FV TATE COLLIN Ne] © get this straight “AS A Canadian, I do not now nor will I ever apologize for the actions that had to be taken as a result of circumstances thrust upon us. To my mind they were absolutely necessary, but we did them in as humane Those words were written three years ago to Red Tory Flora Mac- Donald by Air Commodore L.J. Birchall, who survived the tor- ments of a Japanese prison camp and was objecting to plans to compensate the Japanese in this country who were interned during the war. The Commodore continued: ‘*Those of Japanese descent who are raising such a hue and cry now are only able to do this because of the humane treatment given to them and their parents, The same is not possible in the case of tens of thousands who suffered beyond description under the Japanese for exactly the same fault of nationali- ty background." What the Commodore is saying now | do not know, But I know what my gencration is saying. It is saying that Brian Grovel Mulroney’s gift of $300 million to Art Miki & Co. is the last bloody straw, NORTH VAN a way as possible.” You can bet, of course, that Pacific Press, the Globe & Mail, the CBC, and all the other regi- ments of the liberal left will swoon over Mulroney's sellout. They themselves have been grovelling for years in this matter. That's because they never heard a shot fired in anger, and never nouncement, he put on his best phoney-holy voice. You would have thought the guy was @ parson the way he talked about right, and justice and injustice. But thar $300 million bribe had nothing to do with such things. It had, however, everything to do with politics. He was on another vote-buying expedition, together with that tittle creep Gerry Weiner, the minister for multiculturalism. tt is my hope and trust thar ie was never more mistaken. Let me quote an American who knew what he was talking about. I refer to Justice Hugo Black of the U.S. Supreme Court, a liberal, but one who upheld the expulsion order under which Japanese Americans were excluded from the U.S. coastal areas and interned. “Compulsory exclusion of large grouns of citizens from their homes....is inconsistent with our basic governmental institutions. But when under conditions of modern warfare our shores are threatened by hostile forces, the f, is said that the Japanese of that day were all loyal to the Canadian Crown. That too is bosh.’’ starved in a POW camp nor died on the Burma Railway. All they know is that by today’s human tights standards, some people were done wrong. By any measure, though, they are puling infants as far as realities are concerned. When Mulroney made his an- Skatebowl funds NORTH VANCOUVER District Council may not favor skateboarding on_ its streets or the construction of skateboard ramps in backyards, but it’s proud of the public skatebowl in Seylynn Park and wants the new skatebowl in William Griffin Park to measure up. On Monday night, council almost doubled the budget of the William Griffin Skatebow! from the original estimate of $20,000 to $38,0 000, thus us allowing the bowl to “] am not concerned with the use of the skatebowl, I am concerned with the abuse of it.’’ —local resident Catheryn Clarke be surfaced in concrete and dolomite rather than the blacktop that was originally budgeted. The Y%-inch masonry finish at the Seylynn bow! is the same type By MARTIN MILLERCHIP Contributing Weiter used in children’s playground sculptures and is safer for children because if a child falls on the sur- face there is much less chance of “road burn’ than there would be from a fall on surfaces with more texture. The Seylynn bowl has been described as ‘‘the best there is’’ by international skateboarders. The William Griffin bowl is in- tended to be suitable for the beginner to intermediate skater, while the Seylynn bowl is an in- termediate-to-advanced facility. Catheryn Clarke, a sports coach and focal resident, questioned council as to whether they had asked residents adjacent to & MACHINERY =f North Vancouver, | 5. , for the discriminating woodworker. See our vast selection of books. Sons s HOUSE «' TOOLS uta. ath Vancouver, 8 988- 6657 | lock South of DR. WAYNE HURDAL & DR. WENDY SMITH power to protect must be commen- surate with the threatened danger.” What a pity we can’t spin a time capsule and put all the bleeding hearts back to 1941 when, for all anyone knew, the Japanese Im- perial Fleet was about to heave in- doubled William Griffin Park if they wanted a skatebowl situated there. She reminded council of park vandalism and said, ‘‘} am not concerned with the use of the skatebowl, I am concerned with the abuse of it.’’ District manager Mel Palmer pointed out that ‘‘the history at Seylynn skatebowl is that we have had no problems at all because there is an activity for them to undertake down there. There’s a very high usage (and) the kids tend to police themseives.’’ 9 ~ Sunday, Seplember 25, to view off Victoria. Fhey would have grovelled in the other direg- tion then. It is said that the Japanese of that day were all loyal to the Ca- nadian Crown. That too is bosh. If there had been a landing in these parts, they would not have been up on Grouse Mountain firing down on the invading forces. Understandably, the racial pull would have been too much for them. Most — I dare to say it — were Japanese first and Canadian se- cond, if they were Canadian at all. (Forty per cent were aliens, and the rest were still regarded by Tokyo as subjects of the Emperor, no matter how they regarded themselves.) As for the sentiments many of them expressed at the time, just talk to Frank Bernard and others whose business it was to deal with them. That's water under the bridge now, of course, and | for one feel no hostility. Except toward Mulroney. As for the property they lost, that was wrong. But as the man said, war is hell. Besides, they were compensated according to the values of those days, and those who thought they were short- changed had recourse to the Bird Commission. Now, to satisfy a pusillanimous politician, they are to be compensated again. Mulroney is a jerk © You're Pregnant And Need Support: | GIRTHRIGHT! @ 229 Lonsdale : North Vancouver 687-7223 =. Open discussion on A Fresh Introduction to Jesus Monday evenings 7:30 p.m. Cafe Terrace 120 - 260 W. Esplanade North Vancouver for more info: 987-7931 nee Nk Réstavgan [. 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