;gin Steps On Second Phase Of Evacuation
"HE NEW CANADIAN
independent Organ for Japanese Canadians�5c a Copy; 40c-a month
V. No. 90
VANCOUVER, B. C. � Sat., Oci. 17, 19421
T � ^
End Of Removal Here But People Still Face Many Difficult Issues
INDEPENDENT WORK BASIC
ario Mills k Nisei
1 in B. C. Too Province
APPOINT 1\4ISS
HYODO CHIEF SUPERVISOR
Appointment of Miss Hide Hyodo, well-known Nisei schoolteacher, as chief supei visor cf education in the interior housing projects was announced today by *he British Columbia Security Commission.
A, graduate of the Vancouver Noi'Wal School, and an experi-
luest for 1000 Canadian- [ diced member of the staff of the inese to work irt Thunder: Richmond Municipality school,
Miss Hyodo was the only
.VILLIAM, 'Ont.�Graham, apresentative of the Bri. inibia .Security Commis-'here last night that the Government/ is consider-
er camps, according to a
Press report. d timber companies are th -a shortage of 10,000 woods operations during er and that some coni-rc facing -an imminent i unless labor' can be-inplo^incnt \\ould be on try basis, er Bay is the district sur-
Poi't -William - on Lake ind is the scene 01 exten-ig' operations.)', ho \\ould be* Available for
would include ''Those "in camps at Schieibei and del wo: �ker.s in the farm
Ni^ei teacher in the profession. * "
She has Had extensive experience in young people's and other community- {ictivities, having seived on ttye Council of the Gi eater "Vancouver Young People's Union, and m vaiious exe-cume capacities of the Japanese Canadian Citizens' League Mae le-centlj sJie has -geon actuo in thr oi^ani/atroii Of school, \voik; ar Hastings Park and jn Vancou-iinrt ga\e assistance to the in planning lor the ed'i coition5.} s\stem in the interior . towns.
Dei ails for ihe correspondence
VANCOUVER, B/C., Oct. If.-Kight mouths after Ot* ta\va*s decision of Feb., 27 to move every person of Japanese origin,, irrespective of age, sex, 01 citizenship, from Biitish �Columbia's 100-mile defence 7,ohc, Ihe conclusion of the arduous and bewirderingly complicated fiist'phase of tlvtj pfo-gratn is now clearly in sigtil.
Exact figuics on the situation arc lacking, tjut wheil detailed lepon is made (as it probubly will shoUly after Got. 31) it will probably-'np-. proximate the following loifgh 'estimates of ihe /Ustiibulion of the 23,000 evacuees:- .
Interior Housing Projects � .-^
Koiul Cttmns {Jlope-PrJncelon, North Thompson, Ontario)
Self-Supporting Projects ^Miuto, Lillooct, etc.)
Sugar ISeel Fauns (Altn., Man., Ont.)
Si]j)ei\ise<l fjnuloyment (.From H.C. to Quebec)
� * �
But if lite cud cf the icmovnl iscjca:ly in sight, just 'as visible {he inimeious issues which have arisen as a result of the- wartime dis-utption cf the Japanese. No less real and probfbly far moic difficult, aie the many questions yet to be answered, hefoc it cau be snid that evacuation is complete. Obviously basic Is the question of These aic some of the issue.1?
employment Employment, that is *ilh which admimstrators and the i,. , : . ' , .., , -i people must inevitably grapple for
that is economically justified ih � como-m housl i con-
2,000
l.DOO
�1,000
2 500
Hide Hyodo
education <MipM
>rce--cainps how engageci. courses-are now being arranged.
.''.'. ." .- � '" "�_!,� ' - ' ' /"^ *~ \'�*t\~t'\ $ r-' I- *i *-\ n-i f:-' Cf i rt \ j-\ 1 -� l-'XT ;1 t 1 t X '"^T ,-' V i �
iigar-beet harvesi:. It la.t proposals to -en'iloy i-.'at'the'conclusion.--of 'the
A'il! .'confer' \VI
Ccmmissici'f officials tC-ld the-NcNv Oanadian t-cday. A :brdnkd.ow.h.;of school population' 'In.-e.ach' of 'the.
ibii"have- been ni'.ad(>r and..--iLURi'i?!.. >tp\\i)s:,shows: -vtV_.3Qt.�ii...of ^-^courscsXind. vb Nisei from Schreibe'r over:2.500 lyospcctiyc: pupils; for, plied. :'v ";�' Fidy been hired v; : ���'�. �- -. -..;:-;. �_ :-���'"..- ;�: ~~..:_ ... " '�v^"^-
proposal were. adopted, it w-culd' necessitate that 11 leave the interior of -
this may tie in1 with the he Government'-to trans v ji'e men out of the evacuV m. rPrOposals have :also/, e for the employhieht of in the interior^m. Alberta-liips and.i
i - mouths to come�in
.\vaitime, which \\\\l relieve th? irc, J0!ui cnmps> aucj
DominUn of maintaining several mg project-s
thousand people, and which will 'Jhery is no c.sc�>pmg the conelu-assure i etui ns to the workers suffi- �on unt for the most pail what cient to enable them to live "nor-
nvillj" und� prc=enr-da\ condi- mu^t bp umlono oy me next phase , tions; This -is '-the� 'qucsticn ..thai-of 'pl)icing at;.lea*t the able-bodied
employment.
.n.cith'e'r the: government nor a vcry-nj .self-sustaining e �'''�iarge part of ;tlie'fii^l three grdui?s' pj|{si>' s-]^rs in the. above table- can evade for . ^ \ � / . ilong^Evcn those iiv the other groups ' ^Urf ClyV ll'C V :i
Men OP Roails and WllMakeTash
J. "A. Tyr\vhi:t, in, charge, of education .-'.-:jf'T.v Uie.-; Conimissiqii, �' �'"' depai'tmeiu -of 5: in . Victoria ftiis.. week - e-iid '.'Wit.li r-eqfard. -to �'
^o^s:lo"besu]Dk:amve.not,veL,founcL.a-solution:;B
n^vt snrintr fhVi^vprWliWnVinffim--^110^01111111^10"
it will -sliortly move to put into ef<- '
icct. the transfer of single, ,'ab.le-\ Bodied men without direct Ucpeu-. , dents'from evacua.tioii ttiwiis. 'Hie but urgent 1UiCd for labor is growing steadily
ic';:n in
portancc -:ef.' WORK :--wili~: be fr
h.,,,;-tfPH ��-�.�� v .. .�� Admitted,- /-^ ...
SOCIAL ISSUKS , .
: Less fimdamental,
'C\r\ P L/il JL
l r r^ ir" Si i .^KJ
and pressing are immediate scfciSl more acute, Tlic :nui�;bcr of indivi-: problems arising Out of the newly- duals placed in �cihploy'incnt. . is ] established housing centres. - -steadily increasing.: Arid demands ! These include; maintenance, the jind proposals, and e'venscompteti^;
andVcoinplaiht, and ;
u;5e
so labor
;V;VANGOUVERr B..C.^Althouglvthe ne^ly,built
rj^^rif'.- . Q - :".nno c'll rn & rl/^oo �^"i^4-. -o^*jc�i-v-% .'!-*-X A*-* i'X^w . rV�*A�H*A-' iA'A.^
.
.^ 30in^
idents wahing for evacuation, oddly Gommission offi
cbnfidehtjhatb^: willie^
rvt^Ttmn-.Wriil � v.-. ^-�n I ,�ik : r^.~, �i-�_� j _-�"".;.�:_,: ^ i'� j__i_wx T� inv if nveti" -oini/1 oil >V�P rnvriarf savin! -{J^Q '"jiear - fUtiU'C llC Will fllld 'him-- .'�"
fries "�..� �� WWIA,U-W~V
ince Wkirt^w^Tr^e "a%- "
fcitfhto-.tafe&^^^
LProviricei-'Ontario Ivim-f f^tm"^^
ttors,; shir t, lp,W<): ^en;| facilities t)iat only
�;::-m"ade"=
Liriiy-^ Commission id V Japanese ;"and mills t
should ;liav<>"- spmeth^rig Xrp;ment:�:. of ;the jjroject;:?first:iaid have -beeii 'settled �: there;: most of] >out" that; T^ies Japanese'�:^TO-''^t-:--JuiieV:--the:'::li^iaL<3is .olrth^-them-in- the .hbusmg-units.; Tiiese!
i^p^ed vw this^^ ^
shortage oi labor, is most Vpad : construction;: on' the" Hope- reppft;" are very well-built: and oft gy:ban:hoT8:ever;surely b^'P^nret^ri^hi^wiay; ^^oiig they;;."veryj|ooji?material; ."" \' -'"'-'-^\
m Uie ihtcrior;:wh^e
ibor i^ a^vreb^Ufed/esr'tHey *^" ""**^:A^"*'"
ih-^ti^'''-^^^'!^^]:---1^^
their be''.. unduiy'--rig"prous.-
tiiemyriad
orv cicty^ -his-/iprobJemS;:will;;resume.; " """� L^.freajsohable.:iwoportions^^ ;"'
s rreparei Against^Wintefv
. - O . ^., '...-' i: � . -��-�.- �--.. -
:ea; Insane
�-t1; ^ ler
atenient
r._ .___.____rr__^.. _rf_____ By ^Ofainainotp
^11. not ^: coj^uie^ ip camps:'cre^ ^;th^y^ bt^'fe go^ut^r^^
b� ^^� �� �'-*******.*, . - w**v*k T� � r hi .'i >��" � *^ �k� *� 1� jf. � ��� J. _T_^-' -. ^_-I __~A.A& A.. > _. -' . "' - - - .- : . � .-- . - ^ - - - _ . - " - - _*^- - � . - - '_
^^v.a^e4ti^];^i|�r.JL-> ::':--."^;::;;-,.:;' ^.'�GeneraU^.-'^.a.isi^^.^e^.'Qana^:
the opinion of G>1
- \f\ - \^\&2kv --"-/I Q I tt*' � ~ ^r/S^*Ii^ F "iT t'rttii
; 1<J .illCll � VlAiiV WV* *.- --11 ViXl . . ^.Aft^&A \JH . LUAUUAV -'liRVl Vt*O. - ---.'� - -�� -a � �'� \ � } 1 _ :-_V -J ^r �'. _4- - - 1 ^i". :�" � - " "- "i " ��_ ^ w
^<jmes^ e^ moraii^v^ ret^ V>^ .... ,^,,- .. --..-.,,,-.
rto their\hoinfes.iiiI theeyeiikig; : : been vencbunter�i"eisewiiCTeAiis". �hotc^M^^ evacuatedr fromi ttie c&ast. Ewieat TTueman,.piacepie;nt pi
* :V;i^;.'-n^v.^5kk:^fj^-�^.^beiiig;�- difficult one Ui TAJsJime^a> vtap; is" ttcptct^-1^> -be- ccrapfet*^ Saoh,^"* "K ' r-�i�mKi^ ftp^n^fv :,
ipushed ncrw:atvl.l-mii<5^^and^^ jis.miie ^ihg.^t^lH ^twe^n every two^
{camps ;is being;';.cp^ntirat^.\OT/:h6u^/'T^e; quality'cf the^water,';
THQft&AS, <iit..7-ITww siretcnes. .viri.thin easy -rdistance of tool is declared to ;matcti^tJiat of ji�- born Japanese boys QIC settlement. ft^e""th<e-''in�.ti'-"-will Vancouver; > % z ' - " . ! is wifl be among the; Onff,be close-to tbefr/work^ aiid; will be; =�; LaxnjfK are used for lighting since i race to attend * secern- able. .to. leiid hotmal :family Uves. /; "no electricity has been installed
- � .'� .- -- .- � � -�- -.-- -- �-.. - .�- - - .r �/. . -_-'..._-�
the- transfer of men to those misskmi and a prcinihent
v^u ;-v '-s-- f^ ^�*^. ~x� Uffiniiv <mtir:his; iitirtment t,suitedft)r winter con. off aalunUl hTetlremt,
. .
The camp at Tete Jaune, most . camp left vvo>en except ^.
.They are
tod; as lo>yal
__
hob! in St: Thomas, re; Adjacent ^'to the settlement is an ret, except for dcctor and dentist;' for the. headquarters .site ;at R�1 -:to say: 'Once a Jap; always a Times-JounMJ. Two ; estimated : 800 acres ol farm land, v- Aii outhouse- te built behind every: Pass itself; was finally closed ori jap' is to Tnake an insane state-brodieTs, member* of wnich, it .'.Ji expected, will pyoduofe two housing units; -. .. {OctobenO, and.the men are being ment.^ ;. ;--- :.:-:'-
resident on a farm in a very Urge quantity of fcodstufts. V - - i transferred to Slackspur, between . Mr; -Trueman; who has visited
'
DRAGONS
a district: the. other is a A great ;mairy <* the- women, and- Queried-about Intern*! 'i>oiitJ<*
'
and Gpsnell
^ nearly .all >he_Japanese
the It is h<T>edi*moreo5reT, th�t with <jenying: that any group of nsi-^- - .-______
te Insttarte from tJroe to a large number of wage earners, dents would control Tashxne af-'-.-<It is understood in Vmncooser past fears, also, pdbUc it will be ;poB�iUe to start formal f^jrs Declaring that Conunbtiori that a liumber of camps to the <rf the dty. but this is \x- schools in the future. ' ... supervisor were in cctnplete charge; ?terth Thompson "River section,
Q be the first tte>e child- NON-P�OT1T STO�� he .said toat. any. -pink or 'Wack^ncrth <rf Blue-Idyer., wUl-beroafc^
have at'- " .The store &i QJC settlement, dragons" attexnptthg to nm thfeyi; TatrM tRmmtl^ul Ujc wlut-gf; T!^>c achools,'" aayi the which is operated by the: Commis- to the settlement would 1>e ousted'inctode Red Sands, Lemiiriere, Al-
Ganadian -
Japanese a very
Th*re are about 50 in .brought here to help out labor or to do other useful
-Japanesefhas just
:;m
.-1
foornal
sicn strictly, on a coupon system, yerv quickly.
;breda and FyT�B3tf P�lb>.
