Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 46

              Rage 6 PIONEER
In a. letter to. James £• Edminston,"iJvRA
relocation officer in San Jose, Calif.,
Joe Takeda, whose family was endangered
in the recent attempt to burn and shoot
;up his home.near San Jose, set at rest
rumors which have been widely circulated
throughout Santa Clara county and relocation centers.
Takeda said he and the family "are
satisfied the attack was perpetrated by
a few individual thugs and did not reflect the feelings of the people of Santa
Clara county against his family or any
other returning evacuees." Caucasian
friends have been cordial, he reported,
and both-teachers and students have welcomed his two brothers and sister who are
attending local schools',
Takeda asserted that the report that
he and" the family had left or about to
leave "is entirely without foundations."
"We are here catching up the threads
of our lives where we left off and it
would take more than the incident reported to convince us that we are not
wanted in this community," Takeda concluded.
April 11, 1945
FIRST OBJCCTIYE.
Safeguarding life is the first objective of fire prevention and fire protection. Loss of life by fire in the United
States is estimated at approximately
10,000 annually, and the number of fire
injuries, excluding minor burns, is at
least twice that number.
The fire prevention and protection
problems have resolved themselves into
the preventing of the outbreak of fire,
preventing the serious spread of fire
and providing for the prompt detecting
and extinguishing of fire. All. three
phases must receive, attention for the
possibility of human or mechanical failure makes it . unsafe to place sole 'reliance on any one method.
Cause of loss of life by fire should
be carefully distinguished from cause
of fire.
In' addition to the general measures
for safeguarding of property,, there are
certain, special provisions which must
be taken for safety of life. Most important being adequate exit; facilities.
If we will plan for use of avenues of
escape in the event of emergency, and
the avenues of escape are maintained
readily available, then the danger of
loss of life is largely eliminated.
We, the people of this center, are
fire-conscious. This is well written
in tho records of the fire department.
However, your diligent efforts to diss*
cover and correct fire hazards must not
be relaxed. The relocation program reduces the population of the center, but
increases- the fire hazard and risk*
Therefore, the fire department needs
your cooperation at all times.
Amache Fire Department
PaulW. Newland, Acting
Fire Protection Officer
TO THE MODESTO BEE:.
Editor—Sir: I have just read several
Public "Thinks published in your paper concerning' the people of Japanese ancestry.
Letters from people who call themsolv e s
good Americans and true Christian's, They
claim there are no loyal Japanese—that
we were spies and that soldiers would be
displeased to find us free like any other
Americans and not behind barbed.wire.
I should think people like Mrs, K.H.
and Mrs, H. F. and anyone else who thinks
like they do would be-a shamed to showthmr
ignorance by voicing such, untrue statements .
The government, so far a3 I know, has
made no report of any ec-pionage by the
people of Japanese ancestry.
People like Mrs. H. F. should know we
are fighting a war against nazism and
imperialsim both of which hate our democratic and Christian nation, Nazism and
imperialism teach their people superiority
and hatred toward other people. The United
States teaches liberty, equality and justice for all, at least that is what I say .
when I pledge allegiance to the flag,
What do you say. Mrs. h. F. ? She al s o
should, know we Have our loved ones fighting besides hers. The 10,0th and the 442nd
Infantry Battalions' - heroic deeds are
many.
To people like Mrs. K, S, who think
we are being' treated too well in camp and
that we should be sent back to Japan--!
would"- like to ask, have not you heard of
the Constitution of the United States!
Especially Article XIV?
What is our nation fighting for if not
to erase social and national superiority
among the peoples of the world?
I am 18 years old, and American of Japanese ancestry and proud of it I This is
the United States. Why cannot we be united people? After all, the place to fight..
the war is at our jobs here at home or at
the front against tho enemy and not against
your fellow Americans of Japanese ancestry
or any other minority group of people.
FLORENCE 0KAM0T0.
Amache, Colo,
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A 10-page pamphlet, Ohio Farming, has
been translated into Jap-'nose and is now
available at the center relocation program office. The booklet depicts the various agricultural products of the state
of  Ohio,
The written material covers the experiences of evacuee farmers; describes
farming in general throughout the state,
and lists the types of opportunites currently available.
GROVIER  HAS HO ftUYlEKS
PORTLAu'D, Ore.— Japanese truck gardener and son from Maryhill left Portland
Hast bide Farmers market with a substantial amount of produce still on truck for
tho third time.