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tonad ballad closed doors. Btit it is Sale to ^eUere that CornnjU-,aiQn&r. Mead*has had no small share in whatever constructive a it i t ude the government has brought to bear toward a settlement of all the broblems created by the wartime evacuation.
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Mr. Mitchell's Latest Statement
The latest government outlook on the Japanese Canadian question, as revealed in a report by Labour Minister Humphrey Mitchell in the; House of Commons just before prorogation, is decidedly encouraging, especially as contrasted against previously announced policies.
Mr. Mitchell explained that-the government policy fur this year was three-fold: (1) to carry out the"repatriation of all those who made, voluntary applications (and who have not cancelled them); (2) to complete, as far as possible,, the present dispersal program, and (3) to suspend compulsory deportation until the Privy Council's decision on the validity of the deportation orders is learned, and then to review the policy.
The repatriation on voluntary basis has been completed .except for a few hundred more persons whose transportation to Japan is being arranged for this month.
Satisfactory progress is reported in the dispersal pro: gram. It is particularly encouraging to note that the re-settlers have been promised "every assistance and encourags-ment possible, including the progressive relaxation of wartime restrictions/'
"What my department 'has endeavored to do," said Mr. JMitchel!, *� 'is to disperse them across the conntr v, and, if humanly possible, to prevent a concentration of them in any particular locality. .By about Christmas or not long afterwards we hope we shall have the whole situation pretty well stabilized." . //./'' �/':--.'?:V::':v'-:.- :''--/;'
: In view of the genuine desire of the government to assist in every way possible the satisfactory resettlement of evacuees in the next several months, it is important that those yet to be resettled should make every effort to take advantage immediately of the extended aids. ......Mr/.Mitchejl.stated.that.the.thjj.'d program,;that of.com.
puisory deportation, is to be reviewed when the Privy Council's ruling is announced.
We have stressed repeatedly what is rather an obvious �fact that those "subject to deportation" under the orders-' . in-council of last December are not guilty of any crime, nor can it be shown to satisfaction, without a trial, that they are disloyal or even undesirable people. ;
It is not likely that the number of persons affected, should a program of compulsory deportation naw be adopted, will be large;= But.the principle involved is^t^itniost im-
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.The New Canadian believes that the government will be persuaded to abandon altogether ifs.; previously announced policy of coinpulsory deportation, even though the validity of tlie. deportation oixiers are upheld by the Privy Council. The only just grounds for forcible, deportation is disloyalty, and that established through a fair trial'. To depart from this coitrse in any way is to comproinise. with the' principles : of iustice and huniah.rights which Canaditin.s hold dear. .
Koyal Canadian ^loitnted Police headquarters in Ottawa have announced.tlieretiRvnieh of John Frederick Mead from
;V tlie post x>f DeJHityxQ^inmi^sjolted of the force: For the past -several years Commissioner Mead, has been secohd-ih-coni-. niand of^he KCMPr afte^
� the: nuittitudin^ }H*t 4?oh*i^tenUwith the times^-th^ Canadian Pre*s Ottawa. account singled out for prominence the fact that he had served as onb of the three active membeVs of the British Columbia Security Commission, during the tense and diffi-
� culttiayKof l^^-s cya^uati
' U wonldl*e amiss for these coiUmh^ to fail 1o record he re a lielated tribute to Commissioner Mead.' It is a tribute to /which most: of the various evacuees w;Uo tkcupied iHisitiotis of leadership in;thos^ trying tih^
He was- it may be noted, somewhat handicapped at the outset, sih^ce most of his^ ^
cohvmunity had naturally lieen consequent ujn^n his officral police duti^^-AwitUnjJy/he.'wa* riot fully Conversant with the grbwing sense of citizenship responsibility among the younger Canadian^bprn element of the commuhiiy. who had: UtTle rafeon Trt truKt Qie tcadrrship of the older ggncTaticm; AitisritlUn a sh<?rt ftnif, all t]^^ into
ckw� contact with tb* Commissioner were much impressed tjr Itx^ broad syrnparthr, hw siiKeritv and gt?nUine sense of
attitude toward the tad-moiithed racists and the 90 widespread and popvlar wa� always one feappurraL And it was eridknt that he re-kccnly tne wiliappini n a�d nrip�ry wtucfc he was ton^h>t, iaitWcos^of hboit^ 4*rtif*^ taw
Goodbye, TMK?
By Peg
'.'Now it is time for my exit. Good-bye you say. You are, retiring to make room for younger writers like F.A,M� R.I. and myself, Having always admired your-writing, I'feel deeply honoured to have reached your notice* But after this accolade, I shall; With the imi>ertinence of youth, accept your invitation to "do something about it." The "it" in this case is the funeral tone of your..''Reluctant Answer."
I challenge you' to prove that the gradual retirement of 'older Niseis will aid-:Us in achieving full legal and real equality in Oanada.-You stale that this task requires-the conscious effort ot .everyone. Conscious, .because today, superficial prosperity has lulled many -an eager heart :to indifference. Vet you propose to withdraw your support.
Our youthful zeal cannot hope to equal in valne'the years of your" generations experience in this struggle. We were too young to follow your colleagues to. Ottawa when they presented our case ten years ago. P^w of us lost our own property during the evacuation� �we did not have our life work destroyed. We were hot: old enough to suffer the full blast of discrimination in B.C. Jn fact, to many "of \\sl BX\?Ts fast becoming a cherished memory of halcyon childhood. Our bread -and butter existence started with the post-: evacuation period which, on the ";.whole, has been a feather bed compared to what your generation suffered starting in a depress sion-ridden, hostile community. Our life thoughput the evacuation has been easily adjusted to each-
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If. having known despair as yours, we prefer to cat lotus today; we can be condemned as
�shirkers but most of us remember all that vaguely.' \Y.c look - to v
'your "^ojveratipii; to Teniliid- us of what can happ^riishouUl economic-
v^oiidftions ;utrU:_ourCpresent
^if�> into one; like � that: in pre-\viV: D:C-V b.ecause; we |ia"d hot pre-" pa red. We/ n eed leadership and
; ^adyiivg advice;7 WouUt/y^ deriy
;n>; that? Iv is the right of ybirth 'id: rebei/agaiiVstrjWebpu^
/.tion-biit/it is ihd du twopie; to proyi^
awhjjch youtiiv may consitler./ '-..:-' /Uiit where .are all /the former leaders of Ni?el society'? -/Where.
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/proViiuial conference? .Why are: thCy not out wherever there is a Nisei .organization, giving guhl/'
� ar>o??; Homeminding chitdren .'.
/Are; th^ey; wrlling fo have those;
-vh iUi "ren .ti nd a ffa i rs at a I nw < t the" same. *tate when they are olVl
: eno;Ugh to share resp^p.i�ibijlies? For bow- can !progress be maintained it' everyori^-believed inter- -est in his dwn/welfarevshoubi ex-
. elude hi#/- dnty to soc'seiy' They: hav^ handeil <n er. the - torch to younger'Ni#^i*. 'AW-re:tUmaian."-
� thrj1 wH-w Out.Thry.taiST* ti? ttttt vhe secret i*i Iseieping" the steady fhrw. ;te a^AU^BUtiSi experlens.v
Now you too ar� d�^rtin|E. Voc tell as. Tojoa froan dyia^ aandf w� tazvw cW larch. TW ksads M yasrr fstwragsjai thaalJ �t yet W dytaa: w*� taw ai #� M to W daaar. Tlwy tfkajki vtawa to
tJAY l present Butchie, awd four-and-ahalf, a ' rascal if there ever was one; His eyes disappear behind his eyelids when he smiles a wide, engaging smile ; . . a smile that is half a grin,, of apology; half mischief unrepentant, wholly charming and gamin. Most of the days he is a plctnre of disreputable : smudges on his face, dirt on his overalls, and an everlasting quest ion on his. lips; "Can I have someth'in' t\eat?',
/Kitten, on the: other hand, is swe?t .and; gentle and � usually, clean. She is well-behaved, and mindful of the dangers of the road, She-is as cuddly as.a doll, and as ejitsive as a birdj-characteristies that keep one forover guessing as to what* her next reaction will be. Will she cuddle up, or will she shy away? Of course, she; is well-named Kitten . . . because Ilutchle has discovered, to his enraged suri-. prise, that she will-scratch when thoroughly roused into defensive aetioiii words failing her in times of acute need to .express something violent.
.. Butchie and Kitten form an -offensive alliance when wanting something they are not sure 0( getting. First - they consult, to-'�gether, out of heaving, they think.. One hoars their whispers: "You ask, Butchie -
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"What if she was say �NO'?" "Urn." ��� � �
Then they hold hands and come to attack. '-.
/ "Drug Store got Esk'mo pies, . Jlom /-.-.�'' "Ynp."
"Mustn't say 'yup' . . ."
"Yes;'."."/"'-..; ; /'�/�>�... ./��'����.
/Got a penny. Mom?" ^ ,:
"What" for. Butchie?" // 7 J T
"Wanna buy someihinZ"
"You just had your lunch, and you were full up!v
"I'm kinda hungry now ./ . so's Kit'm Aren't' ya, Kit/n?'/,
Kit'n suddenly becomes very bashful, and starts to giggle. That . makes Butchie ticklish, too, and they both laugh put loud: Now everything hecdmcs so very funny: tliat .they lean on the chair, still laughing, until it's contagions and 1 must chuckle, defeated in my stern rcsolufiop not to give hi: :
'^Vho'^gotv Kskinip/ pies,; ,e"h'?'-'.';
"Joy got some. - Her mudder bought some.''- / v, . Qh.. thcii" looks are simply beseechingly.eager. Mentally j.count -; tip hiy.small cliahge,/becausfe they : arc too youhg.to have any ainount but the; correct./ainqUfifjof/tVeirr siMn" transaction give i n/ com pie tely. a nd head for :th"e change (liSh..Rutchie ten/give: -a/whooii^;pf: triiiniphi-iiiUlC eeiehrate victory by jumping up and dorih. with tries of: � /
//I like Moth, dbncha Kitti?V .
"So do Iy Butchie/;/ / �// ;/-VXfttF!X Buiehie^ on the
;. othtW side,of the road with an V-nunny niuddy:. and .dishevelled young man; sometinio.s a few older ." boy* from the rteit street range/
ami hearten our despair. .It your faith remains/unshaken., you will help ns to keep bur.comrades/who. are turning t.o cynicism and day-byday plea�ure: hunting/-'Hetire? with all That before you? '- -
�'Now ii is time for my e^xi;.:.. I'*?now. the titnf? Wnl there ever be t be.tim* a? -long a* sIrite mujt e>is< w.; Hfvt Wr : wrt - yw, T.M:K; tintfl tb> *pini of brotherhood rrifuf. the world Ov*r. and >T#�. alter Omu to ias*n> la* stabttiry oi it* ibtoo^. niood^by^ to yocfc a tas* is a taoaarbt Of
win forvyer oa�r\
to this block in search o;'^ii<(j,i< These boys are about nin.; or t4 years old, and have tlK> r, puUuW in the immediate nel?]ih0f}ioo<i^ � being "bad." Who th-M a,e j don't know. 1 have iun-er them myself, but~~ha\e' !i-ard ci them- at various times from ^ Victims Of their small.-pjf.v �
One day, Kit'ncame iu-.ni'ig \z to report:
' "Mom . . the ha } >..,\s f l Butchie cm the head1'
"Why . , , did Buuh'� d.� -oiu^ thiug to them?"
"Nope, he didn't, Mom Tito hovj Was just hit Butchie and (lu�y �M a- swear .word, Monv. -Ru-.1 \\ they did, Mom. They sai<l ?>nuulu::j had."
"Is Butchie cl�yln�;', . 'No, he's Hot," but hi- wit? *ojn' to ... a little bit, \nu ho \\as swear at them, too."
Then with a -realmat ion l:uu <re -jN'as betraying �Butch�>:.-^n?--5t'o^'-' ped, looking at me wtth woriy in � her br%ht eyes. But I was nwre
� interested - in; why But caio srot hit on the head,/because I havo found to - my ,*sorrow.; -that- -Bute-hie can give as good as ho gels* s-vneume?,
.and the incident niigit: Jiave. Ticcn an even-give-and-takf. inn wm-.ta : emphasizing .-by .'any-conv:ni.>iu nom. me.
Also, since their � uo-Smitioii. of "'"s^at^rrw-ords_ is~~qujint--i av-.is-suddenly very .curious ro kr.ow what Butchie said thai uraA hi
� included in the��fprbid^ioiv carejioi-y. I stopped my work .long -oiiou^h to peer out of the frosu \vh;V.\v. but cbuid see no sign ot/ilit l^i."' b.oys-./ Butchie was. p-eacofully .in the mud again, scooping up luuid-fills of dirt and throwing i' in ;M'
jii;% JHpwevcj^_ls^ for iny verdict on tho. ;i;'um\ ?o 1 turned to her: ; ./.
"What did Butchie say.-Kinen?//.
She took a deep bi-.-.iami-, continued:
"Well . . V those !��>> - (rt)l Butchie "You dirty Clunk,?o Butchie was yell at diem 'Voi Ja4>ancsc*! "
/For u� whole ininiito I �.< > iis /two /minds � one of instino5iv�; recoil from the thought :'.w J.uunH .was'- learning early to :n-H-i .r,K�..;-..prejudice; the - second r^iiriiba,/ (hat/Came almost -at om Wd< \c shont with.' faug'hter. that.- Biiu;hi$_. learnt. so young t\w M^^honiy:: '/ contained in tliat-/�- singly/--\c-<|r.d; -Japanese//. ..
. Yet,' togetiter, it i< ,:a; iUu-ti^ breaking thought. .
;Vi7HlI>k: Kitten; siay?/ c!o?-\ jo , ^home: grqundi Butchi^ ; av penchant fbi /roaming --p:ti-;..;a.tRlii:, : lie >lbve$ /to e'^ror^ '/:tunes every />:der lad on .vh^.>'c^k. /Syhb has^/a/biKc:: ;� ' ' -'� '; �..- '�' ' / "Giinme a :-/le.-Bi!!(-;'. ... .;:' :It -could/he K';nhio.^1 /> .or':-*Hamhvie;,.or':-J-?r/-fie. //; -./.
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