Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 46

              Page 2     PIONEER    March 10, 1943
G R A N A D A     P I ON E E R
    Published Wednesdays and Saturdays by the WRA and 
distributed free to each apartment.    Editorial of- 
fice:    PIONEER building,  Amache, Colorado.
Telephone:  63.                           Tsugiime Akaki, acting ed.
Another Step
   When the exclusion line in Arizona was moved to the
south, putting Poston and Gila in an unrestricted zone
and giving 215 persons evacuated from this area a right
to return home immediately, Dillon S. Myer, WRA direc-
tor, said, "It is still another step toward re-estab-
lishing normal life to persons of Japanese ancestry e-
vacuated from the West coast."
   It may be still another step, but it is an important
step.    With race-baiting groups advocating legislations
to prevent the return of the people of Japanese blood
to the evacuated areas, the order by the War depart-
ment opening the once evacuated area, however slight,
to these people again, puts hope in the hearts of many
that normal life may be re-established soon.   The rea-
lization of sincerity of the War department's efforts
to hurry the return to normalcy becomes more acute with
this tangible evidence of their effort.
Letter  TO   THE   EDITOR
TO THE EDITOR:
   We wish to thank you
very kindly for the valu-
able contributions you and
your staff have made in ma-
king the recent charter
membership campaign of the
Amache Co-op a grand suc-
cess.   We feel that much of
the success was due to the
splendid manner in which
you and your staff handled
the publicity of the cam-
paign, and also in bringing
to the attention of the
residents of this center,
the important factors con-
cerning the co-operative
movement.
   We have recently re-
ceived, word from the Edu-
cational division of the
North Kansas City Consumers
Co-operative Association
that the results of our
campaign  have by far ex-
ceeded  all  campaigns of
Co-ops in the Middle West.
  This is an achievement
that all residents of this
center can well be proud
of, as it denotes a high
sense of community spirit.
   As you are no doubt a-
ware, the educational pro-
gram of the Co-op is to be
continuous, and in this
connection, we trust that
we maybe favored with your
further active co-operation
in the aim to reach the ul-
timate goal of our Co-op:
to gain the membership of
every resident in this com-
munity and to make a good
co-operator out of each
member.
  CONSUMER ENTERPRISES, INC.
  Organizing Committee
ENLISTEES    HONORED
AT   BUFFET    SUPPER 
   Dorothy and Fumi Saito
and Mrs. Tomi Aratani were
hostesses at a buffet sup-
per Sunday at 6E-11F in hon-
or of their brothers, Jim
and Min, and friends, John-
ny Akimoto, Joe Jiobu, Jim-
my Kitabayashi, and Junior
Sagara,  Army volunteers,
   Other guests were Yoshi
Hawthorne , Toshio Mori,
and  Jack  Sunada.
YASUTAKE   FAMILY
EXTENDS    THANKS
TO OUR FRIENDS:
   We wish to take this
opportunity to thank you
for your sympathies and
services during the re-
cent bereavement of our
beloved  son and brother,
Terutaka.   These kind-
nesses helped tremendous-
ly and will always be
remembered.
Kanetaro,
Yae,
Hoshiaki ,
Hidemaru,
Utako,
Reiko,
Tomiko Yasutake
	TOWN HALL
	        TALK	
    The question of compen-
sation for the executive
committee of the council
has come up.   It  is a full
time  job with a great deal
of responsibility.
   The WRA, however, cannot
pay their salaries because
it is an elective office.
   By the charter the in-
come from license fees from
all sources is limited to
$1,000 for a calendar year.
And as there is no other
source of income, it is
impossible to pay the five
executive committeemen $19
a month.
   At the present time the
problem is not acute as
three of the five men are
retaining their positions
in other departments, and
are being paid by the de-
partments.,
   If both the department
heads and the residents
are satisfied, there would
seem to be no problem.   But
this is not a healthy con-
dition.    The Amache com-
munity government is using
live workers whom they can-
not pay because of a re-
striction in the charter.
   To consider amending  the
charter accepted by the
people just six weeks ago
may seem previous, but un-
less the council is pre-
sented with other sources
of income besides the li-
cense fees, the $1,000 limit
will have to be removed.
*  *  *  *
   Police Chief Harlow Tom-
linson is of the opinion
that an erection of a jail
is not necessary, and many
of  the councilmen are of
the same opinion.
   In other centers dis-
turbances which otherwise
might not have existed have
centered around the jails.
If jailing is necessary,
the chief favors taking
the offenders to Lamar.
   Labor on some special
project has been suggested
as a method of punishment
for lawbreakers rather than
a fine or confinement, but
nothing definite has been
worked out as yet.
* * * *
   Block 8E will need a
special election for a
representative to replace
George Dote, who recently
went to Denver.--Khan Komai