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'V: they v,^"
-'.,(.'�
�' 'K-.
ers �'�' "
borne .in �'���� via joy. T. ?. ''.-corPs: t/i
�onduct r.?,';. V .with' Ch:-Yoneh C-rL-^yav .t.o\vsfi
ties <;>: ou:' hove ,bee;;
KITR
As
By JACK SCOTT
(In The Vancouver Sun) we are all equal in the presence
Looking Up ...
by f.
a. m.
of death-is. �.--" � Now 'that all
5 at 3 p.m.. Frank; In a camp of 300 loggers there. ^-"r'hoDtf ;ed. 35 years, born' had boon no hint of discrimin- *' Alberta, came ;-atiori, Apart''from rill that, was a faller j Mrs. Crawford's/ brother was the! killed -in the Canadian Arniv
lit on,
;r.
lU-rg camp of & Paper; The
the fights are e being any-
MinrFKo
Of ttit
top
'livmlock which .C.raw-�.-/iniC. broke .off and . ....; Ik- was instantly
Y \vas brought from . ;;t the northern tip .;ver Island to this r> 'widow, with the ' ;�;-itds, began arrange-� the funeral. �
Ivor wish that her
;ii- ouried in the beau-
':.-:de 'grounds' of , a
cemetery. She and
./s.s journeyed there.
shown available plots
' "' '
te
::/-s!rian"led Mrs. Craw-;'{.'-,hyr/ friends directly :.;rt' ..of ���"��'the : .cemetery i:;.o. purchase price of TS is � '�60. Mrs. Craw-s r.ot satisfied with this She, asked to be ? 120"-plots. They ,> hillside in the sun. rna'n, - with some re-escorted Mrs. Cra\y-her friends to this
r, the party .had/returned , cemetery office/ Mrs. o:\I said that she had de-1 .>�:/� the $120 plot. Tho ;:;V was embarrassed. He :*<ed himself for -a consul-:��' v/ith a superior/and re-<. u shortly to -say, with- re-' that' it would not be pos-
r'vMik Crawford would have bo buried-in the segregated
fighting against just this kind
of intolerance. I decided I'd do something, about it.". ' Custer checked first.with the undertakers. -He was told'.tlu-t, this-kind of discrimination'was
to st-ttle clown
It easyduring- the hot. sticky [�lu! season. / ; � ' i little
Juno :s the month/of/orjdes.t this � year�'fight's.- as wc.ll.1 .suppose the;
"m
By BILL AKAKA
i As Told to Jon ChinerO
ivy people I hav< .big brown eyes friends". faithful mote. :, the thought 'of
u hi!ii 1 uti . tu��
and
Although I 'connection � and.-'fights, about sh.il
o Js, a weddings (lasted for
not yo e-henshed illu-
the", hard-and-fast least. t'\vo cemete riover.'been a case
pohcy of at �u-s. ."There's bvf'oiv 'where
Anyway I.GUIS'- has and Dewey
the Wa>
a Negro objected' .to rangements." .Cust'ei surcd'. .
"Well, there is now.". Custer replied. /����'��
Custer .then 'phoned the salesman at the 'cemetery � involved!. He found: him 'a.'decent/.intelligent person-..who' was simply ; wards carrying out., lie said., a policy ; was .a
walloped/1"11 "'"i1 lias 'wal- ah!v '.o.vi Koi. You
Micniko brings back
pleasan: � memories. We both. Light-year oUls when �'si met ;tm! -our mehiUhip t.nu-e months It was nu>st peculiar acquaintance for was locked' up in a1 lit tie \\.oiH: t'ro)!! the outside � hy . a fence. Ami Michiko was
"It is l!'� iu uufs Thank -you', so sum h.
�My mothi i . my s,'hrd'. hai
Mu hikv>
I
them \V, In
,.j
�ir!'!";.
wish
:"I
Lv 1 your H-othe.t 1 prison,
that I'm
.lopi.'d The Rest .and a'.tasn. as. ? d'.-ivt-r . walloped - a. drunk and so U>. eas'ici'. .Quieter 'living.
I NYII.S
ail orphan
Ttvll
1 had
son y
�ii- n;
a
is a
..". I flh'er
1'H.
he
'Hut I'd -.tx'tter'.tell yoii about t'it/ cabbie and. the '.' drur.k.
early-'.in..-'June. Arabella.
of- several years' .standing. This policy. passed by : a', board of directors, affected, both Negroes and Orientals. ..' ; /.'.'/
Quiti
d '1 . .were we
.i'rom tbe nice.-, night and .'.that's how
Th�M>*: wero" i-lose to to IVA-S \r-\}\c o:pphanai;< . Vuit 1 was 't .lie only eig.lr.':y.o;\r:oJU and. 'was., far' h'o small to a.^.soc'iatr With .thf otli-'t-:s. Bei'ote I nii't. ' iti<-h'ik�
fight. As
cinema. """-It .foj;. Wulkinji .we sa\v tile-'
had
.1
lo-'
h<>ir.e "ye-u'r w.as \ iiid
r-e'i
we paused at a busy' . dowiitowiV interscctu)!!.' :a 'cab-. � Custer asked to speak to ..the j.bie and .an apparciitly .drunk
there cu'ss-and /down: .ig^'.tlic'y ri-d." .seemed
c�the usual stor.v. had gotten' to the
HI !y. (iuviie.. 1 known . relatives, no i".i ietui. I whlko'd alone in the worM. : Then/'oiu.' Miauuer" at'tej;'ni'>oti, .�!" .;Snii�lay -school i lul-> to -.visit us in tli(> or-
cemetery':� head.. II
then available, '."'Tell ,111111 1 i inv. ..each oilier up
won't .be. responsible for "the My/the horrible
actions, of 3.00 loggers ..when' used:. Arabella s
thev hoar about' this." .Custer It /seemed vaguely about the
c was not'eiN-passenger stood "Tell iiim I' ' '
He was a Negro.
1 � � � . .��*-.* .-;* '
STUCK HIS NECK OUT
Crawford was buried in
the
.plot, his -widow, had J. This . was done, be-x>%' the .intervention of .a man with tlie weight of
_ _ .__
ins man is IDick Custer, a
Y i-'sa'w' contractor \ylio had
ioyecl Frank Crawford and
SKLPCT CL OBJECTION
Cusler advised' .�Mrs./ Crawford of his "action and waited for word .. from ; the . cemetery. It came from the manager of the cemetery. ^Tin/prepared to. deviate from our policy/' he said. "Mrs, Crawford may have any plot available,"
Custer asked what steps could be taken to prevent such incidents . in'-the future. :i
The "manager's reply. Custer said, was that the cemetery had "a very.'-. select clientele" 'who"would object:-to..being buiV-icdd.in tlie same, section as colored people.. � "�"-.'
Later. Custer attended Crawford's; funeral. He' discussed the; incident: with "several Neg-
! it
point
\vas a
a ^ <:!t-n
a:?ii CiViuiies. l?ei.j;tj the stn.allcst hoy, I stood asttfe .from the' oth-ers and Wat<-lied thenV- play and sing.and laiigli. For fully Yii'teen 's. 1 sat alone under Hie of a t rt^e. !onginvi; .for a il smile., a fi'iendlv "Hel-
Vo\M I ;v.! !)i''! . :inu Vho
�'hi'ot hi r>; ;u'uj sisti'i-s,' lu- I it's* 1} :i-ml I !v;u! iu>i--\\ .�)!',! to l�>:-< ;hi-i-. olc lo:i>. ';.!]�� JM !' � her. .'fjlni.ily.' luj: >r.l �lassin.a.te.v. . t:he . Uungs. an() iVn '-hni^s she du5 I list v>i�'i! w>t h. niv .1
MM-
wni'e
i'or
1 h-;i.�i '.never hiinu- hVj'otv inothtVs I.-v
It ...was.
heer. ilow �
, li-r '
r l:tt
h;u.]\ i\i \t
And i-s!iatk
.wliere neither fellow .wanted" to cj.uit yelling vile-, names, bc-caus.e: he felt" he would .be the loser if hcv let the other . have the -last word.:.. " :
As we got to -the" other side
�;Hye'. Mieiukii." I -vva" ! walk haiui. "Anil (hank-'you!' lifunis, ��way a .song..in my �'.heart,
iuV
of the street with the .light..'the ; It .was the firsl' time .that ;a
'
It*.". Then I noticed a ^ii
'in my direeti'on. In )jer
.she carried a H':tie. box and two fi.ist time in my'-lit'e.
-U�:pt l\er proniise the nc.xt Week. Soiiu times, she i Si.ju'ila'v- selioo) �i
for Mu
au<l
'.'Hello.'
For a moment
.1 was �'stiumod,.
fun started. I pulled
back to. watdi. ,.- �'�-.' : . ]I nodded, / -v>:��fi
'-- The cabbie turnexl to hisi �;�!%� Hame is Miehiko Tanakn." Chev in exasperation : to ' find | she -introduced' herself. /What is
'�'returned the next, with the
Artihella j son had smiled at me. -He-hello.'' \ t,tlier 'limes *he
alwavs. .she. hi
thi.iig:
off, the � cabbie more, and tjU'-ii got it coining :to
ToesT"as~f h is" wr il e r" ''s7 ubse~qi ueit-i
IV.'. did: They were aware of | ttixi
the drunk, tagging after him. Shaking him ye.lkd some with a "You
you" clenching of^ his teeth, he Jet the ; angry .'/souse1-;- have a roundhouse right flush to the .'mouth/ The drunk went dnwn. .Just like' the fights .in the �movies/"/.;' '.'�'/' "/�."' ",',. Ex'cep f 1 h a t u n 1 i k e t h e
onme alone. ni^ht iiie somes...' fiuits, eakes or eeiokivs.
rWliat '<�> , you do the olher (iays?" I asked. .
"Oh; I p(v:to s.uninier seluml" she ai^swered. 'How .about, von :"'.'��
"In the nicining '.-:we : w.o'rk-
/.Negro for sever Mrs. Crawford phoned
her
llu,-, the -segregation. They ?nw it ;'al j as just one more, petty humil-
��-".* .1
She
he duih"t: get up. Tlie 'roared oway in an. .angry
yours : ...
"Brit..". 1 '�'answered. "Bill, what ?"; she "You must have a last- name." -"I I don't know,' I slidok iny head/ -"N(V one .lias t(�lH me." : "I�'�"�/� I'ni ^orry." slie' apologiz- aroun<l the "yard.,.: in th�.- ^xft� i-! cd. "Hf-re. I brought something ;noon we. play aii�f .loaf." . . 'for. you." She/offered -me the, Thus, w.e *rtlkeU of many hox/and the pachagos. things. We . bcfsnno close frieml;:
� I -hesitated. I had nrver been :a.nci''eoiifMert.'TtpxTr-srcrets-'to om> offered anything before. ..';-.I was Another. Mkh:Uo 'wrvs;:a; thin .lap/-
clashing"of gears, aild some of the spectators slowly leaned
afraid that there was a ��'_'ea'teh.v
'-AnVerienn
and I was
iation to be accepted patiently, jover- to help the7 da/ed drunk i have plenty more
"Don't'- be .shy," she iir^ed. "I a Hawaiian btiy. But, to"us. color
told hiin of iies. Custer had to -between a compromise :< conscience and . doing a- knew was right. He! tion c
"Protest by. people, of our own i _ now that the fight. was over.! �"Gee, thanks.
back home/" Michiko,' I
race is pointless," . This was the..general view. ��-.-'. . But Custer's action, the a"c: of a man brought into a
�t "nit'
Arabella said it was awful, said.
�vtick his neck out" i situation purely by. accident/ is j Yet my sidekick analysed it Crawford well and;. wonderful /proof that_ l^otest - ' �....... -
L;U..% V^I<iN%.lU(U wvil .' U"� =� -�--�-."----- � . . .. '-. T-J t-.f -----,, i'- , �.
;:&! hhn." Custom told me i does, indeed, bear iruit Pi oof. "If^ou d �:i:v/-He wa^ a" credit to/ too, that, the fight .against chs- ^ had ta �e^-'a.' man with a: greatrci'iminatjon is a..fighfthat -cc>v -i day and t! and spirit, whose, father1 age and smc'rrity can evcntu-. noymg dr .';-.,:n ..n RnntJc^ mini^tpr rdlv \v;n. . �:��:.'�-� [get a; nice
"Thank . you very 1 didn't 'particularly..; but soberiAnd I grabbed tlie box and 'he bead vs. alcohol brain seemed j packages before... she emild
j:chtinge. .her imhd. She must have thought/that. I was m�ie. but .<he did hot ?ny anything'..
unfair odds.
thus on hearing- my report:
>pn n --a Baptist
"If you'd been the cab driver taken a lot of guff all then ran into an drunk. I'll bet'- .\
J tpiickly opened one of. the 1 [ paekage.s. look out two (;ookie?
aV>;'r!incl
'�"No.
The Kids at the Ball Game
By BILL HOSOKAWA
T In
lc,.okio. '
It
\\.
M'ke
v ''�;�-if- ' lt'
. DENVER; Colo.! During -one <?� wf-nt In'tho ball game the; er lost his co ri^bt -/we being Mike, i the batter.
= 7^>.- Susan who is 4. and know why he was trotting, oo^n ?.D: old c-nough to bo their to first. . "Because-. _
\Ve saw the Denver '.without thinking or. t ^iay Pueblo in a Western sequnece?. -'hr got .our
�,'ame. The Western is -Four balls? .said "r,s5 A in the hierarchy of had oonve in on tr.e >:---r.al baseball, and they conversatihr.. ::> with some prettv sour . K-f t � \\hat ::'r? ..: especially Denver :<!o wh^n thry Ir..^ th'-:.
�-.as a'long-term'lease, on" ' '"-".,.�
| As jn all gooil hall
�>at -i�r/t what we start- ! tten- wr*. J numlH-r ot.-Uaid -.'.-: :te about, because- i::rhMbarb*, with a lot of all yam-"� %-unesters' first en- nvrinj �JH! anprv � witri a real ba.^ball -Wtaf* tfco matti-r
Tr-ey provided more fun �: -">pl^ near us than the
me heavyv.t?i^iu pn/e 'figlu. .Joe Louis.', llth.-ruum! i-dt-molition' of .Jersey Joe. Wai--; ! colt cair.e. prelty well ";is >x-! pcctcd- but the fight, sure - h^d i . soine' uncomfortable moments.. � it. was because it � downright /shame/, if i
ti "niedjocrc second-rater top*| rnuiKwiji pled Louis off his throne atSl^ouis nnd this late date. The greatest r .Tom record ever made-by a henw-r nominee for
offered -one to her,
.you", sh�- smiled. *'l hai! Iplen'.y. Go alu-ad and h.elj> your-
Jseif.;:". - -. . / - �'...
|: I took a. bite 'fiom tlie other
then 'another/ami anoth was Die first" eookif- that
I hn<l eaten in a 1cmjsr while.
Mic-hrkfi stared at h;e with her
the "skin meant nothing. To Michiko was the preiUe/! inos' ehariiiing person ii.j world.: i>h.f broiiK'l.it lin'ppi- . ji.ess. into" nty life.
.Then. on/ Snn<!ay. Michiko' <.jd" � not appear at '.oiir. Ivhbjhial -hour. I \vailid in vain all afte'-: noi.n. <l<-ej ly" <-<inei:rnfd for � Uu-frU'ri*!.. who . hati i.onu- to mean <i. great <le.!iI to me.
Trie following week. I w�-.nt to our 'sj)t-/. f-arly.an-d waited 1 was ahotit to leave for rny/riH'Hiv di^ajvprjinted. wlu-n MirhiK.i tame' mrimnj_' triwar�ls inc. .H�v . an�i swollen. And-very -j�alc. Hh�-iiut I Kiuld K><--�r -evrs. "\Ve'n
i.-yes were t�'d .she '.was [�;i!e .tried to s:ni!� � th�- f*;�ip ii'i
M- ,n before
i." the night Walcott "t
is . Republican the American
end of the "Oi-ly four ball? are they coins to
VGigh king would i)ark
i In't been .' Susar.
�-n a loud VAK?-. -':: like tnis:. -' ar� thoi�^ mer
ven,'
*.vr.;r
or are
.
that p��netra1hi|r voie� of "What did th�- �-mpir� <lo? a�r they all ��d at �he By that tirn^ w ��rt in* more attention than
th- -i
Why
the
donked the Ducking Dodger and poor Walcott found his reign as People's Cha:r:p<-fn do\vn the drain -No rr.or*- will thc;y imnte rrirrr up if To'r��nto .to- ref a fight not lor.-.rr.orif-y anyway.
.But Jersey J<>/: have- tr, worry. If vich car/t t�<:_ hin of Cam den. New .-�ill takr tho he.v." >-, � f.
have -b'ec-n-!'Presidency and many wise men ''think that he is a cinch 16 he Destroyer | the next man in the White Heu*e. Mliich means that Turn Dewey is ;oinf to mean a Jot to vou and me and alt the rest of the folk in the world � let ai�ne the t/S.
As'the ron\'�"-nJi<jn opf-nf^i -in .Phila'df.-lph'iri nnd the ".partv bigwigs :r..':rie thr-ir gr�'indio>t-
.sta"inm�'t (�(] "Th�
I'm tint V.-.f-ll."
" ' 'At 'he- i'iiillii of I biiiJu o:;t It cian't .. "Vi-s. Ijar-k s
doctor sa
.'N
hf
<-lying.. tj. . It' -ari't liHl. out
[7i�"-.' �I;iv/" .r, ' .'' " I
r ?oft vonr. N'r, Mirhio.
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hut I'll- �>r
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I
"By^. .f>,i! I- M:' and ran '':-.', ;tr �:.- 'h�- ga ?tiir.n+r* I f*:or. ' -know
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Gas' Li-<r."c-
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platitudrnous >pfrchts. :t..�*.-�� *-d a little-scary . th.fet th^ { lurie." i.,I th<- world would rx-'n ci o n t ht inclination* �-� R*-r;ubl!<"?ir.
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