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THE NEW CANADIAN
Japan Must Face a Hard Future
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Claims Commission Needed
On the io\v occasions that the tVdVnu.'.government has >(-?Vmrl t(i the torced litnndatjou nr J;i pulley property by the� Custodian,vobvipus.attempts \vyre mack; ic.vjrios?over the ''highly t'fiK^tiona^lr act by stating i'nm t-:".v >':iU-> ~.vmj made-at tair prict >. . . '          ,           �
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I i.�r.iy ^3y lhr-t ir. each case the s?.fe P!".:ce rsre'-iv'eri <on nrccer**yr v.3 ? %cc ns;de f'aij.jy .in excess of the vsU;?-tio'i niade -by the '   vc5.l['.ator,    I fc el tnf-; custo'd.ian's off jci� -endftavcrtd. to -provide eyery .'.protection pcssibl.e' in order to get  the best figure.,        '
�.\Vo-.-Vl-o !iot ' -.d'Viiht that  the . custodian acted  with JiUentions.  "l>uf on the basis o!'- a sin �vey-oii property losses
� incur under vvay. an.d of actual docirineni ed cases brought to o\u- attention. .\\\\ �ire..e'oiivi'nce(l that the prices ivceived for the properties were far be.low actiial -value in a larjre number
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�\\''e'-- feel furthermore, that on the basis of available facts, there1 is <rood .grounds for- demanding full information on the way tiiepjvperties were s()ld,vvho/)ie valuators were,
� fln'd--'\v-lia,t means were adopted by the Custodian to gret "the best ))ossible prices on the properties.       �                          ;
A recelit survey limHed to evacuees who are resettled in'tlie Toront() area leyealed that pi-opeiuies (not including personal property) estimated by their owners at a woi'th 9! ',�il.400,00p had been sold for. ^50.000, mostly ihroug-h the Custodian.;     >                    .                             : .     .         -
There are no doubt some, cases of bvervaluation despite the precaution exercised by those conducting' the survey, and thert1: niay be cases where the .�.depreciation, factov and mi/Hied cJaims. on the property wer<? no; fully taken into account. Hut '"even allowing liberally for the nlargin of j'naccui'acyr the losses come'; to a substantial proportion of the -actual value. .- .         . -            !                      :;
We feel conlldent that the Canadian government will establish a claims conimission to deal with Japanese property IOSSQS if they are persuaded of its neecl. A claims commission was cstiiblishcd to -'doal with prpperties belonging1 to Ukrainian -l.-abor organixations. The; need for a similar procedure appears oven ;more justified iiv the case of <?vaciiee properties.
But apart altogether from the question of. whether losses wore or: were not incurred. We cannot see how the forced sales can bo justified simply on a claim 'that the i sale: prices �v ere fair.                        . -          '                  -.;          :
Jaj>anese pi'operties were placed with tlVe Ciisi^dian for the purpose of prc>tectjon.   Vet they w^re sold without the c on sent nor the - k no wledge of t h e; .o w iier< in most cashes, and sometimes iii spite of "the expressed unwillingness of the owners *to. part with their properties. . :Many owners were iiatii rally reluctant tci sell their hard-earned properties when -"ihv-ro were people, willing to lease them at prevailing1 rentals. '[   Those projierties IxOonged to Caivadian Citizens as well as to.. .Japanese' natioiiaJs. And as far. as w.c can determine, no . distinction was made in the.handliiur of properties ' belmigihg" *i_' . tlie   ('anadian-bc)rn,   naturali/.vd   C;iiiadians.   Japanese -laiiojials. and Interned persons.                              "     .     .
. .Properties belonging. to enemy ;tliens of other: than Japanese race were not molested in the same way. and certainly /-KM; � host1 of their Canadian-born cbildrt-v. Tlu\ only 'pro-pcrties 'which were dealt ;with in � the:-#ame way as those of Japanese- Canadians were those belor.gini: to Ukrainian ;or* iC'iis- wliicli. wore declai'exi illegal. at the -beginning of
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Living Costs High
l.iviii.si costs in Japan'art- rouVr.-. jy liiiH'tfcn' (i!i)i:s higher now ilu>;:-br-fo!v-' :ihc -Avar. K^cor.tly, t!>? (io\ �(�rnnu'iu ,l'Vict; I^otirii an-nouu'ood that. the. itvorape .cost o'l' ' liv.m.y for a laiiiily ,ot: tivo is 1,5^'J yen per inonih, and of thai amount .n'>i' yen', is noodod 1'or )'ood alOnt. An aYe.rago Inale 1'acioiy worker \vho is1 foi'iunate enough to have su-ady.. pmployment ��' rec.c-ives less
SPOTTING THE NEWS
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:c-ontre. is- dancing to(iav with the" $W Carlo Opera troupe. DoroUiv Maniki loii the Jei-ome, Arkans;i<. .elocaiion -centre, in I In 3." for Xevy VoVk. -where she entered the Mel-ropolitan Opera- School of Ballx-;; Siie was auditioned i>v tiie: "San'. carlo company and now i< ^ under
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/..re.ast:-!   jtrodticiioiv.    Japan   must j^oduee   inoi'o   Too-!;     And   ?jnoe^
.^�e.Oail never produce e.i.VQUgh 10 ieed 'her'-people.'sho':inii5t produce a  .-�nrplus; .>tock  oi manufactured g';pds Tor expori and ;fn 'that way. i-ay  i'or hei- iij]ports  o!   food' and
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lor. e.xi'on ti-ade. ho.\v�-ve; . -;is being 'held', back; be-: ;c;-Mjrse 01 several" reas-on?. . Firsi
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New Canadian' Advertisement
'Editor,  The  New Ccnaoiar;'
.1 Hdve.r.tisfij :a Lo--^ rbr,:r:l ;j the Japam'sV' so.-i ;o:: o:'the Xirj x.issue ot Th" .\�-\. <:anaq:i:.-ul wjJLhin a t\\o:(i,!\ ^;-:-:::otl o-er.J* jteoplc cai.no- Vo o:.;:. i)Iac<? 10 k-i over (he hbusr 'Ti:vrv'\vf^ ai-4 'nisiny �(juo.i'ies i/y :r.;-.i!. } �> cj able to' an,*\vf'!' '-;;ti; oiie 0; tas* letters, indivi^naily so 1 hotrjix will-allow, uii- ;o avknovlriE-ihcni .in :yowr .ri>!".;v..r.s.
� Hollywood' ballyhooers ' '� de-.-lare that actor Gregory Peck may ��go down in hjstory as one oi the greatest ;:; workers .lor racial tolerr an.;e in years/1 This prophecy ioi-, lo\ve<i the announcement thai PeoR is jo stai -:'jn ;th'? filmization of J-anra Hobson's new "Best-seller, �nJentleman's Agreeineiu," which deals niili anti-8< niinsrn. Piv-vionsly ivi-'k has 'been named lor ihe hero's vo'e-in "Kaith an.' High Heaven." \\ hv� h also" "has a racial �-o:!!}i, t ' tht-'u;'- .21: .' ;i Canadian
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The i'lnted Stales evacuaied her Japanese .froni. the \\Vsi ..--Coast but. tht-ir prop-i^ly rights Were not violated. Their properties, entv.ustod u> the Custodian.- wore -.not 'Arbitrarily sold.                            .               . .;
The legalitr^it least, of these saUs will s>e . determined -when the E_\chotjuer. Court hands il'ow;i its decision on an action brought Ivfore it iii May, ltM4. But until a tetter r \planation; U forthcoming from the gi-ve? nmont .on tho actions tafcen by the Custodian; we fail to see how they are v -defensible. .
'he l'ana�!ia:> c-iti_z-:-r.s-h:p' bran, h �>; t'ny- liepanint-ni "oi ihe ^ei-retaiy n: siau'. said. t:o a Winnipeg meet-i:vi. rei enily : ;AN'e assume that a !<>:-< ier.eV is assimilated when h>
.'.:id � tfrat-- yy.y !��>�� rntior. oi Kur�>-;T,(.>" c-;is;oi;i.< nr tradi'-ions ;j^ n:chly nndrsirablo". The >prnkinc >? a ;;-�. uliar sor.ndirc lantniate
iV\ ��iopm* :'t o! national unisy '�?   coo�'   >-;Tiz^ii<bip  aiyrons1;  o\ir
''�?voryth,'fr.s: ?he i.> now-}vrodu<:in�. . Secondly. because many, rao.tono.si~ are awaiting th<? ;Mi'nounceni�-'Jit oi- allied reparations demaiids .before setting into Ju)l prdductiofi; Thero;is a fear i hat certain factories, piay be di.<->V. shipment: .to allied I'ies as -'repar'at-ipn?,-.- and e;ir is pre.-ent. produc-.in getting u-:der way.'
.'Finally. Japan i^ s'lfll" held in a sort of economic blockade. Japan I.s noi being perminc-d .-\o'[ uia.nu-;;u-turc' freely, and she- "s.not .being. $>ermitted to- trade v-Ncept in a iiinived way. -with . the I'nited States. How can Japaiu-se iivdus-li'ie's readi high le\t-l production .�under snch handicaps? This last i.iit-uinent has been. advanced' by i-k-nernl -MacAi'thur ;:: ariEuing. that the l.'nite'd Sta'.o? is 'morally-. t'-:ind to aid Japan. '. '.. :
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