THE NEW CANADIAN
Saturday, October 25. 1947
THE NEW CANADIAN
fOt TtftM Av�m�r W*fcrfOt�OI Winnipeg, Man.
organ pubUah*] a* a medium .of among the people of Japanese origin in Canada Kaaty Oyama .......,.,....�..........:.._.^.._;_i-----_._..,�. Editor
[ TtukJin* Mayed* - Frank Morittugu � Sab Wttinabe
R�tt�: in Adv*nc��|2,00 for 20 weeks, $240 for iix month*,
$5.00 for one year. Authoriwd as second clasa mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa.
...''-.." WIXNIPK*;, MAN-, OCTOBKU H. 1^47
A Law Against Discrimination
The .. t&ecutjve of the Onta/io Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association has been following with keen interest the recent case in which a Negro girl was rejected from a nurses' training course at Owen Sound Hospital.
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It appears that no reason for the injection existed except racial-coTraideration, and this incident has led the Qntalio minister of health to send a questionnaire to 160 Ontario hospitals/concorning their policy of admitting' student
'nurses. �':��"' _... � , /: . � �_�'-. :. ... ... .� . . -._ ': / . '. '....
The Owen Sound -case called forth much protest from all parts of the-country/ The Ontario JCCA, too, has joined the voice of protest, and has submitted a reasoned and well-composed letter.-to the provincial minister of health,': urging him "to investigatcv employment discrimination in the province in order to establish what need there is for Fair Employment Practises legislation/' . �
It is important to realise that while on the surface thero seems to be jio objection to a law to oiitla\\vemployment discrimination; there is a consrderable section of the society M'ho do oppose it. : /
Some of.them say that unless the community is willing to accept the spirit of aiulobey such a .law, itwould serve no good to enact it. Some, no doubt, have in mind the danger, that the inciiscriniiiKvle!hi�dng of minority races may do harm to certain types of businesses. There may be some Avho believe that oniployers should have complete;freedom to hire whom they please; .-
In advocating a Fair Emplx)yment Practices legislation; then, thetarrying on of a continuous Educational campaign to sell the community ontlwi jieed and desirability of racial equality in all phases of sucieiy should be considered a �vital; part of the program.
EDITORIAL GRAB-BAG
MARRIAGE PROBLEM^
/rime "\vas in '.Canada's' iiisto:y v.'heii the.girl's ot is to 2")-'and.thi-young -.men a '-'lit Ho older in:nri'v/} at those a^os i.is a inadi'r o( coui:st\ .Those \\er<v the pioju-cr days. \ve should', �jvnii'inho'i'.-.wheri �-"peo'plo "-expected - H-.-SS. and ul^n early-niarriasj'e'\Vas enconiaged so that the younir people together . �'ould set about'- biiildiii.ir t-ht>ir 'future. "'.. . :: . .,.-:".
. Today tho brakes ;j:>: on-: V'oVi'ii:
John is- told fii;it ; !u-, �shouldir'i
.iuar:>"."until h\- .'^cts- a' .'sl^'n'''- or
until' lie'ha?, fin'is-hi �!- his .edui'-a-"'"
t;i(>!!' ;ihd I's^.ib'isho.I hiinseliV
^Iary'.-is fold �>}]���'mil's; \\.aif ur.rit
� Jofm.-"irots' a b:.r�kv-ii'i.-i-oiiut." or
Sets his fee! thinly'. �--srab!islie..i
.Oil tl)..- I;j:id^r to S'h . rSS. ' .".
The" result is. Ui:ir today tluTe--
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:�i;�\ muri1- m;-.r-;;-s:es ' :n ?!u>. ,'J.� fu"
"** . I'lackcTs than'in ih.> oailu'r" -yt>a: s; aiViii hc^r- v. ho !>u-\e ^unii.''.} those iiiattt-I;-; s.ty ;l-a! fv.'o b;j�l' '"results ' ai>- s:i-:inn-in?: !:t>;n '[he .tor-.-ed delay. (>::�� is'-^ -e'ri-
totiay -are;- natmalizeii '�/C.a cit-i/ens- ami three :oiU of every lour are citizens by birth. An in.-"c-ivirsin.k tvuinbei-of. citizens in Hie foustal |�rovHK-c . aro uhh.apj*v. about .''its ''"'racial policies! This: \\ as t\xi'ir�?*?se<i;:by-' tho ' Vancpuver: .-.Xou'slHt'rahl.Jiv a recent od it oi'ial. 'roruv.nilnij:.., tho di^cnniinatiha .adai�st Jaitanosv ranadians. it
als an.! t!ie <i*?:.'7 :> :> civa- :-�'.-'� .tTe'ase in divoi.c ii, �<_;;;;>,� in;i'::>-couples mar:'y so !ai.t> J;i Mr'e :lr�t
'unit of /this vyholo coh.tin.ein \vlier1., ; iKUiv^s. if they happen to havv .lapa.uesf .aiu-fstotv-;. aro nor al-Jt>v.�-ti to; live- ia the placeot; their � birth.'': �; I'roin a rrovoiit.o Star edi: . torj:ii, ;/ �':'.;', � : �;�; -,-
for news about your own town;.
Perhaps it seems to sonic of you that .news from certain centres "always appear in The New Cana-dinn. vv}>ile news from your localr ity doesn't. And you've wondered -How Come?:' �
Well, the cities and town* .that Always have news reports Jn the paper have correspondents . who send us reports of their acttvit:es. regularly. Espe:ially .is this true . of sports .ind club news. .Why not. get after your local 'reporter � if :n> � or send in some news'-, your-
marriasre rHutio;;
repor: srat*vJ. =01; r o::r -Of every fiv* Japanese in t'ar.ad^'
B.C's Blind Spot
Pervoos of Japanese origin w II continue to be d:afran� ^is�*il This te Britteb Columbia s blind 5por. JM ttte �ext general elm ion.
LOOKING UP..
The Movies are having themv
show the Peepul what Heaven i* Jike� in Technicolor if possible.
I'm one of those who is quite willing to get a preview of Paradise and find myself happily toddling along whenever these ethereal fantasies hit the city . theatre*. The film Heavens I particularly' refer to are those in the, British '".Stairway to Heaven." and the Holly wood "Down to /Earth." :
As-you Can see by the titles, in the first picture the story Is about going up to the .Happy Hunting Grounds whJle the second ...con-cernj; the descending, unto earth from Heaven of a lush goddess who looks like Kita Hayw.qrth, "Lush" may ; not be an ethical term to use when referring to a goddess -but when Miss .Hay-worth is concerned -uff. uff!
In Stairway to. ..Hoav'en, the After World was a rather austere place�with cool blondes .in white, /uniforms" looking like beauty shop operators doing very efficient alid impersonal greetings, of new. recruits. Of course later on a wild-looking Raymond, Massey in the ItevohitiouarjY \Var uniform listened to a radio .blare out Krankie jsingi'hcr.'Sh'pp'.. Shoo Ha by. so aus--terity was not all they hud to offer; but still it looked a nice -but rather uninteresting type oi: Heaven. .
:I think I prefer/ the Down to Earth-brand. - To start '.off'�'."it;'was/, in- Technicolor and a/ bitni-h of Hollywood chorines in xliaphaiious robes posing as the Muses are the first' inhabitants of the ppi�er Woi'ld wo seo. Xaw if this is not a heartening reassurance after the frigidly antiseptic �British heayen, 1 drtif t know what it is. ./
;Afu>r .we had got the . Muses a lit lie. sorted ;/out �:w.hicli is not very easy since .1 lolly wood babes 'sooni ;to have a vague ; similarity �;-' in pre-ftiness ~.~ Hita Haywortli comes to the fore -ah/I from there 'on. I mil. willing To joili -a Heaven-Boosters clu|> any time.
<>i '.course' in.. Down to Ear;h. there were, other characters lik � Kdward Kveiett Hoi ton and a stonily kind Mr. Jordan (Roland Culver> wandering nbotit -r-. bui they seemed "mostly occupied with the business office side of things.. Hut the-Muses .pranced: around worrying -their lovely '.heads about what was going on ilo-.vn.on -KU'iii/ That-him .lha't" thoie an> babes iin � there : with nothing imu-Ji to do - --gives-.hope'that. Heaven \vii; not.
� bi- an nneveutfiil ]))ace. '. / . . As fai1. as this- Down to Ka-;-,!h pit-fiire.is concerned .there wasn't ."
quitch .else to roconuiieiid it e\'-
..cepr -t.hiit. it xvaV ;'�" ni'.;.o'-w;iy ti> kili
;tn �'veTi.ing---'sini:in>r- ah.} (iancliii:
;iii-l'.ali that. . Larry 'I'^rks "is in-
- volvvd u.o. !-tjt ii,. ,'.i-^sn't go: a ch:uic<- !o do .;iiiy;hihg -a;\l l\:id Ff:!> \\n; T!t Wh;> llas iit'Ver had {o a/r .)cra!is;. of soiiu-. i>tivioil!� <U]>i p!i.^e-niiiv-k�-n{rig reasons. .{i;t.s �> say . soriu-. of i!u- sillirsi lir.f<
J !'�!!> \\iio,| ,-VtM1 lUl!l>-(i o;)T :o (�"�;�'
The New Canadian wants to give you�the readers�sports snrf Jocal . :ie_Ar 'covering'the" whole -of the . Japanese n Canada. To do that \se n;td >our help.
If you v*if) help us: we can help >ow fry t�J!ing you all about what the others are do ng.
Person Sought
Ir's he!! \\li<:\ :, - t-ijy e :nii,'s.i of_a"s;t.l :u-;ir -etu-.- i;:;t in this sr^
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or- tryinc rr.nu^rif {.� . ?o t-s^ rf >, rip
of Mr Yoshikazu .Vi
as British sub>cli will to rofr. Bnt noc �o The
as a r^>nt
.. . 1^* JirCat;! Sr Torcmro i# as
T. N**iii2*�ki r o Mr
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Xo iran(t�>r rb- Or
Letters to the Editor
and
Net BOM -
�ditor, The N�w Canadian:
I never read anything so bigot-ed � AS the letter you printed recently by "O14 Net Bos*."
In the first ptece, mo�i of the Japuttea* did" not. lire tn shacks, I duin't. Secondly, we did 'not leave the house unlocked; � we rentefr-XKir home, and still it wa3 sold. YVV left a lot of article* because �v coulii not take them with us. There ^vvas no baggage space.
The person who said, "We'll be back, we don't care," uiust have been crazy:
The Jap was never a good citizen. Beeause they m>ver hud a c.liance to show it. They committed ho murders, rarely stole. hardly evvr made public demonstrations. bought bonds and war statups. No. the Jap was never.' a sood citizen. . . .
I; for one, would not go and fight with the Japs against the land where I was born! How about all those young Nisei boys - who went into service? I sup? pose they were .'.just fooling? I wonder, ;
: Ami; most of Us never starved or ill-treated anyone, jii any race there /are the/se sadistic people.
When the war started I was. too youn'g to understand what was going, on. From then, all I remember is the tears and heartbreaks that followed. Every : time I see my mother's and , father's grey hair and troubled eyes, too old even for their years, i feel so ntacf f:could dp almost anything. /
It wa^u't their fault! Why should ia^y siiiTer? I Avon 't for-. got us long as my moiher and
/other ar� HWfl^T and troisbl^V* they are today. . ; ls
Also, Canada was not a � u , rtian'a country. It was tii, ula/ \vho first lived here. Lit s h,,l ^ democratic- country uVt; -.^,1 hare and prejudice,
t hoj� "Old Net Boss' ;vr see this, because he's going t: have a lot of explaining to ^ when his time to meet the rca Big Best comes.
THE.NEXT GENERATION
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Shocked by Peg
Editor, The New Canadian:
I was shocked to !>�;)(! i!u v.. cent article by "Pefc."-'iVr a lw . time now I have, been' adiDiri;-/ her and enjoying readui- [> �stories and' articles,..but .t!i-.; !l(.;v one taking off on the p.<yrh:-tr>�: was tbo.much.
I felt -3ad v/hen \\->x f iMuv.^^ r that, she knew uothiiiL: �'a!.v,):�'�/ psychology and then prom-df! � make a devastating atuu-ic. . A:;��; to think that she is n stmlviu , . one of .our fine Eastorn l'i.iivr.-r.s'->;' ties where many courses on pA chology are offered. ".-".
While I am here I would like t \ say that I should like /to ioa ' �oome artjcles by K.W.. '.who 1 a:: 'sure isn't too busy tliat he cat.-; /do an article off and on; Ami \\h i; about :.GIndy:�she ,;used to wri/-sbme cute stuff at one -tiine-V
Oh. there must be a host <v Niseis all across" Canada , wlj haye some interesting thinp.i f � say. -I wish there -was'.' som, method we could/use. to iiui:<v them break in to print.
Hop.e to see iuore ail ides': by new v.'i'iters. .
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
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cd-B In.zily strolling the beach, 'Giciny my ''.'imagination a ".Iw'x .n. from (in nngle to my right, .4 pelvic -caught mij f/iize,
holi'lav: ;
1 sio))ih".t (tt>-l ,f}ootif to .^ec again, '. /� The )n!/i:i('d colors ilaticf 'round 7/<<> -stove': .f.>\it.~.ftla*4 fill 1 -could xcc,.' \
'.�.. 'M �"(>�.* a })c->hfc o'rf cowman, ', .. '.,"- '� . .'-. .. At could be �tief'n. � ; ' .. ; ..'�..- ; '
And .-a) ii .life hut a pebble, , -/�. "-
�-:'-� I. ( 'tiiri?*-<?lon'inff.. with glamour and gl?e : .l^i.t. tJit'i- �V �/<i >�/;<�� >r.s ((* tt miift,;
.\)>d f>?>Vr fif'/aiii. lift V ' (i* prosaic, _-. - -
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:- _ " . �From the Montreal
A Nisei Editor Attacks Other Nisei Editors
.TiiV1 r";v<1 ;kv.v _'o:v -ivo-.vs is virtually u:ik;uiwn to Nisei journalism. .�Xisei e iltois. are fa: 'from bei't.c 'oiive' in EheSV appioarlr. Tht y
! p"rejudico.< which ten."' .'to. loto: and to co:-
^in^H./tua'tors' irritJi're them. O.-i tiU- ��viidjc'. riu-y !��*��>;�. i criticism. b'.r. :vs;ua�l quickly to r�ra":--v. heth-T _ ruerired o:- HOT". Thru ni^r.ta- horizon is limited. Their v;r\v< a:v narro\v. Thry live in \ � %-:>; .��:*.> : \vori-J of sell eloritira-tio>:'. s:r:-v;n-? :orever for .that fne^tly :>a: ar, the bavk.
c They are Caspar Milquetoast* *li��n it cotter to convention. TTiey are eoartiaf^ public �a.voc- at the expense of their
From tbe cobuun.
by Jimm* Owtira. of i5+ Rockj-^luApo (Den-
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Man Day of Salmon Ann. K
.writes: � . - .
."I'm happy to see -'a" IV*: 5'-(ohmiu ..in the last few -issues . the paper. I thin~k it'.^ ;i .ie*.:.! improvoinent 10 the papt-!'. ��'���� .tho' I.can't keep up with .the �� -' respondents I already havf.: : won't.-bt^ using it. I h:iv�-. '�"" ever, an excerpt from :': ""� ::-' V liich I hope you will i:. " :-the column:
"Jane says�J would I;*-;* �-?/ hear from Ni�*� boys, agts ^~ and up. My hobby is writing '.o girU and boys of far and near c�yntr*�� and at pre�*nt I hare pen pals in Germany. Holland, Belgium, and many other trie*.'
"Jajie is �event^en. ind a verf mtersstlnc letter. 1 been vorrp*tMB<ifnp vitb her '"* a^am 9 TCKT notr.. Pea *r� ca� ns�cfei k�r fcy writmu to
Miw Ja�* Uy**a, Mill M^ Ml twm. OalMk Terrrtonr HAWAII."
