Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 20

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jJanuary 10,   1945
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by iiov^'-Yoshida
HA'UHTING GHOST
|w|OST OF YOU perhaps are
iv^anot a firm believer in
ghosts, un 1 ess you're -like
Ama c he's fame us news b oy--
M11 s u r u KankI—but n e ver-
theless you may have one
of them (ghosts, we mean)
haunting you sometime In
the not too distant future.
The ghost in question
arises from, the supposed
"grave" of the House un-
American activities com fib-
toe, which is more popularly
o r unp o p u 1 a r 1 y k n o w n,
depending on which side of
the fence you're roaming,
as the Dies comm:>.11ee. Ihis
body, as you may well re-
c a 11, s p en t s ix ye a r s d e 1 v-
ing into the "inner sanctum" of various organizations which looked suspicious or which had gained
the committee's displeasure.
It was generally believed
that this committee .had
died when its chairman liar-
tin Dies (D. Texas) quit
the Congress, having declined to run in the last
election, and three other
c omm i t tee m emb e r s h ad 1) e en
defeated. But last week
Rep r e s en t at ive Rank in (D,
Miss.), a worthy successor
to Dies In the art of witch-
hunting, proposed to continue the committee on permanent basis/with, the haunting refrain—**• This is no
time to relax air  vigilance."
After a sharp-debate the
House members.not only voted
to continue the committee,
but made it a permanent
part of national political
fixture. The vote was 207
to 186. As the vote indicates, there was sharp opposition to the proposal,
whose adoption was quite
a "surprise."
Rep r e s en t a 11 ve Co c hr an
(D. Eio,) protested that
this "one-man. committee"
had come in conflict with
the Army,Navy and FBI,and,
therefore, should not be
revived.
In all probability,Ran-'
kin will be named chairman
of this committee. Wnether
he will be as vigorous and
zealous as his- predecessor
had been in the pursuit of
t h e c omm i 11 e e's purpo s e,
assuming,  of course, that
ruoiisnee
and d i st r ibut eA f r e e to ea c
ffice: PIOHEER building, Am
officer:
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Saturdays oy  the WRAE\
apartment.  Editorial
e,Colo. Telephone G3.
dland Editor: Roy Yoshida
Staff:  Allan Asakawa, Asano Eac
Tsugi Eayahara, Amy Elnabe,  Ben 1
aenry nusaoa#
ira,  Yaveko
rita,
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.orence  Okida,   Shi;
Shimada,  Mac
«3 ««+•'! An
oa&o, i'lenr
Japanes
Staffj     Tuta
Eamakawa,   Hirorc
The Surer one Court
dors- Issued by the W
tor and has also uoh/
itv to   intern c
.a:
o Eao Sal::amoto, Eadami
uchi, Rpsle Arima.
. Editor.: Ichiro Eonno
ichi Fomiyama,  Eoiiro
etc.
mii.immmm
s validated the evacuation :>r-
Dan ar tmon t f oil owing Eear 1II ar-
the right of the War Relocation
zeiis until their loyalty could
Authority to
be determined.
On oundai the '.far Department ordered that loyal
Japanese are to be released from the authority of the
WRA and permitted to go back to their former homes.
The court said in its decision that loyal citizens
cannot be kept interned after their loyalty has been
proven.
From California,. however, mixed repercussions indicate that there 'may be trouble when some of the Japs
attempt to ''return there, State, off icials and local
authorities generally, have asked that the citizens of
the West Coast be tolerant in. their' attitude and actions toward the returning Japs. - But others predicted
that there might Ee bloodshed and riots if the Japs- try
to return because of the 'crowded conditions and the
still tense feeling against the Orientals who competed
strongly wit... others in farming.
Californians as well as people throughout the nation
are going to have to get used to'the presence of Japanese in their midst. The loyalty of many thousands of
them was proven and. in the Amy several thousands more
are fighting alongside other boys from our country.
Vlhat is likely to be the real test in the future is
whether those returning Japanese, if they are badly
treated, can withstand the pressure and remain good
citizens. Resentment works .both, ways in human nature
and the American-born Jap isn't likely to take the
brunt of mistreatment lying down.
EuEELO OE'IEFIAIH, Dec. 20, 1044
%'¥ KfEtb
Chicago1and Fansas City
were 'merged last month with
W. Jackson blvd., Chicago, •
he will be the successor,
remains to be seen. However, persons of Japanese
ancestry need not fear of
ever getting Rankin for a
bosom friend—he certainly
had no such intentions v/hen-
he mad e the or op o sa1.
The best we ' can hope
for is that since the War-
Department and the Department of Justice have thoroughly scrutinized t h e
loyalty of Ja-panesc Americans',no further unpleasant,
unwarranted, inquiries will
bo made.
area relocation' offices
the combined office at 22G
to increase the - variety, of
services to district relocation offices in the middle west. Hiss Prudence
Ross, acting area supervisor in Chicago, plans no
change in the number of
location of the district-
off i c e s.
Improved services to re-
settlers are expected since
offices which did not previously have the advice of
specialized area personnel
in such fields as community adjustment■and agricultural placement will now
be served by a larger,more
highly trained area staff.