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Vol.: 12�No. 54
THE NEW CANADIAN
An Independent Weekly For Canadialu of Japanese Origin
"~~.TORONTO, ONTr
Coll My People Home"
STORY Of THE EVACUATION
"Call My People Home" is a documentary poem by Porothy Livesay, noted Canadian poetess. It is slated for. dnviDatization over the CBC Trans Canada Not work on Tuesday; July 26, 8 :3Q E.S.T. ..
Taken from the files of the New Canadian, it is the story.of the Japanese evacuation from the.'Pacific Coast. Penned dramatically by Mi^s Livesay's hand, it is a poignant history of the evacuation told through the experiences of several people. The simple thoughts and actions "of the people concerned is realistic and earthy.
The first portion of the poem<8>
Saturday, July 16, 1949
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i> entitled "The Fisherman" and it is.mainly concerned of the giving up of .the fishing, boat of one -after thirty years of pos-
Evacuation Drama Broadcast Date Change
]\tONf HKAL � Dramati^tion of the evacuati'on poem, *.'Call My-People Home," \Vili be broadcast on July 20 one week later than originally scheduled. It wil be heard on the program "Listening Room Only" over the CISC trans-Canada network.�
cause of her mother's dream of .marriage-:, between Marikb and another boy. J'
A mayor in a ghost town is waiting for tlie train loaded with the first contingent of 68 persons to arrive. The train pulls in,; the families are "looking be-wildered up arid down the^.platform, the valley .closing in^ the hostile village". The .mayor has to contend with the cowering \vomen,.__the surly men, but through- a young child he is able to make friends ' with the^-"aliens''. '"': �;-.. :.;; ;. �":'��'�'�;.
The wife is in a dilemma, she has to chose between going, .to two places, "Either to be a ghpst iiv mountain towns. . ..and crowded together in government granted huts ''�� the men torn from our arms, the family parted".. "Or =to face the longer, stranger joiirnt-y over the n:ouh-tain ranges, ta4abor in uncertain soil, inclement weather, yet labor as one ��� all the. family together".. -They took the letter choice because of the children's chafing, for independence and freedom. -^
They faced grim hardship on boyfriend but she cannot'the bleak prairie and almost gave
?es?io!). The struggle .of the fish-.' Wman :to. make an existance" by fishing'arid':.the pride of possession when, he finally is ;the sole ovnier of ~a boat is vividly rela-"tetl "1 M as my own ; master � rausf prove it How, .today! . . . . 1 felt her throbbing in :answer: I laughed and grasped the fly wheel, . swung .: her over. She churned" off the-river � my boat, my home." - ��/ �'-". . . -
Hut the black day of Pearl Harbour came into the life of the fisherman. The long-voyage-from'the northern waters of B1GT. to the dock? of Stevestori had to be undertaken, there to give up the boat,"''.which, was his life, to .the authorities. ,':
The voice of the young Nisei |> heard. He who delighted in roaming the hills in search of the ; first berries "with the bees humping ^ and the sun burning"- before the belief the s.chobl rang says that "Never again did I go ; blackberry picking on the hill-Ne. Never again did I know
iron school bell.ringing," ;GHQST � TOWN /'.ita.riko writes a letter to Su-^uiru from --the re-allocation Hastings Park, where ^e arid, her mother is quartered "-. 'no old horse stalls together '�'-�;;h .-thor strangers. Her mother :> f'twildered by the train of '^Jit>. "she is thinking: this is Susumu is Mari-
mother of that fact- be-
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Nisei Enters Different Field of Business By Operating Utmdretfe in Toronto
;':�"' �-'.�.ok up the street from the washers" all of which "are in
."�"�^-�-'jre-. intersection, in dur'ng the bu>y hours. Dan takes
�-" :> kr.iv.vn as Toronto's up- prJde in the fact that he has in-
�- ;^:r:c:. a Nisei has venr stalled a tank which can keep
�"."' l :'"- ' an entirely new field hot .water supplk-d -continually
.;".' :; T"--CS endeavour. Dart f/ir" "a!! 1^* washer? ev^rr th^uph
^.':" � "'� ��"'� an old hand �-ith 'th�-y':r.ay r^ a!! in -jse.
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B. C. Japanese Pensioners Get Bonos
r A* M' Canadian Missionary
Vies in Accident
Another phase of discrimination in British Cohinv ttvia against persons of Japanese ancestry was eliminated j Svith thc Krantilig of (he Cost; of Living Bonus to B. C. Japan -- Miss j Japaiillo pensioners thereby placing them on an equal M, Cox, .mi^ionary whoj footing \vithotherpensioners;
as spent most of her -life in! Japan";* vvas struck down by a truck on Juno 20 and killed while crossing a st re.et. :to' board a
train..-. .'.-�- - " -, : . '
Miss Cox first .came to. Japan aboutTiO ye'ars ago to .'do inis-sionary wovk. During the wai* years, she., worked aiiiong. the Japanese evacuees at .Slocah, K. C. . �'�'�" ,;--':-: "- '": " '.- ' � -.'��":�
National JCCA �. \vas ad-< vised earlier this week by the Hon. Gevirge S. .Pearson; H. C. M.iiiiist^.r of Health aiid Welfare, that beginning next month, nil eligible. Japanese' "old-age" pensioners .residing- in H.C. will ��receive; a Cost of Livijig Uonus of $ 10 a uwirth, The exception will be those who are in New Denver and -Sloo.in City being cared for
First Japanese POW Writes Book On The War
under the Agreemejit.
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Ronald Reagan Chairs Japan Relief Group
LOS ANGKLKS � Universal screen star, Ronald Kengan was recently named the chairman of the special (NAKK committee to aid victim^ of the current floods and typhoon in Japan.
]{eagan, ' kno.\vn for
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( ensoners in these -centres NEAV :VORK, X, Y. -^ Kazuo (will be granted -the bonus when Sakamaki, the first Japanese t.6 {they move to any locality with-.
the province. It was also learned that Japa-
rest in welfare activities, said tluit C A KIv. parcels are ready and available waiting t<v be'.r.u'shed to the unf.ortunatv-: flood victims.
:be taken prisoner of war by :the | in :U.S.: ii>; World War tl, has writ-
ten.^ hook/ titled "t Attacked Pearl Ha.rbour". The author' w,as one of a two . man cre\v of a
iiese j>ensioners living m another province which .has reciprocal agreements with the li.C. Gov-
midgot. submarine who was cap- 1 enimcnt. will also be eligible for
turcd on the. beach on\ Oahu ori Dee. 7. , . ;;'. :; :.[ ' :;'-.;�;_ �.;���-._.'�,-"" . The book will be published soon irt N e\v York by the A sso-ciated Press.. It "has been reported that the. book was translated by -Torn Matsumoto, the author of "A TJrother Is a Stranger" and "The Seven /Stars". ;� .-" v ' .book js expected
to stress the humane treatment lie received as a Japanese POW in America. .
It has also been reported that Xisei members of the Hawaiian Torritorial Guard, patrollincf. the beach, helped : to capture Sakamaki. :
Chinese Officer In Canadian Navy
,: -.. H.-C. � Aboard the; destroyer HMCS Crescent is the only Canadian -naval officer of Oriental extraction. He is Lieut. Vv.K. Lore of ; Montreal �who' was attached to the Crescent when that ship was dis-patc'hed. last month to Far Kast-. e'rn waters on- � specjal assign--�jut-nt. ' Lore was assigned- to'- the de.-tn'.yc-r as- an interpreter.
- In civilian lifo he" is in charge nf a govern menV operated radio .sth::�->r...at St. ' Lamh^-'rt, Qu<?.
Raymond Y. B. Group Travel To Seattle
PAVMOND. Ajt.i.;� A gr�.up
f'f 'J.^> '.<> '-.'* J-jr.i-T Your.? Bus-5^:? r :f-ry.b"r�-und*-r *he guidance
the bonus provided that the person has resided in H. C. three years before making application for i. he''.'pension nnd that the pension was .granted in that province. , ;
With the bonus^ they will re-, ceive ^50 a inonth. .
Thus, in "Ontario, which lias an xigreement with H.C., a pensioner .who*.' was granted a pension while, still residing in H.C., will Continue ;to receive ^50, rathor than thp"^0 which i>
rio rate. It is understood that the
Lakehedd Nisei Club Issues Bulletin
FOHT WILI.IAM, Out. � The Nisei Life, a "p'ubiicatioii of the. Lakehead Nisei Clul) : made its third appearance recently. Generally devoted to t he acti vilies of "tlie'/Jajian'ese ..Canadian residents of l"r�i-( William ami district, it provides an ovtlet for news of local interest. ''�'".'. : . Heading the Hoard .of PublicA-tion is Al Koiido, editor, and Fred Hondo, assistant editor.
Japan Tennis Group Still Barred
PAHIS � The ; International Lawn;" Tennis ' I-Vderatjon failed to tnake a decision .on the question i�f readmitting Japan and Germany' to;the membership' of the federation at the annual
t>!d-age iicnsioner. remains the|,noetinff Jlr|(| here recently. The ge of the pr-viucial govern-[decision _ \yiM have lo wait until, meitt .which first gninted him the "| next .year's '.meeting to. h<vheld in �'�'�'� �'' . . f Lausanne, Switzerland. .
Previously, the American re-pr�'sefi(ati've to the meeting had dexrlared himself as,.in favor of readmitting -"Japan.
pension even though he. may move tr� another province, ilow-e\vr the .-cheques will come from ;thr; provin.ce"in v.hich.he res'des.
, Sr Justice Departfiiefll Prepares To Accept Claims en Guns, Radios, Cameras
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