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By KEN ADACHI
What Makes a Writer
Most people somehow get the idea that a writer is a complet-. cly uninhibited, eccentric but entertaining and witty character. I find in myself, unfortunately, none of these desirable qualities. 1 have one heck of a time projecting, myself from .ihe pale of normal mediocrity.
If the preconceived public notion pf a columnist is suchlike, *theh I suddenljr rigalize what a dull, uninteresting type I am,
You see, for one thing, we have to labor under a false illu-; sion. Hollywpoci- has painted an unfair and romantic picture of . the hack-writer. By its standards, usually notoriously misleading, he is a hard-drinking, hard-loving, but brilliant sort of arii-inal. .He is an individual \vhd spouts \vit and sarcasm all over the place while nonchalantly stepping pver dead bodies of beau-fiful women, all with daggers beautifully impafSd up to the hilt in low-necked torsos.
At times, :wheii the thought strikes him, our Holly wood type will dash o.ver .to the typewriter �arid witho.ut the keys ever sticking together�dashes off some wonderful stuff in a matter of .minutes. Then he retires, not in confusion, .but with prac t i c e d and consummate ease, either with a 26-ounce bottle- or a .36-inch bosomed blonde. . But this sort . of stuff only happens to the more luckier of . writers than ittyself. No delightful things ;ever fall through the skylight into my lap.
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In Reality
.r do admit, however^ that \vritv1 ers are generally a cyTiical, chain-smoking and hard-drinking breed, all in various degrees of. degeneracy.
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. My hobbies include the collecting of. shrunken heads of little children, 10 years and under, whom I first hit over the head with my no. 9 iron, carefully selected from my golf, bag because it is a more heavier weapon than the rest and more likely to draw blood. You see, I love fcid*;'.. �
But otherwise, I almost be-ia\< like" a normal chap. I shave 'very day, take occasional baths whenever th� circumstances ne-<^ssitate such action/ like to lie n bed for at least twelve hours it a stretch, and I can't rtrmem-when I last had a healthy
ri account.
unlike other more well-and more ulcerated writers, I haven't developed habits that characterixe such a breed I >"TVTtt drrdoped a pwmeh, don't * > swimming in wiater tlmmgii boles chopyut ia tfce ice, own
such bric-a-brac as cars, planes or race horses, or form nocturnal habits as living in night clubs. 1, have even sworn /off cigarettes.
But all of this does not make" me a well-scrubbed, healthy and robust all-Canadian boy. 1 can't even allow myself the painless rut of complete normalcy.
It makes liie fairly wince with severe pain and gloom. ���''' ' .' '�'� �/, *'..'�".�.. * ��'. *"'� . �/." � �'�.;'
���The-.'Summing'.. Up
But all things considered, T find that writing in au immensely satisfying thing. It's what I have always felt that I like to do, notwithstanding the lack of provocation at times. It's an interesting a ^job as any. It widens your outlook by forcing you iiito hew- experiences and: horizons. � �� I'm in a peculiar position, that of being editor-columnist-proof reader-epmpqsitor^ all very untidily packaged into one in an uti-holy niess of. .typewriter ribbon, printer's ink and metal slugs. No editor :bluepencils my stuff, although of course that in itself, is a distinct disadvantage. :
Of course, in this space I write What T pJeaae and naturally it is impossible hot to step on delicate toes or offend pink, shell-like ears. But it is reaction of any sort, that a columnist; thrives; on";-; .:.-:--� �;,: �� "- �� ;:.i"";;. '��'':� ��."� �'." "�"'
I disl ike ..'intensely,''''; however, the .sight; of watching, someone read my stuff. I. hate the thought of watching his facia! expression and dread the.possibility that he may start to read and the'h give �up, A thrill, however^ comes when someone honestly mentions something you wrote.
Then you catch a Blue-Monday" when it's totally impossible to write anything that makes sense. It's like hanging out your washing of your underthings and have everybody look at it.
Nisei On Crusader Taking Royal Couple To Vancouver Island
The Nisei who so far had
the best opporTunity to and perhaps even talk (o their Highnesses is AB. Lanky Inouye serving aboard i ho Canadian destroyer HMCS Crusader;? The nrtval ves.se! was engaged to take the royal cQiiple from Vancouver to Victoria, on Oct. 21.
The GBC announcer describing the arrival of the Crusader into the port of Victoria noted (hat a Canadian of Japanese brigin was serving aboard ;f he ship as an orderly. The announcer, mentioned (hat the Nisei sailor was a judo �expert.-', . '��;.-� ��;�'..�' ;;"',..':; '�'�'��':
Few Brides in Japan Leave For U.Si Homes
TOKYO � Red Tape has prevented, most of the, 4,500 Japanese women who have married American GIs during the past year from entering the: U.S, for permanent .residence with their husbands. Only 231 have been reported as /being admitted.
Two soldiers recently came a.ll the way from the U.S.; on leave to marry girls they had met while on occupation in Japan. Hundreds have /obtained "marriage leave" from Korea. .About 50 per cent _ of , the couples, already have children.
The majority of them are enlisted meny .including many i Nisei and Negroes, but the total also includes officers.
SIDEWALK SCENE:
Winnipeg Man Assau Ited, Had Protected J C Woman
WlNNLPKa ..� A sidewalk on_< a downtown st root in' W i nni f O'K ,!
'was the. scene .of."aii .ugly incident j that involved one Japanese Can- j adian woman, two youths aiid it: passerby recently. , Names .of
. persons - i nvol ve;d, however, wove unavailable at presstime.
The "Japanese .Canadian woman was walking /through". Princes* Avenue, a downtown street near Win n i peg's C h mato w n vy h en t wo youthful hoodlums uttered in-sii It ing re m a rk s a t h civ .A pa'sso r -by, '"an Occidental, immediately took the'youths to task, criticizing their conduct., :
11 is well - mean i ng .effort s> ho\y-cver, boomeranged when one of I he boys met criticism with a well directed punch. Result was that the '�.�man', had to.be .takjei'i;to." \V in ni j)0g Genora 1 I IPS'pit at f o r treatment of. the injury. Manitoba -J CCA officiaisv Bill
'Sasaki aivdMarry .Tjanigitchi, later visited the .man at the hospital
:aji(lpresented him .with a gift- as appreciation for liis gentlejnaniy gesture.": .. ; ; .� ;? ; � '- '.'".��',
Man. JCGA to Issue Monthly "Outlook"
WINXUMX;.-,-;Tlie Manitoba .-.J'CCA put out its; first issiie. of' ."'The '.Outlook1.''this month, in tho .forn.i. of a >'-]);ig'o min"iev>KTa|)hod bulletin: wlvii'h is to soVvo, 'Japanese /Canadians, in .Manitoba. -
� Form ing thcv oditoi-ial boanj is. Brll Sasaki, Harry TaniKUCJii, No-bn. 'Salo'^yam" Matsuo, I\larion Aiatsuo. Meg .O'tsui,;George Fuku-nuira and Ilisayc Odaguclii.
��'.'. Tho. bulletin which is similar in. 'format' to tire Montreal Bulletin, also mimeographed publica--.. lion,",js siHinsoreti. and financed by the Manitoba JCCA, '
; .'This is the second Of such incidents .�involving Japanese Can-ad iansv.as' reported tliis year. One occurod in Toronto's Sunnyside area .in June when 17-yeaY-oId. Ken Fujimotc). was Severely beaten; by a gang of youths Avi 'appa'ren't provocation..�""'.:
Aid Kelbwha Hospital
KELOWNA, B. C. � Japanese Canadia!i"5 in Kelowna, Okanagan G e n t re, ; AV.infield, ^yestbank, IVachlahd, and otlier centres have started to raise a fund to help the Ke.lowna General Hospital which is construct ing an additional wing.
;�� WASHINGTON, D. C. � The -J AC.I/ -A ntirDis-criminat ion Com- i r.iitteo was; infornied last week '
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thaV immediate xlei)ortation proceeding will - hot be- instituted against Nisei renuncjants as a
�resuH. i>f the'. Supreme Court de-
.cision because'',;.(jf'�the" fact that rc'iYunciatioii of ciiJ/.enshij) ii: not gnHind^ for 'deportation...' under
;U.S.V im'niijtratioh laws.
This mf ;rmation was given by
;Department .of Justice officials; after it was reported that iVioi-e tha;i 3,000 Nisei' who renounced their citizenship while at Tujo Lake, Calif., segregation '/camp-during the war, might be d
ACROSS MY MIND .
On the flat rooftop of a faded red bh'ck building in which he had a room, Mm Tanaka smoked, silently.. From* his perch four stories above the ground, the air seemed a bit fresher than below. He hated to leave now to return to the restaurant for the supper hour to finish his broken shift.
He had scarcely pushed himself past the swinging door of the restaurant kitchen when the chef growled: "C'mon, g>t crack in* with" those potsT'
Strewn about the sink were dirty pots ami pans, a few of which had be^ri barely used. There certainly had bwi n� rwed for the cooks to use all those uter.^1* during- the afternoos lull. They had b*er. creating extra work for hiro! Why?
It seemed that they were always taking out their private grievances OJl Min. It was like a vicious circle in which one torments the other, �nd he, ia tarn oV>e* likewise to another; onty, i� tins ea*e, Min wa� the sacrifkiaJ goat taking-
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all and every sort of indignities. To let thofnok>: maintain a feeling of suporioriiy at."his c-os": certainly gave Min no peace of mind.
At eight .o'clock, Min whip[K.-d off -'ln<'.ii}.T^r: hurried past the swinging door and. p^.-ii!;,.: by a brunette waitress he Niar^-elJUd at h'f-i striking- beauty, but began to di;slikrr hf-r wi,.-; he thooyht of her condescending attitude tr.ward him.
Returning to his rrx>m, Min wr:nt ba. 1% u; on the roof. Once ther*, darkn<:=.- arui ^ 'tv;\:-^� of loneliness assailed him. But he i-c^nt to :h, ledge, sat down carefully and gazed a: tr-maze of brigbtly4tt stmyty b^to^r. iV.-.pV >.-^r *-, small and even heiples? without di-^ir.c*^-n <>{ one from the other; big men, little men, a" seemed to have been fused into one jr^ignifiea-v mass of humanity.
And once more Min began to fe<-l a? bi? a � king and *9 free as a breeze that wa<* him.
.od unless joyatty to.Ilia. U.S. and that, tho renunciation was invol-;untar.y could be proved.
The officials,, however, to 1 d �\Iike Masaoka, liatiohal JACL legislative" <ii'rcct6r,-' that all the grounds inv dcporta.tion 'arc specifically .set forth in the immigration laws, and that renunciation is not- included among- thein:-
Only; :','r2 '.of;'the 'more than <I,0(io . ixM.iunc'iant.s i>iay be subject to'.deportaiion at t lie present time' but ratification of the 'Japan ^\Tirc Treaty/may r ic s' u 1 t"; i n changed circ ism stances for them. In othr-r -wonis. there is no "present throat of (k-])^nati-.n for. tho reminelants. . "
It was a;><>--�:��� .;*?ii; *ixod'-that ;i nu!>:bc-r of. t-iiixr-r.s, .oth^r. tiian Japan�'.-e Ani^ric'aux, .liave renounced thf'ir.'c'ilhioriship, and iu>
j Green Rain to Foil ! Over Parched Japan
j TOKYO ^ (rrrcn rail *il? fall I laie this month .ls."> miles *e>t i of TortVr>. That*** a promiM*. : The Kan<�i I*O�IT (ompan^
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