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An Independent Organ For Canadians Of Japanese Origin
VOL. 16 � NO. 16
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1953
TORONTO. 6m.
No laps. Chinks or Blokes"
Ay TOW TAKATA.
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., re's one glaring -disadvant-thnt we found about panning 'u:nu on a once-weekly sched-Timeliness is often lost as !uive no control over When s is going to break. V instance, we're devoting column- to the budget and Uhmuso of Mr, Abbott's bad <lining, we're left in the lurch, however, since it's the one event of tno year that affects all 21,000 '�of -t;s as well: as the rest of the l-ijiOij.OOO �that we can't resist getting in our jab, even though h-kitedly.
Surest way of getting contrary interpretations of the changes in taxation is to read the editorials of a Liberal newspaper and fho>e of ait opposition party press. Cast aside the obvioua *, aitorial.prejudices and you'll, get a broad prospectus front either oxtfemes. front which you can draw your own conclusions.
There's another more direct method of judging the budget, news. How does it lilt you ? If you received a substantial cut - off your tax burden or were treated better than you expected, you can't complain. If not, then you ran write your. MP.
Here's'the .way we see itj as a lowly wage-earner, at the base of the income pyramid.
Any lifting of the tax load is a > eleoindone even if. it's eliminating the dog license and we don't happen to own a canine. Every (1 oil a r that the; government doesn't collect is another dollar that is poured back into the economic; kettle. This is assuming jl'iat inflation :is-no'longer, a''threat-.with us, ��
� : Also we accept the reality that there must be taxation and taxpayers. And if the menace of .war .lurks'in- the background, preparedness is going to cost plenty.
Still our government was able '<�'� give us cuts.
But look who's benefited the most. Not the low-income group "who could use it most. Just study the new schedule and while everybody gained, the more you made *r..� more you gained.
Rather than give the same per-���;"�:;t.age cut across the" board re-���vl:--ss of income, it would have more et-juitable if the per-, exemption or dependent>v � "\ance5 were increased. j
: lore's a sample of what w}\
Taxpayer A is married wi\h \ � �� children eligible for Familv ' ��� :"�war.ces, and earns$.y�>0. For' he pays ?l-SO in income tax. : ' l-m he'll pay H2fi #r $4 te*. -; - *.- x burden is reduced by. les-v a week.
': �"'�'7%a}vr B is a;>f-� married : \ a offsprings of the sar- �
� - '^i! hh� fnc^rne is $ltv**> r.f '� ->-'."'K> crtnf>? frc>:ri C'-rp*-
- r. dividends, having accurr. ��-
a substantial share --�f
ax liahrlitv.
stocks. In 1052 his t: $1,884 less lo' ,,!>� }-;s aividotid income (s2s)o) .0!- ..$j,�;$4. Thi< ' year, he would, be taxed less !?40(> ;ls- tlur allowance' for.. diyide'mr has boon mcrea-sod an-v ther 1.0;; . For !!�:>:;. thor.for.n , his net tax .on income would !K> S1..356.' !
taxpayer li's tax Is rodiurd hv ; $'�12$ W�$-\ minus . ' .;
Comparing the two,, A's tax I has been reduced by .i:;- . v>f his ' total income, while BV has i>, reduced by o\2Sr; or;25 times,'in' terms of proportions.
Thus the .change? fa \<nir shareholders rather than wage-earners. " Argument put forward is ..thai .it's not fair'to'tax a corporalion on its earnings.-.- then to tax the dividends which are paid out after corporation tax lias been accounted .for. That's sound reasonhir;-but- why. can't they, give the $3;00Q a-year'man a good break-,' too.
� Here's another, angle.' Suppose A's entire income of $3,000 came front dividends. Maybe we're wrong but .here's the way we_ make It out. His deduction would be $2,400 and the tax on his taxable income of SfiOO would be $126. But he's allowed; 20^ of $.3,000 (for it's all . from dividends) or -$600 off his tax liability.- Which mea ns govern moot oWes him money.
A.s for the other changes: re- j duction of cigarette prices will be. i welcomed by most. Doing awv I with "radio licenses was a good.. move, trying to dodge it .was a,l favorite! pastime. � - |
But why eliminate the excise ; tax on notes','cheques and money ' orders? People who write out ' $100 cheques can niVord to 15-A C-cent stamps. .' '� -(Con't on.!'. >:>
B. C, Bill oi Rights Proposed by Winch
V:\NCOVVKU' - A "HiSl.e! fe-r British Ooiun'tbiit w;^s' iriiroihu't-d �recently by pro\:inv;i:il CCY loader Harold Wineh f.-r tl. eoiisidera^ioii of \\w ' }\, C. l,e.ni<-lature. Tiiis is the: third-t into that ho'Has introduced, sueh al>ill.
� Mi-.' Winch's bill would gurnn--t<o freedom of belief., speech, and association,''aivd the right, to e;in'-. ployni.eiu. housing,'-pVdilic' servire and education 'without' 'discrimination because of the race; creed, religion, color, or ethnic or national origin of such persons"' or 'lass of;persons.
Arrest Girls Wanting Akihito's Autograph
TOKYO.lapanese police saii. they had . a'Tested � and ' liold �briefly, two Japanese- foils wh'' attempted to gain-- autographs from. Crown I'duoo A kilt to dtir-ing his visit to a .Kabuki 'theattv-last week, '." � _'.-''
Pi.dice said one of the ty;o girls wanted air imperial autograph ami. the other wanted to present' the heir to the,Throne with a necktie she had made -for hint.. .
The.. visit of the .Prince to a theatrical pei-forinanee Was� unprecedented and so was the attempt by the two girls.to se.e:liip.t.
Two girls admitted they did not miss.the Kabuki performance af-terthey were taken in.to-custody. Tjieir purposeV lltey-i/aid, was t-o
TIIK WOMAN'S PLACE
...TOKYO � Japan's police wo-u;enrbelieve their place is in'thi �leone;. ' - � �
- - Of..500 yeomen acce'pt.ed.on th'.>-force the past, seven; years, -only 17<>' remain in; uniform'today..
B.K.Sandwell. former editor of Saturday Night and a noted .commentator -on public .atTairs, end. �:ved through his. column- i-:i the Financial Post, Feb. 2S issue, tlie move of the Lethbridg'1 l;ranch of the.' Alberta '.Teachers'
� A'SMU'iation urging the nopart-ment of KducationTo .take action regardiitg a school text book on "Conteniporary Problems" used widely in the province in'which the term ".Jap" occtrrs frequently.
Mr. Satulwell is bt'st known to
.1 a panose Canadians through his work in their Whulf through civil liberties groups .<juring the period When over 10,000 persons'. Were faced with the threat of deportation from Canada in the "voluntary deportation" scheme of the government.
Said Mr. - Sandwell. in his article:
"IiCthbridg-c which had a considerable number of Japanese in
� its - area and vicinity 'during, the evacuation from British Columbia, has long - been distinguished for a sympathetic attitude, toward minority racial elements of the. population, and toward the Japanese in particular.
"It seems a reasonable suggestion that terms such as this should not be employed in serious textbooks' adopted for the general use of students. It is improbable that the author or publisher of such a book would ever think of calling the Americans 'Yanks' ov the .Chinese -Chinks', and a cot--?ide'rablc- part, of the hhiglish-speaking population of Canad-� wptthl ce-rt ainly be much annoye<I if any I'rench texthookin Quebec spoke of the hhrglish of Kiigland as 'Blokes- a slightly derogatory term of which the foll/)wers,_-of ;'-M.iv Botirassa were at".'one tin:.' oIoj. - � - .- .
Mr. Sandwell, however, ntate�
that in the case of he|u)lino.<t. writers should be .jnven some leeway in the us*4 of the wonl, "Jap". Hv says:.
"Wo should not like to see any authority prohibit the of the-word Map' in, for .'instance, a newspajrer headline, when* the three-letter noun is so immensely valuable: but much licence has to bo allowed to and is taken by� he a d 1 i h e writers. Authorize<l school textbooks �should certainly be more careful, and we hope that the Alberta Teachers Association willtake the action that the l^o.th-bvidge members ask.'*
(A resolution asking that the word "Jap" be deleted from the book is to be introduced at the l'oster meeting of the Alberta Teachers' Association).
Anglican Minister to Speak oh * Japan Today'
Hev. K. Imai, resident minister for the Japanese section of the Anglican Church in Toronto, will speak on the topic, "Japan Today" at Trinity Church, '425 King ^ St. Fast, on March 2, starting from 8 p.m.
The minister who arrived from Tokyo on Feb. 11, was a chaplain at the Women's College of Ilikkyo Universitv. '
Mayor Lamport to Speak At ICC A Conl. Banquet
Highlighted by an address by Toronto's Mayor Allan A. Lamport, the Sixth Annual Ontario J CCA Conference .Banquet, will be held at Muirhead's, :.<S Adelaide St. Wost. t.wl.iy. Feb. 28, from
I 7 p.m. A Con\\.ution Dance will
' follow;
; The Conference will beheld at ! King Kdward Hotel, Feb. 2S-I March 1, from V aim. to 5 p.m.
ALREADY 300,000 IN LAND OF TANGOS AND SAMBAS
Japanese Reach New Frontier in Interior Brazil
By ROBERT M. HALF/IT
Not long ago a-small groiuj.� >i. 57' Japanese farnv-.r-s .h-.-sitanCy made".their way" d-v. i\ik:> garu-plank-of a'I)utv!r>-hip ar.d-.!-- -k:-d ground "in- -Wiindermv-nt at beautiful harb-r K: > d-. -h.'> eiro.
Their arrival marked m�t only the re>umption of flb�w of farm-workers from overcrowded -JapiJii to land-rich, labor-hungry- Brazil. It sym'holi/ed a jrreat Hra/Tl-lian dream of developing it" trr.;->nre h�tt*e of naforal r�^**ur.er-.
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the :!";!� ri-r ���! Br.'.. � '���'- � i::-:.'-'p-.;ia:�"'i. Ye: :'. > :
:a?t TTTp^Trarrt fr�'"*' rv"un:.i:ri ra'>g- - *� -'.--" Y* :.-:::t p^r: . � � -trv is -Seating" -:-r. a ~:
International. agrieuH'ural scientists estimate, that the-rich land' of the vast Amax'''U .bashi._if j>r�> riy d>-vel"ped. cnnhl feed almost ,h-'-.-er.iiiv p<�i)ula'tion of the gb>br-. ', Bnt BrazilV .-mall p-opulati<.!t ('."O/ion.O'.Ki) is i'lsufficiont to ox-' nl- it :]��-�/� p'' �t ent ia.l itie?. .The re-i'^ro ig<'Ve'rnjr.fnt has oncour-i!!.:r;iirration ' from !v.ar:y -to h '�) r>ai:z- this dr'3m. l':.ci:i' t'--!''-rar;ce'ar.d th*- op^-n-.v .t.-wanj i:r.rr-igr;i*io:'-.
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- . Hi. <: ��� k< a- .:'�>�;.� r�j^d:^-: cloth flirff? over th^-ir backs and
leaded by train for farms in Rio
i 'h; Janeiro State.
I'orced to ekt\ oat a living in torn petition with 80.(K)0,n(K! olh-
1 t rs in the Japanese archip^lagfj.
; nhich has, a land area only a fraction of that i>f Brazil, the newcomers had found stories of thv wealth amas*<*d by previo'is .Japanese migrants to Brazil hard to resist.
If \\\c �-xp'Ti. \x/ .--f- :ir-:vi.,u i r:::j.^r:s?.t- is. a?.;.- g-iid�-. ti.oii j. -;:-a'i ; j :.)f r ->f :h;s. pr-'-jp n:ay : � <"�'�:>� C'Ov.parativ�-!y wv-1] ftf af-f'--w y* ars. f)th>r? will c;ir--f-"-.I!y < u'tiva;*- thf-ir r..-at f.>':+-r.'A a"a :. z.:. ir.d� rA* rr- ar.�J -'a:.-i-.r'i ->f "ivir.g ��:�:.����*ha? hijfh-�T t'.a' r-:ljrht hop*- r�-&ci
Jhe> are the ir<4 of Japai�<^e faMiKes ttclMdaleii to , wirnite !� Brazil iter a fre-jrar
period.under the terms of an agreement between-, the two xaTern-ments; There are already .some 300.000 Japanese in Brazil, brought in under previous immigration pacts *igne4 before World War IL
Tln-so already there have made outstanding contributions to th'-Kontimy of their m>w-homeland, �*sp*-cially in agriculture. Th�;y al;o hav< fK>.-ffd problems of as-.-irr.iiation and g��od citizf�n5hip at t:n:�*:. On' ba:an<%v, howevt-r, th�: Brazilians fe�-1 that the p�fsitivo ror/ributiorss far outweigh th'.* drawbacks.
AID FOR EQI'fPMENT
Tne new arrival* will be .�n-nt a - far a* p^'Sjijblf, inte. ar�-a"wheri-farm labor is scarce. Some wi't . i� 4 e*v* fi**t4^ wrfb whiciK to es-tai);i'h themseivei and buy farm (Cont'd- on Page 8)
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