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By GEORGE TANAKA
TOiRO^TO. T'he vitality of the recently conelu<led National •JCOA Ccmjference, held in Tol^orit6 May 22 to 24 "the Pi,ii)ceJ Ho-t?l,,、v";noted ui>on byi)r. Gordon Hi,bayぉhi, wdレown nisd c;vilrights"ぉvistaiid sociologist, a key tparticipanぃin the thrust of the ocmfereiice deUl>ei'"ions,、viio stated, "I felt t"e power of spirit ftliat sm,gedinゃhe conJ^rem:e.,,
It was definitely not a coiifei;もnce of the JOG A status qvio. It i'einindedfQrmもr a<^Uvdiheis in the days oif the JCOD and early yearsOr化令:NaもionalJCpA, 0ftyiej)ひliiticaレacれon ini^ei:athreカズ th6 «JOOA 0r練piz^んn efforts.ぉut itreflectedゅe ^iiなer^nces betiween the old days and the new. Inもhel940,s,theaptiVe nisei leadership was concei'ned、vはh tlie jpi'ess in g politicalquesもipi19 arisiiig效n(i causVdむonv他e past injustices】'nflicteduponJ為panese Canadians,
To day, it isthe'sa】はd、vhひai'e concerned with politicalawareness, of the nceaoftheJOCi^ to !20 involved hitheぉrgれco印iiU1, iiityc^ncerns and politicaレquおtions of injustices, not for Japanese Canadians alone, but for aU C anacHails.
A fantastic "witaUty was apparent a11during the caucus participated by conference delegates/l)egiiimhig on S"urday, May 22 :,ev加ifnjfil aft 8 pm tillるhe early 'hQui's of 2.30 am. One of the key parti c ip anおJ in the infoI'ni&ldiscussions wさ,wもlレknown sansei th*. David Suzukd, who stated that it "hit himlike al?omb",ofthe realization thatゎh e nisei aI'e a tot ally uniqueぷo up. He expressed his admiration for the niseis who had in the past, worked for the JOG A and sacrificed their own careers. During the caucus he volunteered tq the c^onfel'ence delegates, to undertake a speak inおtoui' across Can&dan(i5ct spring, in support of the ne、vJCCA and sait-sei invひlvementintheJCC5A.
The strong sense of sansei participation wasalso apparent to the caucusdiseuisskmsbythe controlojt input by sans,is; such as/KenOhtakefix>m Ottawa, Ait Miki and Naomi Kuwada むひm Winmpeg and others. Allduring the thi'ee"day conference, Uwas apparent the sanseis have the ideas, the politicalconsciousness and the cdticalinput, to measure what needs to be done tC> bring new 01'dれto theJCOA. The niseis nuはt牟ke way for the saiiseis.
The sanseisai'e in fcheir twe】、ties and thirties in years of ag€, it was observed. Nひless younger than the niseis in the1940,s, 、vhen they were deeply involved in active pひliはcalactions and the formative JO CD, and counterparts across the country and the JGOAに
Long Awaited Hi story Unveiled
TORONTO. — Thelong awaited history of the J&panese Canadians, titled "The Enemy That Never "Was', 、vas imvei!ゃd at the History Dedication Banqui?t on Saturday, May 22Tid, at the Princ& HQtd, during the Uu'ee day CO ere rice ofthe«)^CCA. Six hand-bound, preゃroduc"'(m volu-'-.mゅ、ve.rもon. exhi'bit 'at the ban--quet, and two of theseゝvere presented to James Finlay, for-merでhi airman of the Co-Operati-: ve Committee on Japanese nadians, and Mr. ApdreForfier, Under Secretary of State,
t\)r thpse who have |)yrehased the Hi淑ry at the sp^ialp?"e-publicaticm price, books "willbe aviiなable from June1st,1976: |iuIk shipments willbe made to thevarioiis distribution centres from Vaii<?Oliver tケMontreal..To date approximately 2300 books have ))eei) sold 16 the Japanese (;!anadia1)commiunity atゅe sp€> .cial price.
McClelland & Stewart LUni. tcd"れe publishers, have indka-ted thatirathertJian waiting untilthe fallof1076, ihe official publication date m"' be 、advan' ced to the spring", possU)ly this month. Th':s means that "The Enemy That Never Was" willbe in tiie book stores in a matter of day$. .
Son、e of Uie projects arising out of the pui)Hcation of the history which were discussed aに
the Conference werも;
a.) TV documentary, pi'esent-hig the Evacuatioyi Stjory thro^ ugh the eyes ofゆe J&pan— Canadians.
t>.) Screen play and feature
c. ) Paper back and abridged versions,
d. ) "J)anese T r an isla t ion— Issei Workshop requests comp. letetranslatkm.
Distribution ofthehistory was
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TheConferenceWorksh6plield on Monday,、 5^多y 24leadぉy George. Tanaka,dもalt wiUi the question of resporisibility and care ofthe.val叫ble J COD and NationalJOCA archives.
GeprgeTanakaouUii^d tfie eまnt of the JCdD and Nsitional ぉCJA archivalmateria! preseii-tlyhoused】n the Japanese Ca-nadiさn CulturalCentre in Toronto, at id exhibited to the Workshop the published "Index" of these historicalmaterials of which he had worked iiponィor
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FRIDAY, JUNElレ1976
TCmONT0, ONTARIO
Jack H会mmy Catches N. JCCA Confab Action
TOROTiJTO. — Photographer Jack Hem my capturesmore of the highlights at the recent Na-"onalJゅanese Canadi&n Oitizens Association SerenthConference at thらPrinceHote1.(1rfにtop) Wellknown to allJapanese Omadians/Ahdrew Brew in, M.P. talHs,with the Rev. Dr. JamesM. Findlay, andIMr, C!eorge Tanaka, (right top) The Rev". Dr. James Findlay receives a copy of the
|J.C. history book from NationalJ CCA PresidもiU EJdward Ide.(lowerleむ)J CCA Representative from British Columbia, Mr. Jim Horiuphi addre-sses the confab.(1q wer middle) Under Secret £ 11;y of State A Fortier addresses the confabや11"The Role of the J.C. In >fulticuUuralism,"(lower ri-glU) Ms. Rits Inouye of Toronto.
TORONTO:— After &さix hour caucus meeting on theー-houi"s of the morning on the previous night;, 、he delegates from across Qanaida, unanimously approved the Reorganization ,ゅe NationalJOG A on Monday af-teiiioon. the last officialsesMon of thももhree"y conference. Mr. Edward Ide, the present !^ati福1 President^ was r€-eI~t<Bd fpr the inierhn pres〖denciy vmiilthe or-ganizatioii is re»struclured and Gcbi"gゃI印ai was elected V—-ぉesWent by the Conference. .
The cぉiicus developed into a bountばulmelting potofiiifor-maぉon exchange spurred . ^vith stimulaゅg, challenging, ati^ often times heated discvLSsions. The input from the various dele> g atおproved s ii.slant ialas ideas, coiKepts and philosophies were tossed around at random. Of particular significance w幼the Sansei contribution, which ck-ariy emphasほed that their interest it I the J CCA is predicted on an active progrim of relevant issues such a3 socialactkm, muレ
ticulturalisih, political aeリ9n, etc.,..」'
'Some of the needs for a. na-
tipnaloiganizatikm 、vei'e summarized thus:
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TORONTO: — One of, the su-'b〗ecぉdiscuised by the Conference deleg ate多was oilthe qu^estUin of the repealof War Measures Act, theさubject first pfoposed by the Vancouver JCCA I'n preconference planning to the NattoトJCCん.
T^he question was subseqv"印tiy m6diぉed inform to having ihe Natipnal J CCA vipdertake p6litd. calwork to effect apiend—nt of the War Measures Act. .The War Measures Adt was pi:omU-1gated i;i1914 during the FirstGrもat War, andspbsequ. ently、'as used by the F兮deral Goveniirierit-With which-to enforce vari.ous —Orders-】• n-CouncH. in 194さand the fo Mo wing years gainst Japanese Canadians, forcing their evacuation from homes in the coastalareas of B.CJ.j and to cause the forced sale of their
entrusted property; and theiir deportation むom Canada toJapaft,
Jt)t?ring Uieもxtended caucus se" SSI'on of the eonferenがdelegates <m Sunday, Jlay 23 night, Gsor-ge、Tanakai"ej)or"d on his telk With Mr. Andrew Bi.ewin, M,P., foi;歸r active member andlegai —n.seilfor the CcM)peratiVe Committee onみpaれese Cgrvddiaiis. Mr. Bre\ydn had advised that it Wouldl>e ;usゅss to undertake a repef^ of theWarMeasures Act, as the pyderalGoveinmeiiキconsiders thislegislation as a safeguard for the country in times of war. But it was his advice an amendment to tぉe War Measures Act could be an objective. In this regard, it was reported, advice couM be received from Mr. Brew in for the National J CCA. — G,T.
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