THE NEW CANADIAN
An Independent Organ For Canadians Oi Japanese Origin
VOL. 17 �NO.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1954.
TORONTO. ONT.
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� The total Nisei working- force in Canada, that'is, those, who are. gainfully, ernjfyyed, we would calculate to number at .least (�,(>(.)0. And this figure could be'quite' 'wide of: the. actual.''-score, on the under-estimated, side.' Their total annual 'income, must add up to .(jiiite a '-chunky- melon, possibly at � least .$'2ri,000,'pOO; .-As part of Canada'tv manpower, 'their number may be an insignificant fraction of the sum total, but if they were t;> suddenly quit working: or to shut vdown their businesses, the impact1 would be sufficient to cause noticeable; dislocations and rcporcnssioris in certain areas of the country. ' '.' �.-:�.'.��. .-;
:. Hut in the light of- past cir-:
-.cunistahces",-� the most; striking;.
'.tnirig'about this Nisei labor force, which: is'' still growing both in ii umbers' and' in/earning capacity, is the vast range of occupations' in -which they, now gain their livelihood. If ,it were possible to compile a complete list of all vocations in which Niseis, may be. found, it -would provide an -iu-
'iriguing bundle of facts and statistics and what's more a staggering list- of trades and .profes-
.W'on't Someone take on this �enormous"task to fill in the statistical blanks? : . ^ . �-
.While we do not have these figures, there .are "sonic conclusions that can ..be determined by observation and limited, available �"'information.'. � Here .again, J.iawy
� �ver, we are stymied in the sense that we are unable to obtain an ncross-Canada picture of Niseis at work. As geography plays art; important-.role'--'.'in" the kind of >;mp!oyment available, particular-iy in a vast country like, Canada. we. can't take the statistics from, one section of the land and as-
. sumo; that �� it's-.applicable else-. whore.: ' . - ' ��/ Y
Thus,, what-observation "we can j;:ake is limited to eastern Can-a'la.and principalFy ~.io the T�r-^--Y area.. " .- '-.'"�
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The-most significant part about X>-is.at work here today is.the Yi; difference to that "of our '�i'-rk ages prior to the war. In "Y>s-.- (lays, the Nisei were mainly
."":.skilled and only slightly skilled Y';:<re'rs of the "lowe.-t order on �"'�-..�� -industrial-, .totem. Today. �:--:.-::g the male Nisei' wage-
� ����.ri.-.r-. it-5s.tha.il lv� percent ir. "-'" :"- ar a can be clarified as
� '.-..�ir-.-'r.-?- that is. workers <-m-;-.�';.�,.'{ ,\:\ jobs that require-r.L-:� "' -l -f training. On the oilier -'..:�:. at jt-a-t' half of ai! N'^i
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Iguchi Named To Washington Post
worker i< just as. striking. There are more, girls .Working ii; offir.s than viii any .-other field. "We
�\s'u't:ld say th'aHh. y. now; far out^ number those in the liced'e trade,
.ami as more ;;tu] nivre girls pour <ntt ",-<f' high
.v,-iil'.iiu:rea hers. 11 P\V 'many girls were employed -in'-'.nr>n-Japanese; offices before the war? . ' � �
schoo!-. their number e- in -amazing, r.um-
As mentioned.before, .the. clear-land ".pressing business- lead? in .the most; number-of Nisei males .employed. Next'.is'' probably the construct ion line : which includes all -allied '.worker1-;1 � "as painters, plasterers, electricians and such jobs., as. :w<>uld 'tie them up. with .homes ami'; Iniihlings.. .Following .this i.>: the '�'�garment lino, including fur workers. The fur.business is mterestihg in that while it is not exactly a big �field, the number (if Niseis work-, ing on �'���.'minks; and niuskrats- is 'siirprismgly large: r
'�.' The field in ��'which, -the .Nisei? arc ^jumping int.o . in lar^e num-bei's. -.is, telovision . and . related lines.'"Seeing" it -as a gi-owhig-. in^ dustry,'- the." NJsois ari.- flicking into, the field; at' both cuds, the hYaiiiifactiiring"a'hd servicing-. And it's; a g.ood. field .to junip into, j u <1 g-i n g'- 'by-'.the. tremendous
. g r o w th'- oft he' :t ("' 1 c v i s i o n" i i u i u s t r y ..�
DuriiigYtiie early days of the
icjocatio!) -period,;- the Niseis -grabbed at ."resfauraht jobs- -as cooks,' (iishwjrshei-s and lieljirrs. Fully half of the Niseis v,'lio have been out cast since those days have had -'culinary experience. With: N i so is 1 i v i ng a\va.y f ro ni ,t h e family in roiiU-d" room's. � it '.was a good set-up, not-1 a'by>ut crto'kit;g.oi: as their families-^joined "they 'K-ft in a.lmrry that today -"there are feu' left, and "those that remain Yim-. -nr.stly. first-cla-^s cooks .puil'i'ig. '<�;?''wn .first-class'! pay. '' '' '...-.' � " "Y -: "��'-!� �"�'� Ar-othe'r'gr-j;!'}) of Nisei" work-.i ers-to note arc- those, in- the j 'auto:!0pair; liiit-. AUh"iiirh the j yoii?-ger" Niseis are -ni>t:attracted ; to it. :: "'.!ar-.'e nuih-r't-r' of Niseis.
Working as Houseboy/ Given $5,000 in Will
TORONTO. '� The :unex> pected recipient of J"i,000 this week was a Toronto JC work-.ing as a houseboy for the late lumber millionaire/ '.'Edward Klsworth Johnson.
In the will of the former president of the Great Lakes Lumber.and Shipping Ltd., probated in surrogate court earlier this week showing a.n estate of $3,7|(>, MO, was contained a bequeath of $5,000 (o his Japanese hoiiseboy, Kaxuo Tchik.i-wa, and a similar sum to a FinY nish maid, Helniina Leine.
.Ichikawa, 33, who is .still worliing at the Hurtoh Koad, I'orest ijill home w:here Mr. Johnson died last October, is 'quoted as sayjng,-;' -'I haven't heard anything about it yet," when cpnf acted by phone Thursday. He hesitated to add anything further,
0 f O k a y d ni a o r i g in, I c h i k a w a worked at the Takahjishi Liiivi; ber Camp fir Coal Creek before the war..In 1918^ he joinedMr. Johnson's lumber company at Fort William, and.three years later, Mr. Johnson asked Ic.hi-kaM'a to .come (6 Toronto and
'Sadao Iguchi, Japan's present ambassador to Canada, has been
�ivaned" by tho Japanese 'government � to succeed Eikichi Araki< as
ambassador to the United States;. Japanese newspapers announced
earlier this week. I; was added'that'Japan is' now seeking agreement
of the. U.S. government to tho .appointment.. Y '
.Yoshi.da 'a�>d .Oka";:a'xi decided, on : Iguehi as bt >t s;iiti.\l to be the : next .ambassador lo .tho Fm'ted
States'.\the m-u-spapers: added.
: Igiiehi. ."> lv is a career diplomat, j haviiig been in Japan's foreign service since ll'LUJ. He has'served as consul in Shanghai. New York, j Chicago, and waf5 couiH'illor of the Japanese embassy in Washington in li)-M; Prior.to his Ottawa ap*. pouUinent, Iguchi was Japan's Deputy; l-\rreign Minisro.r.
The appoihtmenl of KiUo .Ma-.
.Araki recently returned to Ja- I'ts^.aii'ii, foreign-office counsellor,, pan fi-om \\"a>-hington and informed Premi
of his desire to Vjuit the Wash- i ington .post. ;; : ..; �' ;. : j
rio\succecd Iguchi as Shigeru Yoshida 4 (" Ottawa h;>s been predicted.
It was furl her reported that Yoshida and Foreign Minister Katsuo' Okazak'i now -'fell 4hnt 'tlie
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Washington post no /longer.. ;re-
Japan Consulate ;
\iuires an ..expert in international [ -TOKYO.--" While ho specific-; tra !e � the reason Araki, a Yet- J date has been announced, it has eran banker, was selected --- and | been made. (|iiitc defiiiite (hat therefore, the appointment, was | Japan .\vjll establish a consulate made, .from foreign office personnel. . -. . ' Y . - :
work at his Forest Hill home, j . .'From that line of ;mi'sbnihg,
Trade Treaty witn Japan Likely to Bt Gompleted in March
, . OTTAWA. � Progress of iiegbtiations for a trade treaty bet ween Canada and. Japan is proceeding as expected and the treaty
will be concluded probably in tlie hitter part of.Marcb, learned recentlv. " , � ;
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office .in Toronto in the near future, a :reco.nt news release indicates. ; '..'.' �
Jt Jiad been live Foreign Office's original intention to institute 13 new foreign diplomatic offices, 'but budgetary curtailmc?i( allowed for only nine. With an appropriation .of -li!0 rnillion yen from the -Ministry of Finance, the fol-..Iowing- diplomatic offices .will be
asked in the House of ! Asked as to when the treat v is
Com nv oils
created, it-was decided. . : ".'.'
Legations: Inu], Syria, :Loba-jion, Colombia.' /-'� ." - :
week to give a j expected to be completed; Mr. j Cunsulales-(ienerar: Sydney,
Hamburg. ; '-:��"."''� -.- � � Consulate's.: Toronto, Leopold-
to -have' to worry report on> the progress oT treaty jjlowe ^uiswered, 'M think; it wilt - cat in'"' out Hut l.iH^'otia^ohs.'.with Japan, Minister, f --perhaps - .be the. /lattor ; part <-f - 'of rade and Commerce C. D.. Ma^-h/' .. ,: -...--
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Russian Wife Returns to Husband in Japan; Finds Spouse Married to Miss Nippon of'48
'..-� In a complaint filed wfth- the Tokyo District Coiiri,'a-Russian' woman has asko:"d .the
court'to annul the- 'marring*''of her husband t?> "Miss Nifi'po;;1' as the treaty js ready I of J9i8. .
The co:r.p!nirlant. Nii;a Matsu- had died no; -'M. was re{�atriated fr."v:- The 'C<"�!i!mu;j!st -China v.i'th hr-r.-tv.-i.- taiii-'.d
f.-r signature, jt *ill be tabled in (he house. I do not know thai I
i-iip. yive any further, information
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machi 'in' Saga I're foci urn, -his native town. Much to her sur-prise ?hr- learned there that ort Nov. .18,'-lfM�. Matsiiuo harl noti-fiod-thr-_ to\v"!i off ice that Nina Mat-UTio a:i'l tji-jr tw</ children, ifi S'-pt�-!:;fn"-r, liMo.
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