tamura �aki he has dubbed into Japanej�e two Dism-y-films. Vanishing Plain and Fanta*:a.
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> Imposed birth control seen* Toivml*miana, twot
'theoniy answer to checking the one fwwi Hamilton, and wjl pe*
^fc^jaroan popai^ Y�, better to ^ <r�m^Al^�^f-. �
^ jfct 2& winy die as want to. Eastern Caaada m*mbm* wM
,Bhth caatrai sotads almost � ^ Ton-to T^- 7 ^ ^�
bad as afl that hanun congesrioB. The chartered flight � �ata� �
both distant aa leare Vancoror Alrpan far Tokyo at H +ml. FA fX
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Jan- 22L 1945 � First organisational meeting of Toronto
Caasaatttce t� work for rights of