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VOL. XI, No.
NOV 17. 1048
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Toronto Nisei Back Up JCC.A. Campaign
Vancouver City Council Favors Vote For Japanese
By Staff Writer
VANCOUVER^�It is almost ironic to this writer that the Vancouver City Council is willing to gire the vote to Japanese. Chinese, native Indians and wives of ail those who pay poll tax while a proposal to give the vote to another group of 22.000 citizens is to be decided by a plebiscite at the civic elections on December 8. The 'first Vpup numbers about 10 -000- , .� -.';:.�:�; ';. ,/�, /;... ' .'.. ' ' .; , v;. ; /-'. - : '
The 22:00.0 -whoso right ;tp vote are to be determined by ihe pi eb i so i t e n re i ho? e \v 11 o do not pay poll tax. They im-ludo single i women, and ..'men . exempted 'through aiie, . active 'military .service, '.disability pensions or. ;< paying taxes elsewhere. :''.'.''.�' The proposal to Rive the vote
ON THK
MERRY-GC-ROUND
By TOSH
i to." .Orientals'
was passed by the legislat ivo .coin-'.. loiio but strong from Aid.
rciit .''stories jvo
j city council's '! mil tec with a
opposition reported HalfprdD: \Vilson. .
Mr: Wilson declared that the Japanese were now being '"assimilated throughout thecountry and the longer we can keep the restrictions in force the hotter to accomplish that goal."
Also in tho Legislative com-. , mittee are Aldermaii and former
make a door-fo-door canvass j mayor J. D. Cornett, ;_ Acting
rorbrUo Japanese Canadian residents beginning. Nov. 14 to seek financial support for | Mayor George ;G. iMiller, Alder-the National JCCA. $2,750 has been set as goal for the drive .in Toronto. The. canvassers met j man Laura Jamicson and others. oh Nov. J2 at the Labor Temple on Church street to j'eceive instructions and a list of pros-[The change in city council^ pects;io be covered by each^team. ftecogimable in the above photo takeK:at- the meeting arc:] allitude towards franchise -'for Yoshio Mats'ui, Toyo Takata, Told Yoshida, George Chilliani, George Omura; 'Shig Sora, IOrtental^shows a marked con-
As huiv.au int t)iis js or.o tlutt .
'1 t'aith in iMnn^nlty' to the h:in}(MH-i! ..t yair.- U iis : tlio kiiui oi sl'o.i:y. tha �'. warin.s the Aocklos or- o-ne.'s infill', -li'd nKso triio. " "..-. ; � .. �/ - ''" �'�� � ':'.� . ; ;
Tho
NTine(y Nisei canvassing teams - > two
N'tshto
Of
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yoshikp and Yuriko ^ishimura, Geri Nikaido,Ka^
timism Marks Aiiditttr's Report At GentralGoroi) General
WINNIPEG: � The monthly sales; of the Family Co-op for the last five ir.onths of the fiscal year ending '�August 3K 1948. was double the volunie for." the first inonths* average, it is the auditor's report, rriade pub-
average; if the members \viU give full Central I support t<T their .organization, this amount could be greatly increased," the report iioted.
The grcss .margin of 15 per
for
tra,st to a few years back when.'j ing fellow w S mayor was advocating the re- ] Was forgettin
story nnfpld.s";in. a local \vhero tiiivo Nisei boys qviJotly -.-i-njioying.' a few away (i onv tluv lulstle-�b'ustlo <>i ' big-city living. Among*. Uicir fellow {>atrons were four others who play ft par', in this ,s to r\-; Throe ol". (IHMU were uncouth Vtoitghies" of., 'the typo that haunt beer-halls and are more -often thrown out than walk -out of their own volition, The .6thcr was a quiet, unasisuni. ho. like: the Nisei.
four. J cent is a "fair gross margin'. noted in j the type of goods handled,
the while expens-
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.. . , . . �eport continued,
lie at the co-operative's general ec .whirh'amX,,�,tA-i-*-'--i:i--" ! meeting; oh Nov- 6 -.es which, amounted to,H .- perf
; The auditor. P. P. Isaacs of ICGnt could b6 decreased to a j the- Manitoba Co.-operative T morc normal level of aoout '11 J Wholesale Limited, noted that'p^r cent m future operations.' .) the sales had been increasing j The .-'financial report, shows a'
1 due .ery
steadily and had reached a total'Deficit .of $212.40 for the year
sales of >5,600 in August.
"A conservative estimate of your coming year's sales should
St. Thomas Man Suffers Injury
=T. THOMAS. Ont. � Caught lor a �n^der working on Elm-Street; J^hn Shotaro Matsu-^to. R.R. No.. 7. St. Thomas. in the Memorial Hospital with i rieht .lee broken i_n. several sees and hL< thigh bnjL^-d and ;.-^�:�:�:. it was reported by the. Th�>�ri�s TjmfT* - Journal re-
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K- ,* r,o; likely lo \ost- thr-.Irg. - v. r ro.�pital att^n^lants say. -^'^".'Tirr.ot''' was working with - �:*.� l+vt-lir.% asphalt-ir.t ��T �*. ^en\->- tradrT rar, 1 Th-- right front wheel ii~'" par. ov^r hi* l*s ar.d au�ht uvnier the bi�yi^-: :',<� having to br hacked v him.
chiefly to the ��extraordin-j exjpenses" im-olved in the t setting up of th? business. i
The co-operative has been [ given S6;780 cash to work with of which; $4,382.74 was used to buy equipment "with S2.900 for purchasing stock. Another $424 is tied up in accounts receivable, and the auditor adyi^ed that recommendation be made for going on a strictly cash basis in order to make additional cash available for more purchase of stock. .
"Although you have not been.
rive
MONTREAL � The Montreal fund drive"in: support of the national and local JCCA will b>p'h Nov. 20 and continue until the 30th. The objective is $2000.
Quebec: JCCA-'s quota for the National organization is $800. Other itoms.M hich must be covered by the S'iOOO are S400 delegrates expense tor Iti4y national eonierence, $100 for public relations, $100 far Montreal Bulletin.
$10O for hall renUK $100 for stmtionerr and buUetin-s. $300 $SOf for part time secretary jit &5 p�r month, $100 for nutceUaaeou* expense, :
forgetting his worldly wor-
patriatibn of all Japanese Can- ries for a fe\v:'.moments, adians, Canadian-born included. Perhaps they had downed a Trend Observed : | few too many.-b'tik tho "toughies"
I It is regarcled as a jforegone | hejf an to cast disparaging re-
�r conclusion; that- Ottawa .�'�will, lift -, marks, at the Nisoi ladis." The
[the^novement. restrictions on j usual line of insults .;. ."Those
; Jaj^res"6; Canadians by April 1.
j This will signal the granting of
f provincial franchise to the Jap-
[�atiese by the British .Columbia
j government..
i. This trend tp'.vard the restojv
;' ation of ckixenship rights of; the
[Japanese Canadians has appar-
| ently been observed by the Van-
b--- Japs'".".".' . They "'should have .sent them all bark .to Japan ... etc. ... etc. ... ." - stinging re-marks that goad one to tlipughts of murderous retaliation arc hot unfamiliar to most of us.
As the torrent of abuse showed
l.ep'uver city council. The council's | recommendations to grant the ; vote to Orientals is .subject to .''approval, of the provincial gov-; ernment, and this will be a nyere ! formality come spring!
IT. Ghiba Donates
'Land to Vernbn Nokai ; their "Hogical- concept of .pride.
no signs of alia t jug', but with liquor-infued bravado "began to increase in language becoming fi'thier by the minute..the quiet. unassumirig man got up from }\\s table and going over to the noisy trio advised them to stop.
They must have been impressed by the .dignity of their adviser for they stopped. But in a final, desperate attempt to salvage
Eleven Kelownans Become Citizens
KELOWNA, B. C - Eleven persons of Japanese race were granted Canadian citizenship papers at a ceremony here Oct. 19.
They are: Takeyoshi Kobay-ashi. Kikumatsu Oishi. Yoshi-
able to show a saving on your* m*tsu Naka. Hiroshi Shirai. operations for the first nine Tsunejiro KiUgawa. Shintaro months,......the trend during the ; Kmnshita. Suekichi Koga, Kinzo
VERNON - - One acre of land has been donated to the Vernon Nokai by Takeshi Chiba. The land will be registered in the name of seven members of the Nokai executive.
At a general mee'.ing of the Nokai. held on Nov; 7 .the following executive was elected:
President, Gentaro Isobe: vice president. Kiyosuke Sakakjbara: secretar>-. Ed^-ard T. Ouchi; and treasurer Hideo Ogata.
one of the three looked forebodingly at the man and made a threatening remark.
When it looked as if the gentleman was about to leave, the trio hastHy made their'exit. They waitexl outside for their prey to come put. As he stepped out. the three, in cowrds. beat his clothing.
It was only after the scuffle was all over an'l the attacker* ^Continued on Page 2>
an aft typical of him up and tore
of
!<��: several month* has been en-courag:ng and it appears that a solid foundation is beir.g laid tV.r a strong Co-ope:-alive organ-izati�"'r.." "be report concluded. Directors BeeJrcted
TJLI break.-iTid hip t\vo
knee and mrJcie.
cap and ankle frac-
the general rr.ee;:r.i. ami ^io'.vrn^ T\-err ^-elrrc*^ to
rd of directors: r- Kanada. Ak.ra Oki-Mickey H��y�.-h: B-ir.goro and Kaicr.i K;k;da
other four d sectors whose terrr. does not exp.re this vfar art Harold H:rr�s� Ich^o HTravsrr.a. Tair.ot^t: Mitar.i. and Genji Otsu-
c^ a! the 'j
the b Ki:;
r:ura.
Gr4.:. The
Nakano. Kaoru Ito. Nasaichi Terai. and Rev. Yoshinosuke Yoshioka.
The eleven made the!:- application ^for citizenship after attending citizenship classes which were held from Dee 1947 to May. 1W8. The English classes were held at the Kelouma High School, and classes in Japanese held at the Japanese Hall t?nder Rev Yoshioka
Government pamphlets &nd mimeographed lessons %-ere used as texts.
The citizenship classes will be conducted again this ve-r begic-ning Nov. 1. ^
Democratic Party Will Carry Out Civil Rights Pledges�Barkfey
WASHINGTON D.C Sen
"ATbar; Earkley. vice-p r��sider.t-.said on Nov. 5. *fter a. .g with President Truman tbat be experts ifc^ r>etnorr�:s e*ecte�l OP th*� I�48 ptatform w�l! carry out the President's c:v~l
his
Observeri recalled that President Trumaa ted ta�dr a njroroo* sp*�rt; i� New York's HarlcRi of) the Friday before the election and >wd prwniaed at tn�t time
rights progT'. . election.
of U*e riv>; r vM� pomt* by \.r Tmrr.an in hi.* Hartem campaign =p�ech was a proposal for the equalization of opportunity for rr-sjdert alien* in the Unit�^l Slates U� become citizens.
Th� largest jfr^HTp of aliens now inrtifr.b** to ization by law an� nearly pe-rvms of Japane��
that he would cany forward his u the United States