Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 30

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PIOHEER
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„_ February 14,   1945
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y /toy Yoshido
HEM that demented , ton-
sorial artist dovvn in
Arizona kicked out a crippled nisei serviceman from
his shop, wo chalked it
down to wartime hate and
hysteria.'
"When- the Hood River
American Legion post erased
the names of 16 nisei soldiers, we called it a byproduct of ever-present
West Coast racial intoler-
anc e.
But just how to accept
this:recent Chicago hospital incident whereby a
19-year-old nisei girl -was
refused entrance solely
because she was a person
of Japanese descent, we
are at loss to fathom".
We have always believed
that hospitals were something akin to mercy; where
body, as well as soul, was
healed, not only by medicine but also by a milk of
human kindness. Therefore,
when a hospital turns away
a patient because of race,
we rightfully :and regretfully feel a severe letdown.
Supposing,!or instance,
you were refused admittance
to the local project hospital because you were a
Mercedian or a Santa An itan
or a transfer from another
center. Or supposing the
hospital set a standard of
cane based upon the patient's position, wealth
and other related reasons —
instead of the gravity of
his illness. You can readily see the chaotic situation that would result from
such, actions, not to mention the inhumanities involved.
Let us hope that a case
like the Windy City hospital incident will not be
repeated here, there or
anyplace else.
GRACIOUSNESS
SK AHY EMINENT PSYCHOLOGIST, although your common sense will tell you
the same--that graciousness
adds to one's personality.
And it does wonders towards
being attractive. And the
beauty of all this is that
it is so simple to be gracious, if you have the desire to grasp the knack.
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SAMyS^gtRAf TON
Tber^ is one genuine problem to be met in connection
with the return of Japanese-Americans to California.
That is the housing problem. Houses formerly occupied
by the evacuees are now occupied largely by war workers,
including both whites and Negroes. In many instances
the former occupants are the owners of the premises.
Mayor-Bowron of Los Angeles, in whose city the Jap
anese- Amor ic an population
largest, is correct and
quite within his rights and duties in pointing out that
the return oi the evacuees 'will add to this problem
and introduce into it an element of racial conflict
which cannot be overlooked.
Mr. Bowr en's first job, however, and the job of all
public officials in California, is not to magnify this
problem but to work' with the Array and the 7/ar Relocation Authority in seeking to prevent it from becoming
acute. Haj, Gen. Henry C. Pratt of the "Hestern Defense
Command, has promised that the return of the evacuees
will be carried out gradually and in such a way as to
take into consideration Housing shortages and available
employment,
It is important that this promise be kept* To recognize disagreeable1 facts is not a'sign'of ' weakness
or timidity. It is a sign of wisdom and human understanding, - "      M ">"•..
eM»#«DiriM»Wwrs«%«ffo<»*»«Mi
Le@ Casey in His roc en.'
Just by 1earning to say
"please" and "than!: you"
at the proper time and from
your heart, you have the
b eg inn i ng of a priceless
social grace.
Others have no way of
telling what Js inside of
you except by your manners
--which makes manners a
very important part of
your make-up. If your
everyday manners mirror
the graciousness within
'you,.then your personality
can be said to be charming.
Of course, you must remember that you cannot don
your good manners only
when the occasion demands
and expect them to become
you. Unless you don your
good raanner s a 1: all t ime s,
they will feel out of place
like a tuxedo on. a man. at
a ball game* And remember,
good manners,like charity,
begins at home*
column in the ROCRY M0U1T-
TAIh HE[3 deplored Jim
Crowism shown by the armed
services and other agencies
in accepting and training
Negro nurses. He made the
following, coram en t in regards to nisei in Colorado:
"The Americanism of most
Negroes goes back many
generations--as a rule,be-
f o r e the R e vo 1 ut i o n t o
colonial tiros. Citizens
of Japanese descent are
first-generation Americans,
and the number in Colorado,
indluding those evacuated
from California under military orders, Is approximately half that of the
"so-called colored citizens
of Colorado,
"Yet more than SO Japa-
•neso-American girls are
being trained in Colorado
hospitals."
Out of some 1600 student
nurses now in training in
Colorado hospitals, only
one is a Negro,he revealed.