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THE NEW
An Independent Organ For Canadians Of Japanese Origin
VOL. IS, NO. 55
SATURDAY. JULY 12, 1952
S8 P�r Y*ar � 10 c P#r Copy
By Toyo Trikata -
�A windy piece of Washington' est sense. And \)wv
legislation which is 'M)'2 pages long, now makes it possible for Japanese Canadians to enter the United States and become legal residents as well as American citizens. Heretofore, this was only possible by private bills sponsored by Some Senator: or Hop-lesentative and passed by Con-' press. ' _ �
By the backdoor method, i.e. by overriding* the presidential veto, the bulky McCarran-Waltor bill has been successfully legislated, and we can now move in.
But there's a catch. You are potentially competing against $5,000,000 others. That same law lumps all persons of the Japanese race, regardless of whether we are born, in Toronto or.-Tokyo, into the-.one category from which only a fixed quota can ; be allowed in annually.
In the case of Japanese, the quota per year is 185. So, theoretically, at least, your chances are something like 570,000 to one that you will be selected and : Since the annual increase of. .population in Japan is at least 1,000,000, your odds are getting slimmer day by day. .
That we are, under this system, classified as Japanese, is one of the reasons why a mino-
; rity group of American lawmak ers have opposed this bill. It is riddled with those features which disc.riinina.tes against certain peoples and countries that ha?
.brought out ah.outcry and has resulted in an attempt by Pres. Truman to forestall it-s passage.
. In his rebuttal to Congress, Truman" pointed out that he i> in favor with many aspects...of the hill but that the flaws in it badly.outweighed the good points that he saw fit to use his .veto, and call it "infamous'' and "3 slap in the face" of millions of foreign-born Anieircans.
Liberal-thinking and acting Senator, Herbert Lehman, Democrat, from; New' York, attempte-i to introduce an amendment whk.i would have placed Asiatics in a category according to the placet birth and not according to >'i:.-gin as it was in -the, bill, but-'g>'i nowhere. Thus we are Ihr.uvn .into a quota category ' wher'en* other Canadians are permitted r.r enterthe U.S. in -unlimited numbers.
By reading the. reacti-.r. bill's enactment in the J :* pa--.<�-� s � American newspapers and.by-iii.--cussittg th* law with A;;,er;cu.i Niseis, we find that. the -act is is meeting with J. ��>-<.'.:> ar.d "verw helming approval. T > tr.err. its chief features :?' tit at tr.-..Issei residents the Ur. : Stai^>. wh>. f<>r - � '".c r..'����'' ffrni�*d the rt ' -
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To then, it :* a . r.g-a^a.t^i recognition, a victory :n the ini-
uo the last. �roup. of alien residents to achieve -the rights t<> "citizenship.. | As for the quota, no Japanese ; have, been allowed, to immigrate ' tr the United States since' 192-;. that even-a paltry 18,*> is an important step.. Moreover, it is felt by many- Japanese American's that if the- invmigtatron, quota were any' 'more liberal, the law would . have;' no chance of passage. ,".
- 'Another poinv that might iv> noted is that the quota is based on the 1020 census. There was some; debate that if the quota system is to be based on census figures, the latest,! or. 10.VJ .ecu sus should be used. \Ve were told by an American X-isei.so far as Japanese � are. concerned, .--if the. later census were ust'd, the Japanese quota would be decreased, so that the 1020 -figure was more favorable to them.
Thus, the' controversy remains as to .'whether the law, in .".its; overall effect is. progressive .o\ retrogressive. There is no doubt that it will heap benefits on "he Japanese Americans, but at the same time 'even'the using of the quota, which is a restrictive method, cannot be construed as iiv keeping- with progressive principle, particularly where W favors certain people over others. -'� - -
Moreover, it must also be.not-ed that tliose who voted, to sustain .the veto' were, men generally recognized for their Iiberalistic view and policies.
It might also be added in. retaining a policy of discriminating against certain' areas and races of the world, though .not�'specific.-, ally named. - l',S. has much in common with Canada. But,here, -the Japanese don't even have, a quota.. -
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Protest High Tax, Ballerinas Dance In Diet Building
| TOKYO � Japan's ballerinas ] protesting, a ,H>0 per cent tax on | all entertainment levied by the government, danced in .the corridors of the Diet building and succeeded in reducing the tax-.on the ballot to 40 per cent.
While toe dancing in the: halls, the ballerinas collared influential law-ma ke rs and cooed their argu-ments into flattered old ears. :
They argued that the tax put them in the same category with prosperous strip-tease .artists. While customers swallowed the tax and flocked to. the -stri'p-. teasers,"- they were staying'away from the ballet in droves. .;
The. cutting of the tax, however, has left another group dis-atisficd. It does not. apply to.'Ja-� pan's opera singers..
TORONTO BUDDHIST MINISTER GUEST SPEAKER AT HAWAII
Rev, Takashi Tsuji of the Toronto Kuddhi�t Church will he flues t speaker at I he owning ceremony of the 191 h Convention of the Hawaii Federation of Young Buddhist* Association on Aujj. \i in llono-hilu, T. 11.
Scheduled to leave Toronto on Aug. 7, Kev. Tsuji will attend the four-day confab of (he Hawaii Young Buddhists and make a one month tour of Hawaii, giving a series of lec-
tures. He i� expected Io return to Toronto on Sept, 8.
The Canadian Nisei minister's topic of his opening address will be "The Future Policy of the Buddhist Religion in the Western World". The address will be the opening item on not only the 19th conference hut also the 2oth anniversary of the Association.
He will stop at Chicago and San Francisco prior to his arrival at Honolulu on Aug. 13.
Japan Red Cross |
Coming To Toronto
� Two representatives of the la-��! pan Red Cross Society and two; members of the Japanese Embas- j sy in Ottawa will attend the lf� } 'day ;-Red Cross' convetition which will 'open in Toronto oil July ~o.
From Japan Will come Ivinji lto, vice president of the Rod Cross in Japan, and Tadao Kudo, who is head .of the foreign division of the Japan Red Cross. A> Japanese government representative, Minister K. Narita and. T. Kagawa," secretary of the Ottawa Embassy, will attend/
More, than G00 delegates; from i?y 'countries including those beyond the Iron Curtain will participate in. the sessions, that will take place at the Royal York Vlotei. ' .'''"'
MASAOKA RESIGNS
SAX . FRANCISCO � Mike Masaoka, J ACL Anti-I)iscrimr nation Committee legislative director, recently announced his resignation from the post.
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city, and finally to the busiest, street intersections of San Francisco. Crossing the Golden.Gate Rridge oh -foot was a routine jiart of the.training course.
. Despite her tragic ' handicap. Miss Okura graduated last y*^ar from I'o'ytechnic High ' Soh<>o' with a-Spanish major and plan---to rnter East Los Angeles Junior. 0'".!l-?ge this fall. Her newly acquired frit-nd. Duchess, is expect rd to 'p'ay- th<-- in-p^-.rtant rr.le' <>t) her trips and frr-m her honr>. Mu�k: n* a'*o .'TA of The -mo*t '.r.-tT> �rtan" thirst in th*-t.r'.'s life a.- sh*- has learned h�*�w * � r'ad i: ir. Brai'ie.
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Ry GENiCHI OH ASH I
VANCOUVER � Community leaders here generally agree<l that. the knowledge of the Japanese language!�� Would be beneficial and would help Japanese Canadians to strengthen relations between Canada and Japan. A movement. to re-open the Japanese Language School is presently being pushed by. the Vancouver chapter JCCA. -
Stated Kinichi. Iwata at. a meeting on June 27 at which 07 persons; attended, "The Japanese*; Language School Which was so active in Vancouver prior to World War 11, has not yet been ie-opened although the peace treaty has been ratified and a Japanese embassy and consulate have been established in Ottawa and . Vancouver. Although Japan was defeated in war, she is stil! the most advanced in Asia, in .re.-; gard to political, cultural, and .economic; asjM-cts and one of tho countries which will contribut<; "greatly towards world peace. .'- j
"For a young Japanese Cana- j dian to know the Japanese Ian] guage wouid he a boon -towards j. furthering trade and cultural rc-1 lations between Canada and Ja-1 pan." j
' Speaking fro*>.r tho "Nisei J vif-wpi>int", "�Sf,;ji If<�mnia_ <if th�* I-JCCA stated'. "Sp^akin^ fro<- : my '�wn r-xpcrrience, I Ix-lieve that 1 the "'knowledge'of thr Japnne?* j language', would pr<'�f itabl'' a;.! | � also he'p to' rai.-e 'cultural stand - ! ards. .�'��-. j
"if we are to think.about Am-'| hassador Ij?u<rhi's statement that * Niseis can help bridge gap be- : fween Japanese, Western culture... *s reponed in The New Can- ; adian. we �tiwt reahze that Nisei* should know th<� Japanr*~ langvaite. The learning of the language will not contradict tfu* Canadian spirit**.
that !h� <:*most effort �*<. f-i lr-�Tp�-r<dfd !"--Aards pro^.-.trff th* ^rh^r>; Ma:nt*rancp A^-^:&'".r*r after Tsutae Sato, f�.rn:er pr.r. fip�l of the Vancouver N:pp^nf
Kyoritsu Gogakko, explained the present situation; In working towards re-oiiehing, it was' moved to strive for the co-oj>er3tion of the entire community as well as former officials of the school and also to increase the membership of the Maintenance Association which pivsently. numbers fifty.
Section Irregularity Reason For Boycott
TOKYO � A complaint of t 17-year old schotdgirl to authorities about election skullduggery, resulted in the arrest - of more than a dozen villagers and also in her family being totally boycotted by the village;
Satsuki Ishikawa wrote to lo-caI. authorities that some of tim villagers of Ueno, in Shizuoka Prefecture, voted more than once by using poll tickets of those who did not vote, the Asahi said.
In retaliation, the villagers boy cotted the four, members of the Ishikawa family who, because they depended upon the village for their..livelihood,-was virtually' -condenined. to deprivation. Even social contact with . the to has been banned.
Authorities are planning an ap^ peal to a civil liberties bureau in an attempt to intercede.
CAN OBTAIN VISAS AT JAPAN EMBASSY
.The National JCCA has. recently been advised-by the Canadian I-ass-port officer, Department of External Affairs Ottawa that Canadian citizens who desire to visit Ja-;>an must now-"apply for necessary visa- to th*-' Emba.*sy of � Japan,' R>Merj 7"1, Metcalfe Uuildii.g. �* 'Mt-'caife Street,' Ottawa.
� Applicant-' sh<"U?d ha-.-��.- with then* a *'anadiar. I'a'Sp^r? which ^,ay h** .btair.^d by � 'dieting FORM A. AI'I'Lir � ;�n FOR CANADIAN FA SSI-OKI", *hich -^ b* �uhr'-.ittM XoVue rass->r� Offc.'T, D*-��anrY-^n* "f Ex vrr.a' Affairs, Ottawa Th*-s� '^r'T..- may he '.bta?h*d Jr�m tb� National JCCA off^*e �r at nv*-t mafn port offices.
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