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THE NEW CANADIAN
Course of Action on Property
By George Tamak
11 me Japanese P-uifio Coast a natural ptoperties them at on forced tie--: and summer
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ted to the bar la HOT* 3tatti thi yea* C'lf'trtly �a?lo?�4 by li^ Suk*tc*�wan Wtrnratnt M Re gia�, he boUU d�fxee* from thre unlT�rsitiek, Unlytnlt'y of BrC ish ColambU. ULlveuity of T<> touto and I>*lhoutie
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jf'jf-rahwe �.ue in the 100-wvr-Med ai'ea of British ,jl,K -,ouhl be obliged/ re: 11^5 {, nationality, (o Vacate on slioit notice, eon-Mffinrtfips nfbse as~T6 fdtsiia-M and pi election of per-t' rtfal propeity. -It is to n at iiiotoi vehicles and L \\r--v immediately' fro-Lrted ?Y'd vvete latei disposed fyGou-nmeiu agencies Sales-�f$ s\.e-t' ciedited- to the ac-it^o: me owneis in the Office Itf < u^todian of Enemy �i} out iiuinx owners je-.'cogmze the enfoiced H an�' imputed the prices at bh ?al*- weie made.
With inspect ' to the piopetty.of these evacuees, theie \\as U natural tendency to n'Uempt to liquidate those assets \vlucu vveie leadily saleable, but it \\a* obvious that1 the blilk of iho
pioperty could not be dealt 'With ia this way, especially in view of the fact that movement was otteu ordered on 2 A hovus notice.- The Dominion
REASON'S GREETINGS ' j
CSM CEORGE and MARY jj
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Best. Wishes"'. :/. : :.. [ for Q very Merry Holiday Season and a
Prosperous New Year to our
Japanese Canadian Friends.
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"meni 'tlierefo'ie' used the'Off ice ot the Custodian, of Enemy Property as an agency of ptotection �uui decMeed by order in council that all propeity lett by these evacuees vvould be vested in the Custodian who would have the job of pto tooting ..them. - At the time" of departure evacuees ,weie lequaed to lepoit to the Custodian vvhat pioperty had been left at the Coast.
This job of protection %\a-> ad-
y mittedly a <lifticult one, but i\o more ditficult to the Custodian than it was' to the evacuees .who were foiced to leavatheir piopett> behind. Moreover; it was not ion's; before icpoits tillered in that cer tain officials of the Government were favourably inclined to the ulea of selling-' such Japanese property in order.,to ensure, thai
.the Japanese vvould never return to the Pacific Cpa^t after the .war \Vhiie th.is later w'as den led by the officials concerned: "the tears. of the evacuees vvere not qui.eted ;w;hen..they. .recejyed. notjces, Uiat;
.�_ their properties w'ere being -sold
at auction or othersvise at what
seeiued; to-be ridiculposly." low
prices. In the meantime, reports
�of break ius and pilfering of per-
! sohal property conti.nued- t<> come
\Vheu evacuees -/vere, notified that even vacant real property which � � thev ovvned were .-being spiti,/U; b.ecatne ev'ident_ thar.;the' .Custodiair. had tak-en the view that.-the .way to. protect evaouet? .property vvas to sell .�. [t�.yras, of, ^course,, sheer nonst?nse to suggest -: that selling vacant real- property . vya-? pro.tection: ; The-' prices at 'vyhich r^al property >vas being disp6se/|=.of"� vvere" In ^numerous:
- ;�:: value of 5uc.|ipTOpert.>\: /;_./::
in ouitM 10 d^tezwlne the Cns trtdian > nuht to liquidate t'lt^e i^et* bin ^ >ot ho decision ha-* 'b^on handed. ^.ov\n on ;h�> pi<^ luiuuai\ nuo^foii a^ u> pu>�e�\vne Thi;. i>. oi vo\ii2<e ano'h<'i �oxample at the ditiuulix in oh ludrnal -tle{imt50i< 01 civil iwdei euiej E;OIH \ ^niuh ,nhd il *unge"st? th.u,pioh the -be-t jestjHs. uuu Ik-bs "duec?' .\Piieal u> Uu1 Dominion Cjove'iniuen' and l^nlia nlent Tlr)s i< not to ad\ i-^ all lo^ai action? ^hould be petl Xeitlun 1-. :t Mis^estc 'U^> eompai.Hhe uraenv^bihlv of the _couus should in\u�' what miglu easily become on (He p-'it or
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MR. AND MR�, A, K^TO HARRY ISHIKAWA . N NISHIHARA AND FAMILY MR, & MRS. T. SV
ar�S FAMILY -' AKIRA YOKOYA%5A KA2LUO YOKCYAN'A FRE1D A. SATORU
YOSHI MENDE H5DEYASU ONO JINSHO YAMAOA
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tude of callous disie^aid of the interests and tights of the pot sons whose piopeuy u \vas called on to protect
In view of the allegations' of mismanagement which have been made against the Dominion Gov" "
eminent in handling the pioper ties of the evacuee*, it i^. somewhat s-u'ipusing. that to date theie appaicntly has been no enoit made l� the Government to make a public inve>tigation of ttyose chaises It is lepoucd that the Consultative Council m V,ti> coin e i and the Committee tot nemouao m Toionv> a1* well a*-\-auous othei otgatmauons a:ul individuals- have been pie^smg for kind of accountins: by the MH. It would be .to the of: the''.evacuees' to support such, moves. .'; �'�'.�/ ",; '.i
Tlie Government should bo urged to appoint a Royal Com-
�� miss/ion to iu-vesiigate.".the;whole of the activities of the'Custodian's;
'."office, in; its handling of Japanese
- e vacAie o - prope r t y:; as.'.;.w..el I as - i n to... the ..whole/ of "the Government1? policy with respect to .the lid.uida-. lion of their assets. 'It should also be prepared to. appoint a Claims Commission with wi'de powers of compensating for such: losses as may have "been suffered: , In conclusion/ it is .submitted that, the .proper course of: action for, the ev acuoes. would be as fol
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Robert Suzuki
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P.O. Box 382 NEW OENIVER, B.C.
Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year
(.a) I/nl.ess ''there-'.-'has been .complete satisfaction, no qtiit
..:;tMa.iiii of their rights "should be: -made by the evacuees; : / <b> Court action to ;deternii!ie The; legality .of; jeiVforced" ^sales should .be coinihued, -- -_ :-�/-/:,-. ":v(c). Support shoiiid' be/given
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