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Saturday. ,hi!y .12.' 194T
Votes For B.C. Japanese Elections Act Changes
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''OTTAV- A.-- -A proposal to. prive fedrra] frariehisr �o' :-.;, t.:: /(upaws'e- ancestry. in British. Column!;, -w^ ;,-:.^ ;;;,.;/ ihe Commons election committee's final ivivir ^.tt\i .'�.- '/H1 House of Commons on July .1
""."',/ . � �..-�- ;�- .The report It-ft srai.ydir-.e .'the
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Land Purchase
By Japanese
Wartime Loyalty Cited
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House Passes Move to Make Forty-Ninth State
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clause in. the
Act which d
person prolubiied t'rouv vo:i!i? i'n / 'the provincial elections. 'The n ����;. - tish Columbia Japanese avr ';h0
o'nJy racialproup i afYe.'-'u-d by ;Vs ; ' clause.
However the repo-'t ;t,.o;.nnt::-� ded that:... ./,' '
yees be'allowed three 4 o;--' hours oft in /which to
Fishermen be added ro'lhWeji. to VQte ijl advanvo. 01 the/
Uberta . . / '
-'/ out >;.;"�� "�"�-.- feature: about
jvj..;: :1oiU: '-^ tho spectacular ^""^
k^ �:: wh/.:. .th<-; Social Credit vote;
-v/auu- /;.to � power under ... '* P1
k..-/.v.xir.s"''William Aberhan m t]
*��:& �'!!�:!>; yml has remained . Polling ;date;,; '. //...;/ /� :
//. _Ve.-/:>-;,/ / ' ' � �'��..'�"� ^'�1^ be given to-any 5>erso:i'd:<-
"e' \tX-iwsed his, popular' ' Charged ^n, the do:enve: lones
..;/! o:i a---A'. nvonetary^heorv. i^ardless of vheiher ;:K'c:vV ^-
/ ^:^ a ii^nnis.e: of ?25 bonus. -oars;- : .�/: / �/'"�'
!:Ki;hiiu<'-:/ Tbis.social-credit WIVES OK INDIAN
�,'��:;' . .thV-.'^iu ..up by .a man VETS GET VOTE
'�i~-v i\n:'c:::s/ is -discredited-by . � /� ' .
1)pl lo pvt ;> Vote be given to w:je o- ;-/�
�Indian who served in the deier/re.
i/n-:,:'; ::. :.;�.�� iJ^asui';;.>'.'... The ^'��:.!�!: 1'o.i:',: e; Trade was'uy.�.et; �'-.' '.ii-'e i'. *� :i:;.:"j;ii n.-e '!o "kcep.ou;1 r.v;;;i ^y ii:lti.<ii." h1.- 'an address;; 1 > ''.'. M. WatMM). l"oli!su'ea:n. The speaker was referring to
the recent purchase of a larg�
and prpductVve orchard in the . Vernon area by/Japanese. '*_�( do
not like to think of any portion .of this country coming under
dotivination /of the Japs," he tsa\d. /.
Mr. .'\Vaisoii would have trade boards aiul similar., .aroups ;Vsk (>tta\\a t<< deal, with citixen'slup nglvts \n the ,1'apaiic^e.
He -suggested'.that such, righ.'s be si'.i-anie.d. only to third geneva-tior; ,la]>anese. : : / . . ; '
The .matter lias been . rct'erred
; ioilhe Assoi-iated Hoitrds. of Trade.
v,-;-.ii:; wiM- iiie.et in Knderby. next
BAR ;�;�; ^voiy 'i!:r.i)',i>Yactice-.is .l.ik.fly.
. forces in either war;
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vr--,:^i-;- /ih'is faet the:partv : V-. Allow, eolloge: st;eient< to vote ^-.-- nv:.- v,^rv well/ .When- " citUpr in * '
.- \b-ha;': '-died' in. 'l943/. the 1Jvt; or .^lK-e th',n- utu-nd svh
'. -I'rcveni summer re^.i^n.. irouv-
D..J j _ � - , DriC*fS m Japan Study
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�\\\ASHI'N(iTON\-;--l!a.\vaii\<';di:eain:ot'':.lHwmin state came, closer to reality on Monday, June. ;�0, when tha House ot Representatives''.passed a resolution providing for .'statehood for the territory.
.The resolution, offered by the � . -_.. '��>-:�-
Hawaiian Congressional dolej:ute � Hawaii in ./11>4;V. including the ,1/st j>h .Fan ingion. was passed wartime comim-l. of. .|>ersons of 1?ti !;?;'. It next �oes to the Senate Japanese aiuestry, aiui stressed but aetioiron the proposal may be the loyalty aiid Ri>od citizenship delayed iil! the next session. of ihe pe<iple /of Hawaii to th0
., A char'so by ^ representative', r.u'ited Stares; .
from (Icoi.yia tliat Hawaii's resi-deius of .Japanese ancestry are "descendants of the einperor of Japa'n'" -'was immediately counter-ed (in the floor by l.e.roy John-s��n (II California) and others who upheld the wartime loyalty of Hawaii's .Japanese .Americans.'
STRESSES LOYALTY
Rep. .Johnson.. who eaily in the wav sponsored res.trietive legislation against persons of. .Japanese ai'.cvstry. said he once consideretl Hawaii an "outpost of Japan." },lc declared, however, that he/ had made a '.'personal investigation -of. Japanese ancestry.
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If the Farrjngton bill Is proved by the Seriate and cd by the President, it will become law, but according to Delegate Farrin'gton. ft will be ,12 to is months after that before Hawaii can become a itat�,
The people of Hawaii uuist first .elect dcleMaies to acoiiveiHioa to draft a stale i:onstiti]t.ion. ThO ron.stitut'ioii. then ...must' he ratified by tin- people of Hawaii and appiovfd hy ihc lYesidenl.
pi Ha'w'a'ii's ;M�0.()OiV"population, ahotit li'iO-inM' are persons.,, of
formed in Hamilton
Y < r^ip;,- and present, pre- . 'vot-in^ ilY-H(lin^ ^here/iheir sm>i-:;- Hi e\ M:-';:;fn^.Ju'the,last/ nier. homes ai-elora!ed-.:tii,-y .ear: [� jjie J>ar,^ vote only where (.hey;i'evjna::t:niiy L:> -^.^-i /V.;-.C'.: .*ca.ts/:' polling Beside. ;; -'//'// . /
|:>;::o;^e: ;he total. 2S2.10G VOTING AGE" :�:�.-/"' / �, /. '
REDUCTION NAYED
l-:7;>; ..;�*�>;�. v-.-.s'.jniide' up .of.Inde-.;..; ��'/�� ' v :..:/. ', -'�'.''�.".� 1 ��-.�.. � The c-omnHuee turr.ei! d�v,\--> a
Liberals . .. . ... .
----posai v.-nu-.!:- woi!h; :.nave; re-
..^�/-JM P.repiira.iion ;. for ;J?\v. � p/f'��-!!/.>is:nai ,{o eiitev. t.he t";iii,,; ;'S:at'�'s-'.if. .the- �.'House'-ap-; proved V.'il-r 'to,'p*.-Vrnit the f^iiry of Jupaiiest/ .iivitles . o'f '.'American �s..o.'c !/�;;:>�-� !it'..o'!!es law, appi'oxi-:r\^'i-.y tjiiriy/�. J.;:i'p;u.seso w.ives of Oi'-iii'if'si.tfot':.. per>o.unel' are tryin'fe:''. I-- Koi'n Kii'^lish.-., the Yomiuri' :'-:'-"sp;r)->(.�;- ; -py-:�j�.,'; i .>t ojllly.; .'JMve. ;.:;pei' irii.-i.ric.ne'd ^<;vera] rases i'�r
Employment Research Committee To Aid Niseis in Job Problem
L;.;u-'..r;:vV.!;.!Viedl'o;>c.es...'' /.: �".[�'. HofRights ; � /
.'::>': ^'<-/;:e:; n; the Alberta Bill ;;.:^L:'- '�-;�.!- \v-jth tho' setting <: ;^ ?'�'.;;�! ;.!"ilu-;system. Uui-;'^:;:..:s b- i.;. found ultra vires1' .'-�� .>''�'�]���� :-::�� i.'mirt. aiuj is now �'�- ."/�� //' y" Council. Many :."---'-� '�-'� ;/�;: '!;�;- Social Credir * �"�/::�;�/> ^oiiiii; through ihe �'-�'��''.�-.'�''.�'"�'.'. ;<uii!isr or expec-' ;--/ : .'/'//; -.-. mild be, found
;- ' :�/.'�-�. 'he rariy lias |j ""'-'�''.-;._:V/:~^o':n':\ efficient ".��- .:�_'. -^'^�.'./.�iiniC'.'/.f;/aided, ';--" > : > �/-!! aqricultui-al
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year.s oi age,-
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Over 300 Held for Deportatiph
/rON, ..Qnt.� - To help Niseis in llanulUm get more ;,smt<tl:>lc 'employment, and to proyide thej'n v\;ilh \-ocAtionaI guidaiice, a cbmmittee ol'. Niseis was '.formed on Tuesday, Jiine . 1-0. at a Ratherin^ in .tho_-\'.-J[.C\:A.: Hoard Koom. ' / To )>e known as the Kmployment Uesearch Committee o/ilJaimltQ.iv-Onta^ niembers :~ ,. / � .::�:;/�.,:-�' .;
Misses Terrie Hidakai Kim ~':-'-'-, --��-�� �---�-. -'- �-�". _^^;_. - _ Takeda: Alice Ktiwabara* Fumi Ok ura".' Furhi . De'.shima and Tomi Yamashita: 'Messrs. Nojr Mur-rase. Robert Oikawa. Robert
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Commissioner For Losses Inquiry
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/.SAX/KRAXCISCO/--^^^!,' 32o ;i)t'rsnns, of- J;(paii.!so ancestry who :haye .changed tht/ir i^iiiids about ''renoiin.c^n.u' Unitecl St<U<;scilixe)iship.^\von. \vj-its of-1ia.l)eas corpus'"� l.i.i the .Fodoral District Court-'here- o?i "June .>"th lo ^scapu
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deportation to Jjiprin. . . .. : / ';/".'.- . - � /�
Shifnprfa., Robert Miyasaka. Kaz piyc. Harry Nagaripbu and-R,uss
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A i,*i;oup ol '-well-know ti H.ainiHon . : bein.i: rnadt' to .seeiii-�; a
'.citizens'will act as advisors to the. sioner t"o lieaii the reeoinmended
cdiniuitiec. ' -..; " . connnissiirn to iiujuiro into IJiO
SOME PLACEQ IN / ". ' � �'�'M^.iM's.e - (�aitaiiiai! propel i\; Joss
JOBS THEY LIKE ' si'uat ion. Sei i� ;at;y oj ,^!ateColin
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.�faid' flu- l-'in plov'm�-ni fjes-'a'i i I "-
Jfoiise "-
h^s be^n -notably . I- �:�<-: thva'y against-�-r. . The "Liberals .':-,; ix'e,* foi-med a:
-v name 'of Inde-. b'"u their efforts
�;�� sur'< ���<?. and. -- dbandonecl re-
-'��s'sive Confer-. �^-f;ed thai they
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"� \\"IXNi rKt';/ ' '-'Sra:":'->�-�:�-�.�-.:'.': T;:d'..l->r:o. - w"'i )';-]if-:\j over �;* >�-;;/ in Japan 'w<-;-kir;!.r..with _":h"!- Australia!'. sri"o;!]> of Mi> liyi-i-Ii C.-M:}-nK>!i\ve;-i;:: <ViTipatio:i-aJ - For*'�;: passed !:;;o";^': \Vinr.-;1'- '^--s wrek. T!;:;i>*:fiy i<.r,<~i Fiiday J:.:":>:� 1"-11. � !> ;o*;-,- to Nv\v.". !'�:.:."��:. ]',.<'. t],: \- -,/ r-/e ;� N� '\ .]�- :.,- :: �o:/ -M�>is�!;:y,' J;;::e i'�' ;'��:�' -^ /v � wei'ki..stay..--, � . "
-The Hiimiifc:; Nis--i ^':;ui� :�-< eiifiy. rcMlv^e,; ;rv i."Vs'U:';;-. _�::--. r-M:barkin'r " !":'';:n ":">- A� �,�;::.::.:.: ::� H;i;!i".:\ en Sitr.'i^y." �';:.�� .:'.. With hi Til .">vf-ri; ?wo (iT;;-r N'~vi
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):"::.! :;;" :.ri:; j>;n:. ���:;! !�(�� w-nr-ii "��;��-' �;�:/�!;<:;;� ;'�',:::�� .fiisric-e (h^t;iir ':v.'':/.; ;;:.':�':.'.;:': rtM;- !.<i:Uei:i ;!<>��']:�
-/Toe' renunc'ants were1 befd at.� Crystal City. Texr-s. and Sia--
b.r-b'k rnmis. N:J... and faced "de-co-tr.t;or->.' if -*'r-;e .r�iiur.cta' �vcre u-p*"-e-;d 'Uy 're court..
"In i!u- siiort linie -ihis commit--. . t�;f''has h'-(-n arrive, ii has -lie't-n able 'to' place a ie;.v l>o\ s .-anO ^ri: Is. in O'-< >}].;{ tjoiis of. i IM-JI- "-ehmYe.
."It shall be the/work of this; committee to procure information regarding courses that are .available for vocational training. .to assist persons, .in" firding-vocatjons best suited for them, "and to help solve vocational prcbie.ms in general. ..""
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