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Deaf project is cancelled -Whltby Pros Prose, We<kiosday, August 16, 1995 Page 13 FROM PAGE i, hearing spouses, s0 it je mainiy for deaf people," says Kerr. «Wre riot saying you shouid ceut' one or eut the other, we're saying, look, I think theres an error made in this eubmission and I think there wae an ambiguity in terme of the . aseesement," explaine Ellis Kirkland, spokesperson for the deaf. According to Dyl, however, cancellation of the preject was net due to a documentation errer. "The riteria for projecte te be approved was very, very narrow and it wae basically for people that were going te be housed that are coming out of any facilities that were going te, closed by the Ministry of Health or Minitry of Community and Social Services," says Dyl. Non-profit projecte that were in the precese of constructien and were granted final commitmente were allowed te continue. But the few exceptions that did not have final commitment statue were only permitted te go ahead because of circumstancee relating to people who required permanent institutional care and where ne other housing was available, says David Rose from the Mlnristry of Housing. .Since the 60-unit prejeet was at a very early stage 6f develepment when the new government started, a 30-day moratorium wae placed on the building as weil as others which had net reached construction and neyer met the guidelines to proceeid after the budget, informe Dyl. "They cost several million dollars to build and, basically, the group pays a mortgage over 35 years, 50 it's- a long-term commitment and the goverument doesn't wanit a long-termn commitment. "The goverrnment believes that there are other ways of providing support to individuals who require housing and other services and they are takring a difterent point of view. Rather than just building housing directly, they're iookcing at thinge like shelter alipýwances," explains Dyl.* "There je a real responsibility. Debt or no debt, there je a probiem that occurs in society and you do not* eut, out the smallest of the tiniest needs group," Baye Kirkiand. She describes situations in* which deaf people have been placed-in psychiatrie wards and nursing homes because of minimal housing forthe deaf. 'We have somte really criticai, completely. unacceptable conditions that some of the people are in, and they were only acceptable beeause thispreject was going ahead and going to be buiît, says Kirkland. 1 "If your brother or your sister or your child became deaf and they're an adult, and they lose their job because of it and they can't afford housing, its n uts to put them in a psychiatrie ward. They don't belong there," states KÇirkland. She adds that by iselating a deaf person in wards, behaviour probleme may develop, and that there are actually several cases in whieh probleme have occurred due to the laek of houeing. Eistinïg houeing projeete are very amaîl and are located outside of Toronto. The deaf centres that are available have waiting liste, but there je no facility for Durham Region. "Our projet has been kInd of the firet project for. a ful aececf,àsibility housing .for the deaf," eays Kerr-.-- The speciai facilities that would have been available inhcluded video cameras and circle mirrors in hallways, bed shakers as fire alarme, flashing lights for doorbelle and teletypewriter services. There would have also been safety devices and neccessities to accommodate the deaf - many common residences do not have these. Landiords or superintendents with signi language ekille would have been hired to prevent communication barriers, especially for seniors, says Kerr. By living together in one unit, the deaf. community, says Klrk.iand, "can organize their own internai translation among themselves." She eays it je "isolating" for deaf citizens who do neot have appropriate housing because of the difficulties cf communication. If permission was to be granted to continue the project, it would begin "in one minute," she says. Atom bombs-ended war earlîe.r To the editor. Fifiy yemr ago, Aug. 14, 19451, it wae V-J Day (Victory over Japan) and the Second World War, after the victory in'Europe on May 8, 1945, finally came te an end. 1Thousands ofesoldiere' lives were spared and millions of civilians were freed from torture, rape, hunger and miseries. A sign of relief was heard throughout the world. It was time for people te return te their once occupied homes and for soldiers te return safely to their lovedones. On Aug. 6, 1945, the atem bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a Japanese military contre, kiliing 130,000 people and destroying 60 perocent of the city. A second atem bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. 9,1945. The bomb resulted in 66,0000 fatal casualties and demolished oe third of that city. It was reported that although the second bomb was more destructive than the. firet one (the second was comprised of plutonium fusion whiie the firet bomb used uranium), Nagasaki was spared the bombe Mful blast because the bomber plane was slightly off course. With a coenbifled total of 200,000 casualties and the destruction of a whole city, it was certainly a terrible disaster te humankind. But there is ne doubt that 'the dropping of these atem bombe brought an early end te the war in the. Pacifie and epared hundreds of thousande and perhaps million of lives on both sides of the war. Some historians have denounced the dropping of the atem bomb, indicating that it was unethicai and immoral te have carried eut such terrible destruction and that Japan was ready te surrender several weeks before these bombe were . dropped. However, documents showed that although Japan's emperor, Hirohito, asked his prime minister te end the war, the Japanese war cabinet refused te surrendor. It was oniy after the dropping of the second bomb that Emperor Hirohito broke the cabinet deadlock, announcing that the war muet end. With that information, how can anyone say afllr'matively that the war in the Pacifie would have ended without the impact of the devastating power of the two bombe? The Japanese war cabinet did net want te surrender but wanted te die fighting for the glory of the Emperor. In two notable batties that the. Japanese had with the Americans, namely Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Americans had fewer. soldiers than the Japanese garrison but were much stronger ini weapons. These battles raged on for weeks even though- the Japanese were outgunned and realized that they could net win. They wouid sooner die for the glory of the Emperor and as a resuit, over 120,000 Japanese soldiers died compared to 20,000 U.S. casualties in the battie of Okinawa and similar proportions in -the battis at Iwo Jima. How can those historians say that the Allies should feel guiity about the destruction caused by the atem bombe when it was the Japanese who carried out the sneak attack on Peari Harbour, while at the same time negotiating peace taîke in Washington? Many battieshipe were sunk and thousanda of iqidiers and sailors were killed in that unprovoked attack.. Were those, military persnnel not huinan beinge? And what about the atrocities, rapings and killings of over 15 million civilians in Manchuria, Korea and China? Ini the Nanking Massacre alone, the Japanese army ldlled over 300,000 Chinese during a one-week period in 1937. Then there was the brutal treatment of 2,000 Canadian soldiere by the Japanese army when Hong Kong fuon Christmas day, 1941, resulting in 80 per cent casualties te our Canadian lads, many of whom were only aged 18. Why are those same historians not eaying something about ail these kcillings by the Japanese army? As a veteran who served in the South East Asia Command, I personally believe that the dropping of the atom bombe reeulted in the ending ef the war in the Pacifie sooner than if a conventional battle had been can-ied out, and it gave me the fortune of returning home unscathed.* Lewis F. Chow Whitby LEASE FROM $229not GOLF "WORLD'S BEST SELLING CARI" *POWER LOCKS e TINTED GLASS e DUAL MIRRIORS * ADVANCED SAFETY SYSTEM AND MUCH MORE. * 48 Months, $750 down. *Fmiit, PMI& Wtaxedxra OAC. EXPIFES AUGUST 30M9. OWASCO VOLKSWAGEN INC Proven 10 serve 'you BEST since 1972. An l CARE and C« award w.nner. 1425 Dundas St. East, Whitby 686-6410 flealtfl card number. 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