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An Independent Weekly Organ Publn.-tMi- as a Medium of Expression Among the People of Japanese OritfM in Canada. * � �       � � � � ?� �
Tom Sfoy�*� Editor A Publisher
T�kaicfei t'Mcxuki J*p�ae$^ Sutton Editor
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Men of Little Vision
-Ou JiiiH' Hth CaTTadiTwillj#71o the polU in an important. i-Irdfon. On The shoulders of the men elected at that time will fall flic responsibility of juiidin# this country through a critical time h\ history. ^
, The problem that' confront this country tcKlitiy and immediately after the war are numerous and vitally important, "there, is the immediate problem "of-carrying, cui the war to its crmchisionTaifd neither sectional nor group interests must )>e allowed to weaTu^t^e nation's war effort.
''Following 'the1 war will come the problems of re'eon-'verting from a wartime to a peacetime economy, of re-' habilitating the,returned men, of building a prosperous society in which Canadian people may enjoy the freedom for which Canadian lives have been sacrificed:
Nor arc' Canada's problems confined to within her borders Canada, as an influential member of the United Nations, must play an 'important part in reshaping the' future world- -a world in which wars will not reenrr, a world in which the rights of smaller nations and of minorities will he respected.
To. meet these problems,- Canada needs, more than at anytime in her history, men with broad visions.
Yet: many candidates in B. C. are still preoccupied with an old race issue.
1 toward Green, Progressive Conservative, speaking, in Vnnemivcr-on .May 1(>. declared:
"Our stand is and always has been that we won't have Japs in this province."
Tom Keid, diseussiiig the Japanese during his eanK paign .speech in New Westminister, said:
' "Can we assimilate them'   Can any person be a citizen of two conn tries at tlk> same time?
\.\ 'rhe following is reported by \\w Viineoove"- Province of the Veterans Affairs Minister. Ian A. Mackenzie, as he launched his re-election campaign in Vancouver.-on May iv>th: .
.       -it was on the question of I he Ji�. jMine.se that the minister reached the height of hi* campaign tenor.
� "Flatly he declared, in reiterating his stand thai he would not breok the return of the Nipponese to the
It is regrettable that at-a time like the present, men who would be traders of Canada cannot rise above such a petty policy of group ap]>easement;. It is regrettable tliat nien like Howard Creem Tom Heid and Ian Maekeir/ie aie proving tjieniselves t(> be iueti()f s() little vision.
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No One Will Accuse ...
.;    (From -"the"-.Ottawa Journal. May       19(5)
N(V oiuv will accuse John Bracken of talking fror� ;>th sides of the mouth at the same time. In ^'tawa on. Tuesday nigld,^
ended, and weidvon to say: ;      '. \
. -Msvcryone/ ^ origin, must be re-
garded as a1 Canadian sharing cipiany the rights and dbH: "gniioivs; of ^ war    ;   �';> .'
�:. J . runner on the sa me day   I r,' HraTkeivr si taking ftV I'rt^gr^slye Const'rvat
nim in Montreal, said: 'y.-- . -.�"'�
/''tVlCthenrthe nati<>n will, expect from them alt to be Cana({iaijs^after .lune 11: led them each of us will lie ] < cjual in <^u;iVla:--"iSiiVnlnV.tl^O'jis^HvK::VN"^-'^li.Voy and equal �iii the responsibilities we share . .v.v ";.-.
"Tell them .the natron w-itl expect from them no more, .citlu r iii |>eaW .�r. war. item if exacts' Kony other>� but that it - will expect as much."   : .      v;.
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. You don't see ir.eny Japanese faces on--KasloVniulfl s;reet mw, It is su cjuiet outside that-., tfte b\uziag ai tlie flits sounds iniu-tinjgly 'loud,
Tne town, held its celebrations at-Vi'uy Park, nith a i^arade, a.id a bascb- II game. Theie" was a diiiice/av -t-hte-0r>H-rHatrrat_nignT, and the merry-making crovyd prau^ ced and hopped and stamped far into the night.
The town is full' of rumors. 8ome .profess to know what the Commission is trying to do, but they jsay that: their ,sources of in-formation are unofficial. Some--say:-more families.will_be brougktjnto KaSlo. The. repat families aren't certain where they would be moved to. One family was tojd to move, - and- after the' baggage was' sent out, they were told to remain after all. Everybody wants to know what the Commission policy is, but �v the local supervisor, Mr. Moryson, denies all � knowledge and most people believe him.
Iri the mean time Kaslo has set up a Tourist Bureau office and is getting re^dy for the visitors. POLITICAL MEETING
The candidates for the coming election make their bows in Kaslo. Last night it was Mr. Herriujje's turn.
When I went to the Drill Hall, four or five persons were standing outside. The doors were opened at five to eight.
A few minutes before eight Mr. Herridge rode up in his grey Chev� rolet coupe with a man in shiit slci'ves.
. We were standing around out-'m<"c, and Mr'. Herridge said hello to us. He's; a good mixer. I saw him shaking hands with the men standing outside, and he addressed Some of them by names. After Mr. Herridge went inside the men Started to gossip. . ^"Hpw^;.:ate -the. - cherries this year?" one man was asking in a sociable sort of way. "Well, some trees is good and some trees is pretty light." said the other nmi gravely. "How is yours?" said the first .man addressing a -t-hifd- -":Not bad. I think we'li have a pretty heavy crop this year as far as my trees go/' he replied. Someone ventured an opinion that the bees and the; humming birds Weren't ?s busy as they; should have - been. Another man.stood up for the bees and the humming birds.
About forty persons trooped into; the hall including s?x women and i little girl..-. [\ .-' - -
The chairman said a few words which didnH mean/ nmchi and fn-troduced Mr. Herridge. Mr. - Herridge visi  a - randidate^. Jforthe:"-'' "Peopled C.G.P." bee-use he had been expelled froin the C.C.F. 5rr. v Herrhlge explained how he had :.:-Jbe.e'u expelled, and .'� 1;.think;.every-.;. body ;waK:understanding' and sympathetic. Mr. Herridge" is a. rapid speaker -\i,hq.-;'fis^'::.oh:'.Kis/tp.e'S:/a"nd;' �:no<ls his head to emphasize., hi?: points,:and " he. wanted'to 'enipha^ sue' ; a V ^re^t v many : points> - He talked about: the- C.C.R policies an lirttefrational cooperation on a ; ^ friejidLv-b^�i^uu'thj-^^a.^He--9jiirf-'-th;u three times. He ^aid a lot of pother thihgs'^toox^biit I had a very, time st?ying awake/so I >vas when_ the - collection   tiiue. �ame.;and we sang i:God Save the Kinff** and came ouf;       -       ' BITHKNWALD. -. The other nigh* whe?\ t .y^bnt x>' t^e-sho-w. they -showed '^c^e? \>v~ a German l\>nce^tration;.-ca.mp" at. rt/ihe5Y*.tld;  Thp\;  ?h�v
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There has been a wsiblo shying down of evacuee mveme >t e\st-wurti of h�te. Not th&c tKeie would be anything appre^ehing 'a  );ia?.;;
.��;movement in any ca^e,.;but ".uteiy �veh thoi>^"who h-Ve -.i'/nined their
� .intentions have. ha I to-, delay ..the:!' departures due to factors beyo-:d their contiol.___
--^veT^rtlungsTcoinbined to make
things difficult. In ;!ie agueultural areas" of southern Ontairo, for instance, it is rather late: in the sei-son * to start .wcrklng on a.� farmv and it goes without saying that not'all families are suitable for
' th's,' type "of work. It, is reported that an ev:cuee^ family who left for thi| area has beerL' held up_ /when it. was found .that there was only one able hand, in the whole family.
In the industrial areas, iobs- are plentiful but the housing problem h~s become so acute that it became unwise to send them ujdess the � accommodations were avail-ible. In fact, as an emergency decree, certain areas a re declared closed, not� onlv ",o Mie e.vatuec;s but - to ?U general population. Added to these is the certain voluntary restraining measure -exercised by placement effictrs in try-. ing to avoid undo.'? . concer.fration of evacuees in parti?.:i.ir ri-vas, or-in deference to -cxoyn^i.-jr.'v-of heal - aneugonism. Achi dh thrse up and we have a difneoit problem, a hoi tleneck in the situation which ��.only" an easing of housing situation in the urban areas and a new season-in the agricultural district can solve to any appreciable extent.
The above is believed to be one of the reasons which 'has led to the delay in closure of Kaslo as
an evacuee housing pr i-JeV;.'- T:* '��
� evatuei population wi k - s o ^�iui\v" do/.n to one uuartor ul- tho- <-n-g'Jnui one thousand.   In fact' [he movement st.t>i..- to- co^te^e certain families are beiivr oTV.cd to mo.'e^to <r.'e     t'^e other -ri t'e camps. And yet at  this anting t^ere__ai� _^ramiour3� vtinrni'^tTu " more fanrlios will be br ught i> K:�lo, rumours "whieK'seeni" to \ti reasonably well-founded.  What thi meaning of ..all this, all of this new promise* activity, to a conee that was slated to close as tar as
, the evacuees were,concerned ? . While announcements of official policy are lacking, we can at least cenjecture^Jt is^noted tbat families "being reassigned to other camps are repatriate families, and therefore it is /possible..that new vrrivahTwill be non-repatriates. In that case, it is possible that certain camps will be designated for the repatriates, pnd others to seive as true relocation centres. It has been noted that the number requesting repatriation has be:n tremendous/, numbering , thousands more- than  originally  estimated,
, There will be some shuffling of �population. As it appears . now, Tashme (now. housing many internee families.) and the Slocan valley will become - repatriate-camps. And Kaslo and New Den-
-ver will servA as reception and relocation centre for non-repatriates; whose movements thence will be subject to the easing of eastern situations.
While all this is strictly unofficial, there is no doubt that something is in the offing. In any case., there will be announcements forthcoming, and until then the situation cannot be called clear.
Significance of Repatriation Order
Concerning t he" Govern me n for -d*r issued to British Columbia Japanese on March 12. 19l;1. An cscerpt from "What About the Japanese Canadians" published by Howard Norman, and The Consultative Council.
WHILE THE ORDER in question consists of. seven parts, its outstanding features are embodied in the: three extracts heie following:-     � -;��'      - r �
� ' (.1) The. first informs "those who Avilt be returning; to Japan that provision has been ms-de for their return."       ; '.
(2) "Japanese-Canadians who want to remain in Canada shovld. now: re-establish themselves east of thg Rockies as the best evidenc? of their, intentions to co-ppcyate with the Government policy 6i 'r^l." : A's~ v " '
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-�; (3) "Failure to accept employ-! nt^it east of the; Rockies may be regarded at a later date as Yck of co-operation with the.Canadian. Government in earrying put its" policy of dispersal.!/ �;". - ." '-: -High officials, have stated th^t these provisions do not necessarily imply a compulsory exodus of. aie perso^ of.�J.a'pan'eSicvs^^^esuH :-in>Britf'sh^C6Tirmbia, butVthe- offi-. eial �-bullet ins have in many erses. : b^eh '...interpreted. Jn  some : ?uch :terms:^s:; !'FoP God sake .go hack" to Japan�^or else-!? -     * . '. The certainty of continue i jf-b? or government ."support for tht - im--JntHliate future if-they signei ^'p-for return* to Japan'v.-a? r.> ?:na": �.eon.<iderati<in:in :!vVs-o of ir-ll r:e age : iucr wfe: h^r>_ already - Weh -'oj}'e uproote." and have-'^sv^'' the .fruit?, o;- year* of la"bV:i*r vVin's'v;-
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evident just; how far it is willing to go in assisting the re-establishment of evacuees who act upon the Government order to migrate eastward. Would they � be relieved of present restrictions upon the purchase or lease :of real property necessary for econonrc security and the establishment of permanent homes? W s there any guar-
v antee that this second, evacuation ; would ..be' the last?   �
The terms of the proclamation and the circumstances attending registration reduced to despair not only the older people � mostly Japanese "nationals�but many of the younger J-panese Canadians as well. The experiences of the last
' three years have left painful im-
,  pressions of* a Canada that seems intent upon denyirg to them ah op-
�  pottuhity to attain things, so supreV
. � mely important to .youth: equal . chances in the education^ field, a goodVjpb, fellowship, hopes for the future, the. establishment of real, homes. These -uhfortunite -young
, people think in; termV;^f the :pa?t three years. They are embittered
'-'/;pr. jsicHat, heartland nwlinedto; irelcome transfer tp -Japah as at" least providing ar chah^?-" r-   -:1;
.; to. return to Japan nr tura?ly.wanted their young people to g-\w"ith .them.:As might be."expected, pn>-sure.. rAirging all the way fr<;nvt-:e appeal bai&ed on  family tie.-. browbeating, seoldijig and ra?gr'^ virs .been brought to bear- upim the. younger" folk Who v-ished  to ' r^-iv.o'n in Canada. It {.-* n->t s.}i^r'>-... .!l>g: that' in "ihw; �c:rctxrn'^tfinc<-?i .-innf.y'^f-the "ybuhg- peopV-'', faye signed'� up "to gv> t<> a Jan-l -;"h^t ; ra-Ss* of th>m-have. rey>-r -e've'-* .�*-"� ^ -^i' in which. "h-v-w>n-a�r^;r: f.r. - tV-:-r?e!vc-5 to. b^. f'-re'^.'-r.*-!. '.    '
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