Twoでroでo欲aーsforparHamelrrs apoーoぬy toしaでttnese Canadians
OTTAWA — Reproofucedひe low a re two versions of a draft parlia-
mentary a で oloひy to Japanese Canadians for the lntミnmeコt and mls-
troathTtentaffーlct6d them duュng and after the wo rid warll.Thefーr5t
wasapproved by the executive cocュcー一of the National Association of
しa!!>ane we Canadians, the second ーsthefーnal Ver8ーでnpr^でare0 t},th6
conserstlve government.
S8 .sxl fttcdn&suon.
ーt th*It Co3m
hlmllーtllry
ty of whom一
Ther Japanese CanadIan.approvedなraft:
At psfiy 0H2tdsミc03mーtthsnM?s toまcsatーon of
eqsーーty,nd Jミt玄forきーーr圣rdl9:of ouーiusー or sola I origin.
society t h餘t SIsir9s
ーfttr f 8S3dw0dd war, os&las of
oontsrv to rssfs菱td nt th* tins,
puns* {vsdis during VI?s War 一一 h»d
0Q*8h«ng p&c<M0tfts3fr3ZM3sl, 00nf 一 SCI If sd uit
wl-r, stt fsll«d by dlteュ3lsーory at=teds and ltーsttd by p0Utka1 est S3
5c7m, 0an^drーnoaf2rattd tTOM who
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FRIDAY, MAY10,1985
TORONTO, ONT.
頃y BーLLHOSOKAWA
It was In the」ean, bleak
yearびefore world War 一一 and,
oddly, there were tプree Asian
Americans in the class of
aぴout 30 schedliledtoびe
graduated from the school pf
jouilism at theUniversity
of Washington.
Although the term was lit.
tiゅused in tfiose days, we
threewot^ the hi一noュty"
component1Shin Kobaya-
shl,aNーsei; Edwin广uke, a
chーnesひAmerican* and me.
Ttiere were no t-lacks. In f»ct
there were no blacks In the
entire仁niversーty. And no
hnsでanos, not ーn that part of
the county.
罚ven now 一 i not su,e
why w6 w傻nted to study Jour-
nalism. There were precious
few jobゅavailable for anyone
in those depressed times, let
alone ASーanAmerーcきs on
t he we 6t Co a St. prol5aなly it
was because we simでly
wanted tois journalists.
So we went to cーsses,
learned a ーlttie so3hething
鬼ぴout the business of writing
ana editinぬ,gotalひnぬwdー
with cーassites and p『ofs.
Our teachers v^elre competent
and, most ofthetime,falr,
but they also were opeirating
L5d®r the strictures of th®
tirnes. Thatひのcame very evi-
dent when it came tiョefor
thememびers of the cーtts欲to
fan Oct over the state during a
betwIB6n.semesters break to
work奴s u nでa id in terns on
local ne\A^st3^i}ers,
that was芸posed to bの
part of i education,でart of
purtrainーng. ^0 theひrasw was
dividedョto team$ iand they
were assigned to newsでaでers
in J5ーacesーikeY效ズimwT Beーー-
rngham, Aberdeen and
evのryぴody went out to see
wプat it was like in the real
wo,ーd. Evetybodyびut the
tプree studentsぴorn in
American with Awian f但ces.
onのof them asked theでrof
photobyJACスHmMMY
T0gothe3e访邻ーneuttling the ribbon
TORONTO — slxvーp、s get together to cut tfeュbbon
opertーng theミw Nーchーrenshshusoka dlakkaー of Canada
on April 24th. The cutters were《ーeft to light) coil Qse.
raーofJ0pan, H,kas Oka, the Rev. Sh一一na of the NeW York
Temple, Vice president Masya of Japan, Mayor A 一 Tonks of
thecーty of York, Mf. Hugh ーzuョ,and Mrs. Akーko ーzumL
T^lss;hinl,,敏
TORONTO J徵t cーak仍eひo且ay school D S3 a Club of
saョーa, Qntaュow,ーー present a on像.hourdraョatーNatlolvbf
邻hーzue Taka8hーma,sなsk "A chーーd ーn JPュson camp- pn
,rlday, May 31頃i at the JCC Cultural Centre. At the comple-
tion of the p-erfomlclncd tプestuihor will add hs- personal
『eまctーons and she wーーーーead a dーscilol10nthos,yea3
of anguー頃h and Its Implication 6f ttiat peュodーn Canadian
history.
chーーdーnでlison cam,* ーs a moving account of thA
evacuation and Internment of Japanese Canadians 一n the
1940 V. Takfshーma、sびopk haswonーntematlonaー accー&ョ
and has ksenconsーde3dlvy many astheturhーngpoーntln
t heれon瞎c 一 ence oft Canadian public.
The bsk was adapted for the utas by Frank oasy. In
aTesnt8s,,ic0lk^ー,t,paョllF!vaもva1,さ|« 0蓬3^ゃまv.
eda"ipacーaー Adiudfcator、瞎^std f6r "exceーー,n炸elri the
i of thedramatーc form as avehーcーe to b f feet sod a一
Those
Invited to theDSSRehsrsal at 4:oap.3.
A collection
grouで,欲travelling 9Cp6n頃6欲.
Hole,in6ne-Insurance for Jpnz. golfers big business, says Nisei
VANCOUVER. I wemnぬ
holeニn.oneInsurance to gol-
fers ーsびーぬbusiness inしapan.
That,sびecause the celebra-
tions that fo 一 low the feat can
ru n ash 一 gh a访$10,000•
l.ound边rstartd the reasons
fQr suchhlぬllcosts, reョem-
t>er that spending併200 for a
meal for two is not unusual.
The goーfer who scores a hole-
in-one isのxでectedtoひuy
$uch a meal for a= his orh^r
friのnds andでresent each of
them with a gーft to commeョ-
orate the do Oct fortune. Thus,
"Nisei soldier" film Wins Emmy
SAN FPIANCーSCO. I vet-
eran fiーmmaズer厂oni Dーnぬhtfs
びeen awarded an mmmy for
まiting/prograョfor "Nーs;eー
Soldier: Standard Beゅrer for
an Exーl边dpeoでle.-- The a ward
was givenびy the National
A cad13 y of Teーevーsーon Arts
and Sciences at it si4th Arv
n忘l Northern California cere-
monies recent 一 < in San Fran-
cisco,
"Nisei soldier,- aao.minute
documのntapy,でor trays thei lit-
tle Known story of Jaでanese
Americans who fouぬht」n
VVorld war ーー, desでitehavmぬ
theーrfaョーーーes ccrnfined to in-
ternment camp & back home.
Nisのi soldiers {second ^ener-
但tloュAmerlcan,订orn Jaでa-
priBse) vsre segregated into
the;42ncTRゆgimentalCoョ-
IbatTeapln, whーcプtbecame the
most decorated unitincふ.
military history.
JCC Centre Annual Mooting June 3
T0R02TP I The Annual
G®ner8, Meeting of th® To-
ronto Japanese Canadian
cuーturaー Centre w=lぴe held
on Monday,レune 3,Id85ョ
the westカoom at 8卩m. All
ョemb6rs of the J.c.c. centra
ttre invited to participate.
AGENDA
1.Message from theでresi-
dent.
2. Minutes ofしune 4,1084
,era一 meeting.
3. Treasurer" ReDort
4. Aamlュ一St fatひr* § Rかp6rt.
ひ.celー0donFwroject Reでort.
6. Appointment of Auditor
for the ensuing year.
7. Eーectーon of Members to
the Board of Directors.
ひ.Appreciation to the se*
tirinぬDirectors.
ぬ.Transaction of New rous,
in ess. I ses/7ey 0&
thのぴiーl for such a eel el oration
can rucv as high as $10,000.
"Tfie greater the status of
the in dividual, t he mo re cost-
ly t tie 一 r glft访are exでected to
びひ,ー-saidAlfie Kamitaズahwra
ofスamー ーnsuranceAぬ^nciep
who has a blacl< lighter with
goldさti6ュF1g commemorating
a vagce acqualntance、sh01,
jn,one in Tokyo.
ーf you sin affordtppl^ly
ぬolーf in */WJ5an, youヽre expect-
ed to "layびy但ーl theさles,TO
join a golf cーub 一s expensive:
the topcーuぴinTOICズoでas说es
memt5rshーでsびy inheritance
b-仁t, if you \%ere lucky enouぬh
to iDuy a men!lbershl卩ーt
would CO St dbout haーfamH-
lion dollars. That,s just to
jo 一 PI the clut}; playing a round
of goーfcoaltゃfrom $1pO to
In theでast, one needれなto
tie well-connected so da一一ズおs
wの一一as rーch to tscorne a golf
club hiember, saーdKamitaズa,
harれ;Thesedays,ョミe 一y be-
off and, as a resuーt, cーuびs
have been infiltrated by less
ho no u rase nouveau riche or
even underworld figures.
、:because of tプis new
ひreed ofぬolfers, hole,inone
insurance ーOSMes have been
horrendous in the past f圾w
years and ーt is gettーnぬIncrea*
"Ingly difficult forレaでane80
agents to place the
business,: Maid Kamーtakaha『a
who celeびrat^d the 2^th anni-
versary of his agency this
Bom and raised in v曾o仁-
y©r,_h® {lecid»dtc?6-nt©『the
insuramceひusーhess at tプe
suggestion of a friend. He
oでのned his fl?st agency on
Main Street in vancoir in
1959, specializing in auto and
personallines. Today, situ-
ated at 716 caョble Street,
more than eo percent of his