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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-04-22
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personal piffres; the Nisei's chan
ces Of joining the crowd up to the
Alaska salmon canneries this sum-
mer are practically nil. it seems, at
this writing =. a white woman
is telling a Nisei We know that she
is only %; if she's %, we're IA .. Z.
the return of relocated Japanese
farmers to Green and Puyallup river
valleys got a second front" play
in the Seattle Times April 81 edi-
ton . tfera is something whole
some about a polka which is lack
ing in lit" hop . nocturnal
note: the boys are climbing past
the Post TO see some snappy gals
these breezy nights the st.
Paul Pioneer Press. one of the old
est dailies in Minnesota and Incl
dentally one with which we were
associated, last week reported that
Senator Joseph Ball CPioneer Press
reporter turned Politician has in
troduced a bill to give citizenship
to Mary Comma Kawamura, ex-
Seattleite =.
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ASSIMILATION
The Social WhirI

championship and finished run
ner-up in the finals of the Inter-
mountain Invitational Basketball
Tournament. They also walked off
with top honors in the Northwest
Times Invitational Basketball Tour
nament concluded here recently.
Team sponsor is George Tokuda
of Tokuda Drug. Coach is Stan Ka-
rikomi. manager is Frank Naka-
gawa,and the players are Shobo
Daibo and Saibo Fulfil, Chuck XII
noshita, George Nakagawa, Mote
Yasuda. Harry Kawahara, George
Kozu, TAX Yagi Kaz Suyama, Hold
Ohtani. Shig and Yuk Takeuchi
and Tom Fukuyama. Isao Nishi-
nlura, who made the trip to the
Salt Lake City meet. T. R. Cote
business manager, and Howard Mi.
nato, scorekeeper, also will be in
vited.
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have been particularly bitter
about the forced liquidation of
their property at a time when
they were not present and at pri-
ces which were a fraction Of their
value. One Canadian-bOrn Nisei
veteran Of the British Army char
ged the Custodian with selling pro-
erty at less than one-fourth its
value in order to make British
Columbia a "white mans coun-
try" Many Nisei believed that they
would not have enough assets TO
resettie elsewhere.
As LaViolette Forrest E. LaVi-
olette) has so clearly pointed cut,
prior to the property liquidation. it
might have been possible for the
Canadian government to ally the
district which had developed in the
evacuation process. When they
learned of their farms. residential
and business properties being sold
and their chattels auctioned. all IF
their accumulated grievances were
summed UP in one conclusion: the
purpose Of the evacuation is TO move
us out of the province British Co.
lumbia) permanently
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
No area Of discrimination was
more keenly felt by the Canadian
Nisei than the failure of either the
provincial or federal governments
to provide adequate educational IA
cilities within the relocation GEN.
tres. Elementary Schools were OPEN
ed in makeshift quarters and with
almost wholly inexperienced Nisei
teachers. No provisions for high
school training we're made by the
government. although in 1914 vol
unteer high school teachers were
sent to the Interior Housing Cen
tres by Anglican and United Chur-
ches of Canada. At Tashme. instruc-
ton was given in the elementary
school after p. m under difficult
condition. In spite of the fact that
all the Nisei at Tashme in August,
1945, were scheduled to be "reps-
triated" to Japan. attendance at this
unconventional school was over
ninety students. That ninety Nisei
barred from living in Canada would
choose Occidental education in pre-
ference to the money to be made
from work opportunities is some
measure of the power of the ASST
initiation process.
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Two Wholesale Evaeuations: American and Canadian
Uo W. Prof Notes Sharp Contrast in Handling Of Japanese

California problem Though the
prospects of constructive long
time solution of the problem are
better in the United States, it would
be well to recognize that number
of diverse groups in Canada are
working together in regional Con-
sultative COMMITTEES" on behalf of
the Nisei. The prospects of the
third and fourth generations can
better be evaluated when more fun
damental research has been don on
Nisei-Caucasian relationships. Like
wise. the casual factors in the diff
FERN race patterns described in
this paper call for further investi-
cation.
THE End
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Shadows of Profanity Hill

least until the community is able
to withstand any monetary roper
oussion. ole may hit US this sim
mer.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-04-22

In the United States, the reloca-
ton centers provided elementary
and high school education in accre-
dited institutions with teachers who
were trained. even though not al
ways adequately. In one center. a
junior college affiliated with the
University Of California was estab-
nshed. Educational and vocational
guidance was provided. and by 1914
over four thousand Nisei had been
relocated in some 534 Institutions
of higher learning. A year later.
fewer than hundred evacuees in
Canada had been relocated in col
Ice and business colleges in the
Dominion.
ARMED SERVICE
Another important factor In the
program of the assimilation Of the
second-generation japanese has
been attitude of the armed forces
toward the Nisei. In the United
States, although voluntary enlist
ments and selective service were
suspended for almost a year follow
ing March. 1912. there were always
Nisei in the American armed for
ces. During the last two years of
the war. servicemen of japanese an
cestry we're recruited for both Sc
gregated units and as individuals
to be migrated with others in the
Army. Navy. and Marine Corps. In
addition. the Army and the War
Relocation Authority made use of
white American officers as spokes-
men for the loyalty Of the Nisei to
communities opposed to the reset
Element of the japanese. The con-
tribution of the second generation
to the war effort received a = de
and favorable press both in pic
lures and in news and editorials. In
Canada. Nisei in the armed forces
were limited to $50. accepted in Feb
ruary, 1945, at the request of Eng
and and the other Dominions. A
number of Canadian Nisei served
in the British and American ar
mics.
ASSIMILATION
The most fundamental difference
in the treatment of evacuees in the
two countries lie in the divergent
attitudes of the War Relocation
Authority and the British Columbia
Security Commission and the De-
partment of Labour toward the as
similation of people of Japanese
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-04-22
By DIR. ROBERT O'BRIEN
Professor of Sociology
University of Washington

The existence Of wide differences
in the patterns of Occidental-Ori-
entail race relations between Cana
Ga and the United States is well
expressed in the following quotation
from the Toronto Saturday Night
"The entirely different atti-
tude taken by Canada and the
United states on the subject Of
Japanese citizens compels one TO
wonder whether one Of the two
countries is insanely wrong, or
whether America possesses some
secret for their Oriental citizens
which Canada lacks. The United
States finds at least part Of its
Japanese citizens loyal, reliable,
and useful. and knows how to
distinguish these from others. Ca
NADIA adopts a view that none of
its japanese population can be
oval, reliable, or useful, and
makes no effort to distinguish
among them"
Although japanese immigration
to the United States began in 1861
and to Canada in 1877, it was not
until the last decade of the nine
tenth century that the Japanese
migrated to either country in ap-
preciable numbers.
The story Of Oriental immigra-
ton and agitation is well known
to most residents of the Pacific
coast. Following a period of con-
facts. immigration increased, bring
ing with it economic competitor and
later some forms of mutual adjust
ment Robert E. Park summarized
the process twenty years ago in his
race relations cycle of contact. COM
petition, accommodation, and event.
ual assimilation. Though this for
mula may not be universal and ir-
reversible Gas claimed at the time
of its original presentation, it por-
trays an accurate generalization of
Occidental- Oriental race relations
on the Pacific coast.
CITIZENSHIP
Within this framework, leading
to possible assimilation of persons
of Japanese ancestry. Canada and
the United States developed along
different. though parallel, lines Ir
the United States, American-bori
children Of Japanese ancestry wert
given citizenship without regard tt
the nationality of their parents
First generation Japanese excep
war veterans were rigidly excluded
from American citizenship. Ono,
granted American citizenship, how.
ever, persons of japanese ancestry
had all the political rights Of CT.
tizenship, including voting. serving
on juries, election to public office
and service in the armed forces
Canada. following somewhat diff
ferent principle, recognized the Ca
nadian-bcrn Nisei as limited citi
zens, but accorded this same limit
ed type Of citizenship to some BIS
Issei who had become naturalized
Like other Orientals. the 14,l19 Ca
nadian-born Nisei, as well as tn
naturalized Canadians, have beef
denied many rights of citizenship
such as voting, serving in the arm
ed forces, membership on schoo
boards, and jury service.
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ancestry. The War Relocation Au-
thority had an avowed policy OF
giving the best jobs and the best
employment and educational oppor-
tunities to those individuals and
families who demonstrated will
ingness to make their future In the
United States. At least, those were
suspected of not being pro-Ameri-
can were likely to be Disseminated
against in the award of best" jobs
within the center. In Canada, the
reverse was true. At Tashme, Bri-
fish Columbia, a prerequisite for a
teaching position in the relocation
center elementary school was the
signing of repatriation papers to
return" to Japan. Likewise those
wishing to cast their Let with ia
PAN were given first preference in
nurnl er and highway jobs in British
Columbia. Only those who would
permanently leave the province
were encouraged TO retain their ei-
tier ship.
RESETTLFMENT
AS the result of its program of
transcription of the japanese into
American life, the War Relocation
Authority could report by Decem-
Der 81, 1915, that 423 per cent of
the evacuees had returned to the
West coast, another 47.2 per cent
had relocated in other sections Of
the United States or were in the
armed forces, 6.5 per cent were at
Tule Lake awaiting either resettle-
ment or repatriation, and the re-
naming 3.5 per cent had either
been repatriated to Japan or were
in internment camps awaiting
transportation. Corresponding fig
ures for Canada for November 81,
1915, showed that 81 per cent of the
japanese were In Interior Housing
Centres or awaiting repatriation to
Japan; "a per cent were living in
eastern British Columbia. 81 per
centres or awaiting repatriation to
Japan; "a per cent were living in
eastern British Columbia. 81 per
cent in the Prairie Provinces. and
10 per cent in eastern Canada. La
ter figures increased the number of
repatriates to 10.347 out of 24,078
persons of Japanese ancestry in the
Dominion.
PREJUDICE
In both countries, prejudice
against the japanese made it diff
ficult for the authorized govern
mental agencies to deal with the
problem in a constructive manner.
Comparison of public opinion polls
shows difference of opinion. with
80 per cent of the Canadians and
only % per cent of the Americans
favoring return of the Lssei to ia
pan after the war. The right of
the Nisei to remain in the land of
their birth was conceded in both
countries.
CONCLUSION
In both countries, there are now
pressure groups working on behalf
of and against the Nisei. Neverthe-
less, the Canadian-Japanese con-
slider the American program of as
imitation superior. They correctly
regard the War Relocation Author
ity as a powerful rallying point for
the friends of the second genera
ton.
In Canada, the future of the Nj
sci will have to be worked out in
line with Canadian political and So
cial institutional structure. Perhaps
Canadians, as La Violette points
out, are not so sensitive to consti-
tutional rights as are citizens OF
the United States. More probably
they are inclined to consider the
Nisei a British Columbia proc.
lem," much as the Americans oil
1924 considered the Japanese g
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Editors note: In the follow
ing article, DIR. Robert w. o.
Brien, professor of sociology at
the University of Washington.
finds a striking contrast in the
evacuation Of Canadian and Am
erican Jaanese from the Pacific
coast during World War H.
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As a climax to a campaign tab
bed by NEST sports critics as one
of the best recorded by a North
west Nisei quintet. Tokuda Drugs
basketball players will dine at p.
m. Sunday in Gyokko Ken Cafe.
Tokuda's took the Seattle Nj
sci Community Basketball League
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tThe End
Evening star., 1947-09-14

Pattern Of
the Week
Pose II

This bosic. hioh-necked dress
is topped with q snortly toilored
vest with perky collar ond
unusuol crescent pockets. Moke
the vest Of light wool and weor
it over your other foil dresses
Myrno 10y Of RkO Rodio Pictures
models the ensemble. Picture
Pottern Of the Week No. 3O57
comes in sizes II. IA. Is. 10
and 20. For size IA, the dress
requires 4h yords of 35-ineh
moteriol. ond for the vest you
will need "a yord Of 54-inch
moteriol.
Evening star., 1947-12-04
Red Cross Official Honored

James r. Nicholson, $3.50 Woodley
road NV, executive vice president
Of the American Red Cross, who has
recently returned from Red Cross
meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Was
awarded the cross of an officer OF
Evening star., 1947-12-04

are drying up normal recovery
processes.
electricity Is so short In most OF
England that power is being shut
of one to three hours daily. This
reduces work efficiency and chills
buildings heated partially by elec-
tricity.
Food ration cuts have dropped the
national nutrition average from
2,870 to less than 2,700 calories
daily. On top of that, the three
pounds of potatoes now allotted
weekly per person may be cut to
~ pounds.
Tobacco Imports Halted.
Hating of tobacco imports from
the United States and high taxes
have raised the price of cigarettes
to about TO cents a package.
Scotch whisky is $16 to $18 bot
tie, when available. Beer produc-
ton will drop in January when the
government cuts sugar going to
brewers by rs per cent.
Walnuts are selling for $1.70 a
pound. A man who bought pound
said he got "A nuts. Twelve were
bad. So actually he paid 5 cents
each for the remaining 80 good
ones.
Now 10000 Christmas turkeys must
be destroyed, because of an epidemic
Of infection from fowl pest.
From Denmark come reports that
vast quantities of food are piling up
for export. The British refuse to
buy, saying the prices are too high.
Evening star., 1947-12-04
|Grim Christmas Faces
|Britons as SHORTAGES
Grow Almost Daily :.

LONDON, Dec. (CDN With
growing shortages in almost every.
thing, some of which are becoming
acute, Britons face their grimmest
Christmas in recent history.
The Socialist government coptin.
ues to tinker with all phases Of liv-
ing and to impose increasingly
drastic ration restrictions.
Gasoline was taken off the market
this week except for use in driving
to and from essential jobs. Thou
sands of cars have gone into storage
The automotive industry says II
faces crisis with dwindling export
demands and now the home market
is virtually wiped out.
Restrictions Criticized.
In trying to increase exports ano
reduce imports to earn dollars, the
Labor government is sometimes reg
ulating itself into unfavorable posi-
tions.
The theory being tried is the op-
posite Of pump priming. Opposition
leaders claim that some restrictions
Evening star., 1947-12-04

the French Legion Of Honor during
the meeting, according to IN an
|nouncement from ARC headquarters
here.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
VET STUDENTS CHECK VA ON SUMMER PLANS

Veterans who plan to take sum- mer courses at a school other than the one they have been att tending need a supplemental cer- tificate of eligibility, warns the Veterans Administration.
 Applications should be filed well in advance, the VA said, in order that the veteran has his cer- tificate before enrolling in the new school. VA emphasized that the veteran cannot be admitted to a new school without the supple mental certificate.
 Completed applications should be sent to the regional office of the area where the school the veteran now attends is located.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
REMARRIAGE STOPS WIDOWS PENSIONS

War widows receiving pensions from the Veterans Administration have been warned to return all checks which they receive after remarriage.
 Federal law prohibits widows of World War I and II veterans from receiving pensions after they have married again, the VA said. Violation of the law provides se- were penalties.
 Many widows in this area are remarrying every month, the VA declared, yet are failing to notify proper authorities to stop pen sions.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06

gress allowing the Forest Service to enter into contracts for timber in Tongass National Forest re- ceived strong support from gov ernment officials this week in tes- timony before the House Agricul- ture Committee.
 Assistant Secretary of the In- terior Warner w. Gardner, Assist ant Attorney General of the United states A. Dewitt Vanech, Assistant Chief of the Forest Service C. M. Granger and Governor Gruening endorsed the resolution whereby funds realized from timber cutting in the southeastern Alaska area would be placed in escrow to be disposed of whenever a conclusion as to aboriginal possessory rights to the areas selected for pulp tim Der cutting is reached. At that time the proceeds would be dis tributed either to the Indians or be turned into the United States Treasury.
 The committee, of which Dele gate Bartlett is a member, defer red further action on the measure for two weeks to allow for receipt from Alaska of the opinion of the interested Indians. James E. Cur ry of Washington, attorney for groups of southeastern Alaska na- lives of Indian blood will testify on the measure as soon as he de- termines the feeling of the Indians
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
HOME ARTS CLUB PLANT SALE TOMORROW

Chairman Karen Baldwin, of the Apron and. Plant sale being held tomorrow at the N. C. Store for the benefit of the Civic Play field states that many plants have been promised including roses, geraniums, calendulas, clarkia, bachelor buttons, stocks, carna- tions, fuschia, as well as vege- tables such as celery, cauliflower, cabbage and tomatoes.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
M. s. KOTZEBUE TO LEAVE TODAY

The M s. Kotzebue, owned by Archie Ferguson, is scheduled to leave on its first run north and plans to stop at Wales and Teller.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
STEAMSHIP AGENT ARRIVES IN NOME

Tom Heating, Nome agent for the Alaska Steamship Company, arrived Thursday via Pan Amer ican Airways. MT. Heating states that the first boat which sailed for Nome from Seattle should arrive about the fifteenth of June.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
CHAPLAIN DARLING AT NAZARENE CHURCH

It has been announced that Chaplain Darling of Nome Base will be the guest speaker at the Nazarene Church Sunday evening at 500 o'clock.
 in the matter. Mrs. Ruth Bronson, Secretary of the Congress of American Indians, is now in Alas ka in connection with the general question of aboriginal rights as they are affected by the establish ment of pulp industry in Alaska. DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
 It is reported that General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, War Department Chief of Staff, will make a trip to Alaska this July.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
THE U. s. HOUSE OF REPRE-

sentatives has grown from 65 to 435 members since 1789, accord ing the the Encyclopaedia Britain nica. The Senate, too, has grown from 26 to 96 members.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
FEDERATED CHURCH
 Murlin w. Day. Minister

Sunday
 Church School, 10 am.
 Evening Worship, 7:45 pm. Wednesday,
 Choir rehearsal, 8 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
MIR. AND MRS. O. s. WEAVER BACK FROM STATES

MT. and Mrs. O. s. Weaver, owners Of the Northern Light and Power Co.,, returned last evening from a winter spent in the south.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
FIRST VETERAN SOLOS WITH PENINSULA FLYING SERVICE

Robert w. Knight, associated with the Richter Radio and Pho tography business, was the first veteran to solo under the c. I. Bill of Rights with the Peninsula Flying Service.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
NOREEN WALSH RETURNS TO NOME

Noreen Walsh, daughter of MT. and Mrs. M. J. Walsh arrived home last evening on her first visit in five years during which time she completed high school and has taken nurses training.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06

LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
 MISSION
 Pastor H. R. Amundsen Deaconess Dorothy M. Russell
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
PENTACOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
 GOD
 Third Avenue West Pastor "A. E. Capener

EVERYONE WELCOME
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
CHURCHES
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Sunday Mass-7:30 and 8:45 am.
 At Base-10:10 am. Weekday Mass-7:30 am.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
SOMEONE HAS SAID THE

famous Washington monument is sinking into the ground at the rate of TAO inch per year; if this is so, and the rate continues the apex of the 55-foot obelisk will be level with the ground in 266,4O0 years.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06

Sunday:
 11:00 am. Sunday School.
 7:30 pm. Evening Service.
 8:45 pm. Young Peoples Sing. Wednesday 3:30 pm. Chil- dren's Miracle Book Club. Thursday 7:3O pm. Prayer Meeting.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-06
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Corner of Third and Division
 Rev. Lewis I. Hudgins. Pastor

Everyone can do something to make the world better He can at least improve himself" Sunday 10:00 am. Singspiration and Sun . day School Classas. HOO am. Morning Message. 7:30 pm. Singspiration and spe- cial music. 800 pm. Evening Message. Chaplain Darling will be the guest speaker. Wednesday: 7:3O pm. Melody and Prayer. Come and bring your Bible. You are ever welcome to attend these services.
 NOME GOSPEL MISSION Alaska Evangelization Society
 Geo. H. Loveless. Pastor Sunday:
 200 pm. Sunday School. 7:30 pm. Gospel Service. Thursday:
 3:30 pm. "Vit-Em-In Childrens'
 Bible Club" Friday:
 7:30 pm. Graphic Bible Study
 Course" of Gods Plan of the
 Ages, using large dispensa-
 tional wall chart.
 You are invited-Everyone is welcome.