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The I\ew Canadian to
An Independent Weekly Organ Published w a Mediiun of Expression Among the People of Japanese Origin in Canada
P, 0. Drawer A
By, R. I.
Kaste, B. C,
Tom Shoyama-Takaichi ( mezuki
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Harry S. Kondo
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Editor * Publisher Japanese Section Editor
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Some Facts on the School Issue
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-The Ntw" Canadian labor^ at some'disadvantage in commenting upon,the 'issue* of Ihe day. But some sub-'.sta'nlial Tact might be added to the expression of opinion which greeted the announcement -by the Minister.of Education, lion. 'JL (i-. T, Perry, that' he -\yijl propose an amendment to Hie'School Act which will legalize the barring of children of 'Japanese bir[h from Uritisli Columbia 'Schools.� - .......� - ' ~ - . -.' ;          t ' J
'Replying to tlxe comment, Mr. Perry is quoted as say-' ', ing, "VVe.are merely going to legalize what already has been done," and that he can see "no reason wliy local ratepayers should have to pay educational costs for scores of Japanese children moved into their districts by-the B. G. '    Security Commission."        .      .                                .     �
The actual fact of the matter is simply that there .. rt�ver_ has been any attempt ,to load educational costs of any importance upon local ratepayers.
It was reali/ed. from the very first -that, as far as the large' Interior housing projc'cts were~ concerned," local schools could not hope to accommodate the hundreds of school-age children settled' in the districts.
What'was proposed was only that the British Columbia Provincial Government should .continue to bear its share ; ; .iiVv'ecjii:oati^
fourdccmfes before Peaii llarbouiy and  in  accordance /MriHi its constitutional fes^
"-.,:':�� expense incurred; in providing new scli'o'oj\faci1itics/^a>.t6": be supnlitd -l>v federal authorities; the recbgni/ed ^hbvt-
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�age/oiyt'ea^
if ;imtrameo\ Canadian^
Tl            ' be emphasized,toui liiuch that insc)farf as well
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/ over ninety per cent of tlvo school-age children were con--cerhed, the Only thing askej was that the ProvineialCrOv-�-,:�� eminent should continue to provide a sum roughly equal to the ainounit:it;stood to savejyy the fei^Ovalr.of-'the^child^ reiv frqjn thd ; }rer^m^ rp/r\a)^ .i^a^eo^^
; :    Tm'sj ot^coxirsOy was the original edueational pj-opt^A]. --   ^Ys ,:mhttei^ ;f>]frour meeting
, SCRIBBLER'S CIRCLE
'The Scribbler's/ .Circle was an unique organization. It consists of young Nisei who'were interested in; the art of writing. We'had ho definite program, place or time of meeting, but it v/as' a flourishing society ,am| served an, useful pur-'pose.                  s                    ,
I joined the Circle one Saturday two ye&rs ago. It was a gala even-' ing that special ,night as we had a rare  visitor  in  the  farm  of Roy l^vans, M ell-known  Vancouver author, \vho a: tha,v t�mo iu.u iM-ix.ed writing Ihe  draft of a novel  en-1 tiiiodj "It's Our Country Tot/, the subject being- the ups ami <]owns of a Japanese-Canadian.
-  We   showered   him   with 'many, .questions   concerning   h i s -book 'which   he   answered   readily.   Although I was veiy nuich of a tyro . at that time in the art of writing, (today ? ? ?) T could notjielp but, wonder why he had the yoinig Nisei chasing a white-girl and generally getting the cold shoulder from every one including his family, the other,family and all the othQr-families.
After all, I argued with myself, if this book is to have the
" average/ !SYtsel boy and girl as the herb and heroine, why have them
"d6ing~ thing's" "that " the - average~ one of us never does except in the most rare, rare cases * , . or am I wrong?
The case of Kay Goto, the heroine, however,. \va^ of a different nature. After passing her necessary
.examinations ,ip the civil service,: she was to be called to ptta\ya; by \yire only to be refused^ because of; her;Tace V . .with all the trim-; mirigs describing her ambition,
. struggle,   hope,   anticipatibiv Jo'yV. suspense and finally ;the great dis- . a ppoint men t and sorrow at her de-featr'-But-this: was rnotr fictionr'It:
�was a page f.rorii one Nisei's life,
The book ended in a sorro\yful way. The readers must not receive the impression that all is '.well with � ; the  Niseis,  the author said. How ironic  and  laughable ithat .sounds today!: :. . . that alV is well Avith ".the--Nisei!'        .--.. ; -:'/.; \.;'�-''�' '..;:.'.;��� [ ' -
:. 'After-^a- while;  ag -all  s\tcjhi  ajfr:.
Editor, TKe New Canadian . . .
J . noted with interest your editorial on a "second uprooting." (Dec. 12, 1942). The thought of T>' m mind for
' you have an "ano hitoH among us, -just   keep. chins   up   and   writing jsleuduy, You'll not regret it.
The girls here dfe tiying to be-come  model  Miss  1943's.
lime, and i think 9 programme of giadual dispersal of the Nisei jrom their B. C. communities into Jie general framcwork'oijhe Canadian setup ^across 'Canada is called for.
�   It  seems to me that  as  long as there  ar^ .settlements  of 1000  or nv>io of people i>3 Japanese ougin, those c-ettlc!nenis will be tfugot of
-xhe "anil's." -
A grim outlook, isn't it? But it
sesmsT lo me that a scattered one*
. fifth of one per cent of the popula-
k tion  rs' a  safety measure  against
persecution; a collected group is an
, excuse for, persecution. . .   , �  .  .
Thanks ^or the service you have maintained  with   your" paper  and. please extend my regards to all my
*  friends' among the Nisei.
Carleton Clay
Vancouver, B. C.
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Editor, The New Canadian . � �
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'Although a thousand and some
odd   miles   away  from   Vancouver
and from friends of all. kinds, we
Manitoba   Niseiettes   are   making
the best of it here. Mind you we
are not forgetting the old friends
" and our little green valley � those
could never die in ous memory in
spite of all that's happening.
The girls  are  keeping  up with
the times, but something seems 10
be lacking � namely, bovs. I guess
each lassie has a. certain someone,
somewhere ... whether .in a ghost:
town, road camp, Alberta, .Ontario
or even the beet farms- of Man ito^
ba.  It's " always, "I wish he  Were
, here." So young gentlemen of the
"stronger sex, wherever you" are,; if
speaker some time ag^o gave' us some interesting hints on" the subr jccu A lypx-al' Miss' 1943, she toht us, must be alert, smart, friendly,
-helpful-willing -to  volunteer sup.--iwn, be e(tuat to men, and yet^stay well-groomed and-glamorous^ This seems to be quite" a bit to.ask of ;!io  tvenkcvsex,  but  wc'ie" trying to do it/ It might in fact be good -advice to'pa>'s on to all the Nisei-ettes  every where   in  tiying. times
' sitcii at; these. All *e've got to �lo is U*ait �or results.
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\S'innipeg, Map.
READERS1 APPRECIATION
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, . . Though I know you are working under great difficulties, your paper still holds its high standards and as at this time of great value to all who arc ^connected with the Japanese either in UIG work. or just, in friendship. It is good to hear how things are going on in the different places. I'would like to wish you great success in your undertaking .through 19,43.
'  Kathleen Lang" ' K am loops, B. C.
Editor, The New Canadian . . .
Congratulations to you and your staff for all the splendid work, especially in the Christmas number. I do hope that Dana .who wrote "Christmas in Exile'V will find his next Christmas, even if still out there '!Christmas at Htime." Ty Ebata,; in the next column, has the �Idea... �;;'/',/:-,','� "'�'V;'.;,.'.''';1 �. . -'�� :�'
Slocan City
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into \ groups- of two and threes to
. chat ami ;so  I.., -was';, left with v the
:edito^ of ^the -N.C: on my left.^ I
just-bariely 'knew:-him then;  : .-.     -
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(An Editorial from  the Man-zahar   Free  Press,  published at the Manzanar Relocation Centre, .California)
� A 'year .of uncertainty ahd waiting ^finally is bearing: fruit. The-decis'ioii; by the War Department to
11 *'-'- inanppwer of the American of "Japanese/descent to the bears V4":: far ^'feiachihgv sigmficance. This decision signifies for us a long .step toward the. vindication*- p� our 'rights -and /privi-; leges;;,   "���'-: :T;-:' . �. �.;    r '�� -.';,.  -\ ['.
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F6t 'hose of Us ,w?io are. jeligibl! to serve directly-; i n the - Wjar--6f fort : this: will' ^mean �;^{epaTture - frjojii"
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;:b^--fortlicjdmmg. froiit th^a War.'De-:
^duration/; our^our?e - 6f^ a e t to>n:^
jar^ely.will haye^l>eejv decided.:foir^
usv \Ve_shall have'a^motivev- artd :a
prtsunipti^; but ; ye^sqnable^proT:
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/ :   Not ^he leas! unhappy feature of t lie :$\\ nation Hi Vic^ toriu toilav is Ihat it isMr. Pern* liimsdf who appurtntlv
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|Vro^H?s^s tho legislation. H wilT be recalled that just two \\can> hgo the pni^nt Minister of Ethittiti'piTy.-noteil as a -Ktbrrrl t*f lmicnl 5ym|iatltnN attd vnrr*y L^tainnirnts. wars Speaker, of. ihc Proviucial  House.  Ui that - capacity: hii : 'Tiu'jk a. firm stand against wiwit heti-nuc*] thc';mi-British*' of certain (ItstTitniiiaton* pn>|K�saU <m the trade issue. Todav otu" is moved Kv the sttiJtaiitx* of OHII-
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In* A. E. Jukt^i. Cons. rrativt Association hca<U to "th* ^ efftvt that "w<v ��flen..iftV" thini^ in th<^ hVat of war rmotion that we mi>*ht ^ regrvt aftenrards."        ..
?ioii -^-as a vignette begmningV^ . . ''The � night was dis'.iial. . .-The :rain; , fell iii a df t^ry :d r iz zle, anil trickled -the 'neck of -Tsk- wf.ere he at"' t\e  corner" of /the stret ."-.-� '.'�/":-:   �.'[ _-�'-.  ' ''�. ;;;
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mrse for a voice in tile post-war re-:adjustmenfs   to   be   made   in  our. country.' We ha\^e been living, so to speak, in a vacuum isolated and inimune;fr.bKV:the, teinpo" and the r feel of wartime Ainerica. We .shall now directly::experience- thevsacri- : f ice  of  bloodj  sweat  and: t e a r s which form tlie Wai'p^ and;/the; woof ~<tf-'a^ar^:^:^'^-;;y-^^:.-''^
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Iii  a.n  ultimate  sense  this is  a vindication against suspicions: and
�yiHificatioh's 'which have .bee" directed at usI ^dufiivg-the; past year.;"; Thisr.ilpcisiori by ihe-American goy- -erhment resolve's our :purpcse^fo"r
thef;"Jiycsv:^^pur;;"^jcQnd^ghd: the; third ;^hd :thjf. succeeding:; generarr � t iohs -�. <?i ' Vh e.: c i t i zen s" ;of � 3s. pa iie^e^" des"cent;:int() the: streain vpf ^m^rtr :i can 3)ifc cpufd /iip:t ^uccessfidiy :^^ riegotiajt6d.vrithbut th\s^te;st of ^pur :: fortitude. and "willingnessi .to serve. May^we o^-deseryja^7 fully "of this\ pnyiiege.-":L  :.:-,^    -^ : ^-�V:\:::r':i
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