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THE NEW CAfUPUN
2498 Yonre St. Ffcone MO. 7f7* Toronto, Ont
An independent weekly organ published as a medium of expression air.onti tnc people of Japanese origin in Canada
Kasey Oyania.................\..v...........................Editor
Takaichi I'mezujd .......Japanese Section Editor
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Looking
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.. . from yesteryear?
Time to Say Thirty
The time has come, as the i.�v-'AT-stayed week-end guest re-r.aikeci.1.when .his host slutted
}:}>}�. ir.V'i a potato sack, and ship-�r'H-J inm ..iff via express, 'to say
Body and Mind
By K, W,
Jaw Hostel Closes
The lon� irr.p^ndin^ dosure of Moose Jaw hostel is at last a fact. Tht showdown hein^ reached, majority of the evictees are: looking around for suitable e-mp'loyrntnt and accommodation.. "� �',. :' ' ...-''�
. The� sitiiMt'ion. at Moose Jaw was- "<\difficult one. While it is easy to cruie.'i/ev.the '^overnrneiit'.tor itshandling of the Moo-sc-Jaw pi'obiem, no one ha:; shown himself ea^er -to.come forward with *.ti�,:>estions, '� .'� ' . . -�'..'-... :
The pc'^pl-.1 ''lit- Moose Jaw hostel were embittered "and stubborn people, arid ; there was sufficient cause for. there � bit.tcrno.ss and stubbornness. . � . :
The v.overntncnt lind decided upon the permanent .dispersal of Japanese Canadians across Canada because they believed this was ihc only sol.iKion to the recurring "Japanese problem'.' of. B.C. '.'��
Hut the means', adopted to achieve this objective was often,..shamefully undemocratic.. Japanese properties on the coast were sold without' consent .and usually against the �'wishes of. the.owners. Movement of evacuees out of British Columbia was hot always on a purely voluntary basis, while freedom of moveme'ii i-md other citizenship rights \verc suspended. . '�: � �;. �,;��/� -. �. ; ... � .' '� .' �:". .''..' �'�;��' . -' �."/' �'. .' :' �' '�. ..'��- "Whether they liked it or not, Japanese'. Canadians� except for the . <1C(!U who left Canada-^�have had to fall in line, with the (lisCtinunatory and at tlnics iiarslt re�ulation.s in order that the t;pvernm'eiU-. icould 'make- its dispersal policy
(From a 'Weekly Whirligig column, in the March 13 �.!:';:
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'. The1 number, of Nisei who take any interest in af!'.,!'. intellect 'is .exceedingly small. True, the proportion o: ;.. ; that riot's is s:na:l, hut in the'case of the Nisei, it ����is ::,�� ! t.iomttely so. ' . . '� . .��... '. � � " �
A theory has been advanced to account for it. ?i average Nisei expend so much of his nervous energy u> ! in athletics and social affairs; that the drain of ncrv.ou< leaves him incapable of paving serious attention to tlu , of his' intellect' Remember the comic strip character n years back, "Heezal Mussel bound?*' Perhaps he r-e.pi average Nisei. ;
Athletics '..'are ''vitally necessary� -.to young men. r;; ' : women,, too. There is a long period- when the/develops .v - body is the1 must important essential of growth. The i ! seems 'to -be. that so. much .'time and energy actually a P. �to thaUdevelop'iYient. that .no further growth-is. possible., : today, the evident lack of. young men, mature i.iV om' ! trained in mind, who should be assuming the role1 of-Xi.-;. ; ship. .'.-���' �'.'." . ' � . ." "';''� � -' :'.,
.ifu-i-' this . issue
�!e.:!!i-> V^u. I V.'i.ll be leuVinii
� 1 he XC .lor senve sun-br.ownin;4 ; .'.v/'-'-ks in., lural ''O'riuirio. .to. re-
''�;;-.'X t". T'.ti:unl.i,i Joi scluu>l in
; .rnere u1:!! be. dthe: Lo^iiin;.' .-!. j) columns, perhaps: ni't <�.
� ' iV.yularly. � hul^ the\v , will be '� ';vi,-ek(xl� out on c'tlie;i typ'ew'ritors . tlvan ' the L-nderwood Standard
l-'ve' used for nearly two'-year?
' ir. the N'C offices..This one- probably .wi.ll'bo the final bit of.'wrlt-
.". ih':4-I -\;.'ill d<> as 'a-'.sta(r'.aicinber yl .this papV'V, ��'... ' . -��'. � '.' �
�N'cai'ly ' :two . years! ovor 21
� ii-ii'.inths. have .gone by since-1 joined The NC iiv the fall of 31)46 for iny third stint on the
� staff;��'/.'fhr -'inonth.s have xip'ped. :-vi\vay; leav;ijlg niany: ricli ineni-
; (tries and 'very few 'regrets.
' Keturn of the remaining Nisei
.:-o!di(-rs ft on) South Kast Asia
c:nd China and Japan with tal'k
; of Siamese �dancing''ieirls and1 . .,,_ , . 01 , . . , j -. . � . .
' trotvpei-clad mb"'�s'"- troiibl'%: an �ver pounds. She was .wearing a faded, spolUa ;-:
with iho einbiUrTed I\i<iose j'iw: i.th'ess- with an untidy old ;blue sweater that flapped as S!KV...-.:�; '(;ie-hards every.so often . . . en j ^long- .A face both round and shapeless, with blotchy co.ni;,;,:. : ihu>iasl;c forinatibn-of the Na- f and �coarse, black hair, tied back in an unkempt buiv
tional. JC.'CA pressured by -Mike! . lie .'had on. a baggy^pair of trousers,'.suspended' from' i � .:-;
Masaoka's. hi'^h-l.Vall".persona)ity;; police braces, a dirty g'r'ey.AVorkshirt open at -the neck: a;i;i ;� :'{-. :..-, . steady: .and gradual spread- f.bhrck"sweater'' /His hair was "ihinn-ihg in tht 'middle a::'.; -�-:-.. �in^ out :df Japanese all. over the' tbp and graying on both sides. ,^ ' ;. '
^imtr>:"-:v whv I -stopped? , ; ' :, -::.�'.-
claims mcuiirv hearings-. . 'sec-1- ^\ ; --. ,-� , , T' '-,.-� , , . �, ,- - , - . .
A- T -�......---- i--�--"j them;! noticed she.had..phu:ed'r.-.�'�.���:�:
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Pomp and Circumstance
.';.'-"':�'�� ; (Fronv the May 22,-1940 issue) '
By SHRDLU KTAOIN
I saw thenvone evening as I was hurrying to catch a'.s;: � . on Powell street, and I couldn't,help but stop to cnj.oy a.iv .; refreshing sight. " .� �....
They were first generation of over middle age am! �!'�' j mean to be unkind When I say -"typical first generation.". ;
They were both built close to the ground, over ir;K:;;;
many pcvasi'eus. the re.1 were, .evacuees who favored the "gnmbari" or passive; icsist^tice- tactics. And at tinles.' it worked. But as-they were faced with hard political facts, the more, realistic -.people 'abandoned tluv ''ganiban"- policy, while live ham!fui:at Moose Jaw were the only oncivto carry it to its logical conclusion, in doing so, they have gradually , lost the�-.support \ind even tliV syinpathy pf: their fellow.; c\'acuees. . / �' �"'�''�'�'' :'"�':��" ��/�.""�- .'v'" "' - ;:'��-' �;
; Our feelings about the Moose Jaw problem are mixed. There is a scrio^cojnic tiiuve to .niany of the incidents.-
Kut with vhe chief r-roblein; of closing the hostel beir.sr
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resolved, we believe that the evictees may rcouiif on .every possible aid froin* their friends and the JCCA in finding permanent hoir.es. Th:1 patient efforts of the, Japanese division to seek placements for. them will no doubt be continued.��: We "reel too ih.u a woixi of com.mendatio.ii is in order for Mr":. Hoss Thatcher wb.osc assistance to .the holdouts 'has bet n clearly toi'.-'humnuiLoi"ian jatner than poliiical consid-r.Vtions. " . ' ' -.
i.i^impiitVoi'''eo^^^^ ^Qr tlninib ^n;;
'. . ;� triekliny return of 'a: /ew ' . ^ stopped �'intl watched as the street car runibled :-i;V. :
strandees . . . a IK! news of proud � .they .reached ^the corner, they turned, and1 came stroiri.;;t;..
Nisei arccM'iiplishm'ents "east..and only now she was hanging � on^ his arm. He was speakiniv ^�yc^.t':.!-.^,..^^^^ giggling-','iike a schoolgirl; and, as they cai>u
provided', .frpntrpage :. material' the shadow, the .sitii. setting behind dark cloiids -in -the j'v
for.The NO in those 21 months, i sky. suddenly lighted: up the smiles in their iaccs;> : " , v It's impossible to count the; \r was:'^f ,. had stopped,^because I, too, si^ddei^
�|��l�k�-|�'a^If-k '*-�t n> f~ *-* mm .-, i t -. i _ 1. _"_ IJj__T1 - � ^ '' . �_ -,*"*�-..' . "' ..-'-. J . ' � � �
hundreds', of cigiircUes butted, (he gallons of coke and coffee -^ imbibed,'or; the volume of ferv��[ -cut and heart-felt cus^iiis: ex-1 l>ended in the nerve-tcnsingr! ^. routine of ineetiiig. deadlines I ami cutting and VeWritin^ to! space
while lift that came from a well done has miitle all \vorth while.
,Vmv on ni\.
prepared .arc we for that j WHERE ARE
PEOPLE?
need preparat ion now. We
but the oncc-in-a-jnced stron� courageous guides.
need education now so that
. \ve can do our individual best to ��{.prevent' the/'kubi" from falling on us.. We need leaders who can
And finally. The New Cana- on us' *><? ncca .^Pers who can dian h-^ made: it^ last' majori^ fslf� petty animosities and move- from .the pralrto city to s^lfish bickering: leaders -who Toronto.:, the new hub of the' W!1J llo!d "iglv the torch so that
TorohtiV,:. tlie" Canadian Nisei world.
the '�u-^ ^o!d high the torch so that MlVe rest of us might see to fol: "' low. . ' �' . . : �. . - ' '
And to back these leaders, \ve
port ant Role Predicted for Japan
r.o'.Uuns l;a\"c ' Coiiv vi:-.-h. iyiV:L<-to thoir/'xihiitii
Sivilmah'.v. . p.iviy- in Japaii. .V-:;i) _\\-h.,;-'evc:; :i.:Vu:'ai or M%':jS!.eni>:- .Fi:i!,�!i J. Shei�:; ias; -i-'rv''-. !o:ie>' ;soe;r.. :iu-v: month mkJiUiivvt . ::V v; pu\'c "of llie:;- \ erv ;i'v.;'..:i�vc:;e'ss sp"�:v"i:i.it:\V p_i\">pV.ei-v 'iru-vi-s-' q^--';;\ ,>; \'-^:th . t:-;1;;^:;. nit; te Jai"\.::e>o \.i::.j � A;r.e: u ,ir.s"->\''hout . Mor.sv.i.r.iV-" "Sr
to '.'��>. ;k<-" :::e-: ;.";.<;:� .-:^l;ie.''' 1.":>i 7l..'.t ;::'!> \-..!'..i: \\-;]\~
p.�; r.v1-.�;]..:.':> 1 \\. '� y <�:�*"'�� �;;-\.-'-v . :". '� -'"< �'^'�' ��'�:-.� ->-.-: .,:':�;.:>::,� Civ \V^.-; i;^ \n ^ ".;-Lt-;'l - K:�-Tri'i:o"ri�v-::>'' ^^;.::,.;' '.,r..-;
I .'-.I:: ..-.: '.''::�� �-�}�>.' :';..��.:' '-����� -: �'�� -^ .:v.-::..: (�� ".;:- ':;�.-� <�:;� �...- -',-. �'..:. '*'� :'..�'..: .�.'. .>:,. ':�.'�.-�. . !K::^> �.�:; .'.:�- �� ::':':', ;".. -. v-:'i-' .:�"-.:::,.' �. ^'.-..,> ">.:�:: ^� ��'.� -. '' .,'::'..,. - '.'�� :;
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"T.oday," after - Ion's years of struggle: on the road back : mus^ rld o�rselves of that short- r livings are looking up: for .the Slghted feeling that the needl
Japanese, in Canada. Nisei. Is^ei ;-_.�-and Sansoi. Once again, as rehabilitation from the.evacuation upsvi >lawly ncnrs- completion.
�-:� The ^�whel-eabputs of Hi.. Kuroiwa,' (reg! no. ;l622V : Tokio Uypda (reg. n<>. ;-:; are sought by the Cust- ;:; Office.,Japanese Evacuatin;- -tipn, 506 Royal Bank .:,Ru:i/.i-Hastings and Granviik. "V couver, B.C. :"�'"..- .
Small balances for tlie>. in_ their names .are on tl.c ;, todian's books.
ds
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an
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hiyli . nmbif-ior. bitterness
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arc bette v inve
beonuw -�
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will be gone as soon I
restrictions disappear and I History: has shown tha* claims are settled and -the] governments and spccia! : stran.dee.s are back. These are I^ cst. groups.-."froin no matv. . but minor :Ieft-overs fr?TiN thejwol'Vhy a purpose." atie:r: turmoil of w^ar. . (deny the public access t<- ".';:"
\Vhen a depressioni or a reces-' g^-ous thoughts" or "htivv sion 'Comes., when our whole! doctrines" or "false pic-ccononiic security is threatened:1: ^^ey write their own u;' ,
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<trong in iividually and .eollor- their Lack of faith in. ti;<: .;. lively. : Xow is the tifiie to do'�" �f their own ideas to t-j.-: ; forr:e.th;ns_ about it. . -
r. v is -ahead o'f us to
wo-Crin. It's n cho?cr blindly "comp'huv:i\.
:i'v.:t toda>- to le! -To..
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.victorious in free.and (>\~j>:.". . bat v.-jih" falsehood. -
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NEW CANADIAN Af.FN
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