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Effect Of The War
'plIK Canadian Youth
every race" to; analyze what is go-
:css..has
launched a. national campaign to study the effects of ..war-Unie- conditions on Canadian youth and the. Can V adian people; ;It will appeal to; youth groups throughout the nation, "in every, endcavoiiry of :every beliot'j' or of
ing on in Canada.:
Thq it it i mate put pose o f the campaign, is to co-ordinate the. liiidirigspf the various groups at a National Vputh Hearing next ^
mendations for siibmissioin to the government, strcssihg the vital heed for the preservation and improvement pf Cahadian democracy, ,for the safeguard i n�" ^
prpfitoeying and exploitatioh, for: the : adjiisth^ht :;p^:
costs of living and fixed, wage levels. � liere is an .excellent opportunity. for incniher chapters of the Japanese . Canadian Citizens teagiie to coii-} (1 ucl" "sonicX- mucli-nel!(lerl ' r>sca"r eli ' into their own ejnployinent condi- i � tions, and to bring a knowledge of spine ot their problems before a large section of public opinion hi :
Canada. ' '
a ;survey hiay. bring to light
addressed at ;.this/'.; Nisei and every Niseieitc in the Province .who lias cherished secret or'serious ambitions to display his or her vocal talents in the public, theatre. \
Your opportunity to realize those ambitions is offered you in the 'Nisei Talent Revue"* a benefit concert to be held ih Vancouver in a few weeks'. time, which will feature for the first time in local history an amateur contest for Nisei singers. ;. > ;
Yet this Revue Will be hiprc than an ppportunity for. you; to warble( In. public iq ah ,attentive audience.; It will be an bpportunity to yoii to give your support to a commu.nity project which has loiig beeiV felt to. be overdue. The proceeds of the ebneert are to be used to begin a fund devoted to ;; the establishment of a home \y.here -young people convalescing from tuberculosis will have the chance to regain their strength and brush* up their mental attitudes before seeking to make their way in tliewoild again.
. : There will be, we are sure,, no hesitation on your part to lending your talent to a project, as worthwhile as.
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some stiggestibhs for an .enVplpynient problemi which faces more and more Nis'ei, and whjch proinises to reacli a
: critical stago at /the end' bi the sv.ar. The information gained will be useful aiid Valuable as ,a guide for our action, both'.individual' aiid.cpllective,
; and as ij .revelation te mahy Cahadians
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. Here is-work for tiie J.C .Q: L.;; and . otiier Nisei* organizations that .is at; once urgent,, important,. and.:essenfi-:ally practicah " ; ... v.:
�^EfifSiGHTM'IN^^^ isA the'pbpu-P lar and; necessary slogan of � the pe.ople;;m the greater part of the civil-, ized or uncivilized \vorl^ today, and the Japanese cohiniunily iii British. Co-, hmibia is beginning to e^ its
! share in no uncertain terins:
HE state capital is draped in, .�mourning. Frbny stately gdyerh-1 j' riiont buildings to; the little "pden-ya,'*: ; black crepe is hung, in memory of; j tliose. who died to build Manchoukiio j j to its present stage pf^ progress. Over: | the Wwanlung ^anny headquarters I i flics the.rising sun flag at half-mast.! j For today is the moivthLv day of j'mourning. ��;.::> J:[-� -:-:-:-'<:'^ ��.-^V;V.-�:;;�;;
I The majority .of stores will be i closed and an airof-quiet \vill pervade {all office buildings^yeton the other � lumd. the day is not withoiit its ironic inconsistencies. Soon, long before the time that they are usually astir, the "cafes will disgorge their quota of waitresses; sallow � of. complexion, bleared of eyes. Soon, :the numerous geisha, houses - wi.ll voniit but their bevy of btitterflies, seeking the. fresh: ness of.the summer park, while from the very bowels of the city's life, fiHes de joie^f every shade and character^ upon the
sunbathed streets.
The irony of this: day, set aside: for mourning of the valiant deafl:. becom-ing the only/day of release for these, ereatures of the demi-mpndd,' borders jon .the 'pathetic; For a; whplp month,1 jthcy have existed^^ |best part of their lives, by the yellow liglU of electric bulbs, only emerging by-late af ternooh-- to - get- a - wisp- Of:
tor any 0ndeyery friend
''of the Nisei, for thb Nisei.
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� ; Every week in the year to come ; you can send ybor good wishes.to your
friends through a subsciiption to The � 1 New Canadian.
.-' Fill;out' the .''cb'v^rt>Yi^"-let'"us' isen^'-^ nrc'cejpt. iaod-'J c^rd with your ;g'reet- ; Mf.Vgs;' just in- tinie for Christn^s. -
THE NEW CANADIAN, 396 Powell
- ? Please s^o'd.The. Nevv Canadt. .cnt? yenr to: : "...V"" � " '.
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Address'.
' .' For "wh.icH I crc-^sr-S S2
Finahce Minister. J,.L..Ilsley's new war budget has made it very much � clearer and more vivid than ever before: It is a seripus blow:to.the eco--nomic .we! fare: of n the Japanese cpni - J munityr ivever very happy even in the n|ost prosperous of: times. The ^p ^^i:^iif^r^ec^
^iipoii the i;mport of a niyriad number of. consiuhption goods, regarded almost as basic necessities aniPng Canadians
' of Japanese origin. The whole com-; ihuiiity, too, \vill feel the .repercussions of the siiPcH to business implicit in. tiie curtailment of imports.
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searcely being touched by the indus
i'ioav is "setting an alV-time; v.ccord; for industrial ..activity- aiVd production. Nor have .we. in the con\munity; any; consideriibie .number; of. salaried workers, such . as government . employees. \vhpse^incpine isrye.ry slow; ^tp;'c.ha;n�6^iUier;�ive or the other, and which m
thesev-blbws:vto :the- community as. a whole. . '
i' . Nc^ctthcless/; there; is an evideiit ; B sp|ri�jim
; alike to accept the situation as ' { chcerfuny and quietly as possible. �. � a spirit, which recognizes that tiie I' nonnnl'conduct of business and the _;
acceptance ptiiccess^ ! the. greatest contribution we can ; make to iiUimate victory. ';'
I " One thing we can do to make, it
easier for all of us is to get together
j in business at lenst. and lend, each
j \ other all the support, we possibly can,
i [Joint eo-pperative '.enterprise and a j .spirit of mutual helpfulness in ail our i:j business and social activities will ease i ; thestrattv of ^belt-tightening" all \hc 1 ! way around.' ' '
In Appreciation
K^Editpr, -^^i^^^\Sv J fe^hadiair^i^ear Sir: .^Ve do appreciate your kii^-
ness inaniVbuhcing pur meetings from nipnth to � month, I jhn a \varnv sup* porter, pi" the- Nisei-and do enjoy yout fresh air, before another sundown and paper./, �: ::\ ; .�'^.��:'/;:::.\: ahother. night of forced gaiety. \ ! . ; -�Margaret' Ridgway,
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And .now they emerge /chattering [Vancouver ' -as'.they; pass ih-.dr^ banterihg} . . I v .'
words frpm rickshawyto'rickshaw ^| Happier Reading
to y the. park,, to tiie-movies, to ' thel.; Editor, The New Canadian-Dear department stores. aiid some ;to thef - - .
sbrin'e and to the war; meniorial.-;':.--\/ j i; And you; will see. h all .day.- She [will bp loudly dressed; gaitd ed; s.trPlling or riding,.exuitiiig in. the stir that she is causing.: .
Or you ^ will find the odd one, shameful of the life.she leads;, mas-.eiueradin^^as4chaste.-hiatron iiocent maidep.; No .heavy rouge, pr^ Hp-stick; nor heavy coat of powder will she have. 'But the tell-tale rnark of jaundiced skin,- jiard lihps about the movith and dead fatigue Weighing her limbs will betray her.* �
And all day. long 'they will adding a. gajty and color to the streets in uUer contrast to the- black that drapes the flagpole; Without my window;" ;. � *':;'� '�: :l \: \-.
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Sir: Please ;rehe\y my subscription (or another year :and accept my. wishe? [for continued^ success.
.1 enjoy reading The New Canadian, especially soipe of the; regular- fea-lures � frpm week lb week. Daviii Wppdsworth's:. column on Powel! ^itrpet viii tiie: last issue,tpb;/ \v^s Very: "ihteTe$tiTfg^^^
worrying about -the vote and military service arid so .'forth: . . . .:
� I'm all: for 'luippier reading aJjoiit what we're doing, and how we appear to Pther people, so hope you will keep-on .giving us such features. The short accpuhts pf: Auierican Nisei, too..are very enjoyable. I. should like to 5ee theih more regularly.
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CitV.-.- W: '. '"'V'."^
arid Mrs, Littlemdn i Ldndpri
jT..ONPpN.~I\Ir. a^^^ to siich".surroundings . r ' �.
j.-^ of London, their Children and in- .D bf 'everydi^iiife in thi?
j laws, have a design for living this bonibed city, is borne, with. a>plucky fwinier that is^^vjite" preposte^^
The most preppsteVpus part of .it is problems iii. sleeping, eating, travel; thaj^it ^pesh;t^
: iany more. ...:.;:';;;' � ;"' .'" '' with widelj' separated friends and
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|Of the Littlemans just; because tUey.Peopie.;^^; : v . .
jhaye..herbic.ally >esigned .themse^ Britishers still
|iO such "preposterous" . conditions down tP- good substantial" meals: iri: l \yo.uld be gross inacciiracy.: . ' : '. creasing additions the. list of food: f It would. be~ an injustice to the in- which are or are coh>iderod lioiUeJsej:-j telUgeiice^pr ;tive
jfrec and civilized people wquW toler-cially.those \vith slencier'pui^ef Avith ]ate; a cpntinuation of such a way. of considerablb probleiiii/ One by;one; llife � unless tlie^.considered,".', as the conimbn-place. items -of;- even��;-tire ' Littlemans dp, that the cause for humblest tables aref'd^oopeafina or !w'hlch they suffer so aciiteTy is one of becbhiihg scarce and QxiJ'v+iv?- . r ifhe great;crU�ades of wprl^
I One.has only to experience the how pudiate indignantly any. >. �^ssXox.X ^permanently ;stale: air of some of the. was not getting enough to , uiiderground refuges:.to: reali2ev the wise, when anvinember of
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.mi- ui-^ur won i i�f iiiiijiio..'!"' -
of apprehension which must grip a owii account, of his abtivitie? prc-b?-^-:
s residents will be . typical British. ur.it;r>:^"-
; large'.proportion of London ;to niakc them return night after night ment: