Keiji Kishiyama to MacKenzie King Prime Minister of Canada, 1946 Encoder Ariel Merriam

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 Library and Archives Canada, Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property Fonds, C-1 Office Files LOI Navigation Taxonomy Taxonomy for site navigation CollectionsProtest Letters LOI Document Type Taxonomy Taxonomy of document types Primary SourceA primary source document.Protest LetterA letter protesting the sale of property or a government reply to protest letter.Responsibility TaxonomyMarkup EditorA person or organization performing the coding of SGML, HTML, or XML markup of metadata, text, etc. Keiji Kishiyama 1946 MacKenzie King Prime Minister of Canada
Ottawa, Canada
Added sourceDesc bibl/pointer to RADish item using XSLT. Added navigation taxonomy value loiCollectionProtestLetters using XSLT. Used XLST to add, publicationStmt, recipient info to those missing, and @ref for orgName that are Custodians Office. Merged following protest letter with this one because they are one letter. Updated facsimile pointer using XSLT. Created individual file from larger protest_letters.xml document. 1946. Rt. Hon. Right Honourable MacKenzie King Prime Minister of Canada, To whom it may concern,
Ottawa, Canada,

I, a Japanese repatriate, going to Japan voluntarily, do herewith submit a claim for damage incurred as a result of coercive evacuation from the Pacific Coast.

Before the evacuation, on the solemn pledge that the property handed over to the Custodian would be safeguarded in the interest of the owner, I had complete faith. But unfortunately, this pledge was not kept--both the movable and immovable properties were sold at a loss without my consent. Furthermore, the unemployed and the disabled in the interior housing settlement had to live on what money the Custodian handed over from the forced sale of our property.

By attaching a sheet of various claims, I do hereby humbly petition that my financial loss sustained by me as a result of forced evacuation from the coast be indemnified by the government of Canada.

Keiji Kishiyama
CLAIM FOR DAMAGE File 4603

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name ............ Kishiyama Keiji

Home address before evacuation (in Canada) Pitt Meadow B.C.

Home address in Japan Shizuoka-Ken, Shimizu-Shi, Orido 760 670 Ban-Chi

Japanese national ✓, naturalized, Canadian-born.

Registration No. 14217

Sex Male

Age 41

Occupation Farmer

Married ✓, Single, Widower, Widow.

Wife ✓ or Husband ......... Name Fude Kishiyama Registration No. 14218 Age 36

Dependents 4 Name Age Masao Kishiyama 16 Kimiye Kishiyama 14 Haruko Kishiyama 10 Shuji Kishiyama 2
Claims: 1. Current value of land at the time of evacuation $2000 Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $687 Difference in the values, to be claimed $1317 2. Current value of buildings and other improvements with the lot, at the time of evacuation $ Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $ Difference in the values, to be claimed $ 3. Current value of personal property at the time of evacuation $300 Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $ Difference in the values, to be claimed $300 4. Current value of machinery at the time of evacuation $ Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $ Difference in the value, to be claimed $ 5. Current value of fishing boat at the time of evacuation $ Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $ Difference in the value, to be claimed $ 6. Current value of fishing apparatus at the time of evacuation $ Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $ Difference in the value, to be claimed $ 7. Current value of automobile at the time of evacuation $550 Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $295 Difference in the value, to be claimed $255 8. Expected four years income from farming, industry, trade, forestry, fishing, and etc., after the evacuation $ Annual income received after the evacuation $ Difference in the income, to be compensated $ 9. Expected four years wage from labour, after the evacuation $10,000 Annual wage received, after the evacuation $2,000 Difference in the wages, to be compensated $8,000 10. Other Claims:-
Recorded in Claims Book 14/6/46