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VERY TRI'LY VOIRS . ..
Comparing Prejudices
HENRY MORITSUGU TAKAICHI UMEZUK1 KEN MORI - -
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by HARRY HONDA
in. Pacific Citizen
. Mention the word, "race prejudice", among Nis*i circles and thoughts' of discrimination be-of color and creed: pop up.
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Bedside Swear-In
Ky HKNKY \IOKf
"in Pacific Citi/en .,
. 'On . th*- V\v .of ���.'J-Ji Day, a bedridden Issei whoso ��lifetime, ambit ion wa.s -to become an Aineriean citixon was afforded' an. opportunity ti'.<>v his drea::i come true. -
lehiriosuko Oniarsu.. fifi. fi'uin .Shi'/uoka e;une to t in'- 'United '-States 41 years ago. Ho and his wife, Sato, from Tokyo,; have fo'ur sons, all ' of whoni served in World "War'.. II,'. and a daughter. ..More' than a' year" ago, alien Oma-tsu .'.; passed hi? tests for natural i> zation, I>nt sonVclioAv it .was his wife, who received! her papers first. She \v;iss\\'o!u hi July 17,
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It was then .that : the,; Cotiinio-
doro Perry Poxl 525 of the Ame-
rican Ix^'ion, �where his sons-avo
active members, took iip th'e ini-
tiative to quicken the day when
,6inatsu could call himself a citi-
zen .of these United Slates.
- _. But soon his h'ealth failed ;iml
when his notice to appear at the
Hollywood Howl in conjunction with the nation-wide mass natur-� a!ix:11ion ceremony oh.,Veterans Day. N o'v. 11, his doctor forbade him to''l?ct'".6ff his bed. Arrangements were even made.to get him there in an ambulance but all
'efforts gave' way to his ill-health. -, 'Former assistant U.S. attorney
. .lames Mitsumori, now practicing in Li'l Tokio, explained, the situation to Federa 1 Judgc Peirsou M. Ifnll who presided at -the. Hollywood Bowl ceremonies. In a very rare setup, working
'.�through Hay Griffin, Los Angeles chief of Nationality Section, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Mitsumori was able to "move" the Federal court � Judge Hall and his staff '�/for an hour to the home of Mr. and M r*. .Qm'a'tsu for a bedside natur-ali/ation ceremony. :
; 'Witnesses included the Omatsu
.brothers ..-Frank, George, Hoover and sister Grace. Paul, who is a teacher at Pacoima junior High School/was not able to leave his classes for the rites. ;
'That Couldn't Be Mel"
I'M WALKING around with my head tucked under just come face to face with a terrible, petrifying I set foot inside a photographer's studio again it liral! probability, the American am lying cold aoid unprotesting in my coffin.
Indian is not included .. . And It may be. a form of conceit (m my part but I iu,,.
no wonder, so many Nisei .have given the professional photographer a wide berth,.! atr /-^ yet-In meet an American Indian, "snapshot" type, who is most happy .when snapped '.by ,; lef-aioiu-' live 'in a community good" photographer, in a "not-too-good" light, artd.-Aul-\vhere�the white man's prejudice much -'attention to details, t can .pass iny snapshots a!-: against the- American Indian freely without any twinges of conscience for any' e.ve.ns. > prevails . . . The Nisei is lik� make when a snapshot'doesn't happen* to be -good. Hut f the "white, man back east who that with a professional photographer! II merely drop ph.>�. no Japanese and bore no studies-of ;me into my bottom drawer, and hope no on,
ask to see them. .
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hatred for him. It's a case of not being able , to hate .(nor love) someone you don't know.
Last week in Omaha, the National rCongrcs/s of American Indians met and got a frank lecture from one of .its own. A Sioux leader was- talking .about
And that goes for photographs of other people. 1 unhappy when I am the recipient of a professional ph>.t Frankly, I never know what to''do'with it. Every formal �p'lmtn.,i-aj>v
I receive as a gift has me thinking "Gosh, /what am 1 & do: with it ?" Those lovely, lovely but expensive .'.wedding duly inscribed, would be a total loss, in iny small living1 :vo<
racial prejudice �- not the white- they would.obscure the only bit of scenery I^have access .to.
man's prejudice against the-In- dreary photos; of funeral entourages which may be of so
dian, but about the prejudice of value to the deceased's immediate family and a Go<l>end t
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kind of American citizen, declared ..; the -message
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Enjoys Cindy Editor, The New Canadian:
Aril always glad to receive it (the-NC.. 1 nieaii. i)f.course)' �- it helps to .keep ineiu touch with what" is �'. happeni'ng'�'in. the ,lapa-' nese community and. 1 have enjoyed some of the articles recently �--' "always- enjoy '�"J-Vmme-�� Faro"'especially..'" ;
I pass the''J.apanese section 'of. Jh'o paper :o:i to patie.iits in tl^e inountain "San",/so" l'd�> yet -.my. money's worth, I think.
(MissVMae M.Walker. Hamilton. Ont.
From Quqlicum Beach Kdilpr, The New Canadian:
. I am;always so grateful to you for s.ending me The '-'New Canadian, which I :enjoy inore than aiiy other newspaper; it is so good of you fo keep this up, for it is far more than I de-serve for the
.little it was my privilege to do at that sad time of. Evacuation, hi contrast .with the Son?, of Freedom (Doukhobor) problem (with/which I have had dealings every week), you never tried tv>. hit; back, and consequently our Lord..tuni'ed it into a blessing in disguise. 1 speak in general tenr.s t'o-j- �'-; siianv instances' .this was
the Indians against the white, photographer who can -be assured of no kickbacks, \v6.uld man; "We've'got to get it out of -find themselves on my mantel piece simply because lam our heads that we ard a different in a mood to end it all. I never know what to do wit!
he numerous photographs which are showered on me at can time by friends who have taken advantage of the Special be applied to the American fain- Off er/by local commercial photographers. It;may solve my .frauds'-ily who also feels he's different Christmas shopping problems, but it can make my life very coiu- '�* and better because his ancestors pHcated.'l"refuse to"'clutter,up my rooms with photographs which were aboard the Mayflower,> or only .nioan more;dusting for me,"and hence, Iam forever pullTi^ ^: fought in the American..(Beyolur open bpttom dniu.ers to look for that "smiling photoy' of AVak's, tmnary War or were, original that Serious study" of -Don's, that "lights and shadow", mnfc .
of Mary's, to-synchronize with each one's respective visit a> it happens, if I do not /\va:iit to hyrb my friend's feelings."
1 I do not expect photographic shots of my friends. And :i. v>ui',!
ca's is. |\6t vested iiv the prestige im*e my |i{"e Jes? 'complicated if-people; would .-Wt expect" i^ouV of .the past generations,, but �f"ie- Of course, iny cynical, friends, who :do not; believe in ;=iio!.i|inc what its children have been ab^ ^ should; be ti^'l t-V';.
.to'^.contribute to the future./, , ;that face-by nbw!v / .; - . V /
While it may be/proper to re- ; ' Jhat jg the who,e (roubl^ One doeV get used io^i^"'^/': member and be proud of the past, Bufc:it is getting rtsed to one's face in the vvay one wants to a pei>30n. who rests on laurels (be u�.e(j
they inherited or? persohallv j",' ... ,,. ,�.
'� detailing things as they are.
white settlers of Texas, California and what have. you.
Greatness that has been Ameri-
icrrifving, stark realitv of a .Vii ' *
gained (ceases to insure the fuj-ture . ." . ITie same .principle
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. (Confd from Page One) or better.
Do plan .programmes well in
One does somehow become..resigned wijh what is (iod:i:; Even if-at times T. say secretly -and ".honestly., think 'that. God-;' short-changed me, there's not 'much that I can do about it-if the face'that greets me each moriiing m the bathrooni .mi is not exactly what T w*ould have ordered, I h�ive made f:�:� with it; ' . '��-'��"�'�\'-\ ...'.. - ... .... '-; ',., '�:�:>� ,"���''�".
One learns to become quite chummy with one's own-.fiuv. .
advance;; A tentative-years pro- ^s:with th-ose people one loves, one overlooks .the had andv^: gramine doesn't 'hurt'. Pro- *rate? on the good. Oh, one'learns to glance at -.oneself in >u^;:
manner that those wrinkles crowding about the eyes beeonre "' '-lines" betokening a/rare, whimsical rand youthful seiis*' "f :v: : The double or triple chin which soh>etinie?; jolts one. out-. (''f r
gfammo? should have club-wide appeal. J)o" foster and encourage a
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Qualicum Beach, B.C.
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trim-over of membership and-ex- acceptance of self, .is merely Vmatter of shadows and p-'or litrh-:'' ~ ecutive body. The lack of it lead-? The touches of grey which appear more'profuse.ly. -f late are r: �-: -
of distinction a la Ronald C-olnip.Ti or T)ouglas Fairbanks Jr.. ad;- -: rather than detracting1 from a face "prrowing; old :?. n riistinsruM .-. sort of way". And if one's hairline is receding, it's r :'rln? :.\'v / about since Joe next. door, five/years younger thv ones�-�':" % almost all bald. And even Fra.nkle SiT^.tnr r. >v, v-- - ;; '��
to a definite stagnation. SOME SPECIHC DOGMAS
.A sports e tub should be.c^lo'r-fuily avid properly equipped. An o-'iier manager-sponsor is a mu^i.
Mixed social dubs should not �* re?' OI1e ^ent]>' K*�.*.
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eeting heurs. :-...d relurious clubs . .;' definite and de-r.stituti'T.. ar.d onl
And T am no exception. And to b proofs which show me a^" I rr-.;;?t h-^ � t these are myself/then what rrva?t T I^k girls every litre I lino up'f-^r" ter.ch'in.'
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