Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 47

              Granada  P I O N E E R
Vol,   I,   No. 47         Amache, Colorado        March 13, 1943
RECRUITS TO
TRAVEL LIGHT    
   Army enlistees were to-
day reminded by Walter J.
Knodel, selective service
registrar for the center,
that clothing worn by them
enroute to reception cen-
ters is the maximum amount
required by the Army.
   All recruits will re-
ceive complete clothing,
including underwear and
socks, together with toilet
articles, including towels,
razor, shaving brush, tooth
brush and comb, almost im-
mediately upon arrival.
   Musical instruments, ca-
meras, and other articles
of entertainment nature
should not be taken to the
reception center, but should
be forwarded to the recruit
after he has been assigned.
   Enlistees who arrive at
reception centers with ex-
cessive amounts of personal
effects will be required
to ship them home.
   "This not only adds an
extra load to postal and
express services, but also
additional time, inconven-
ience, and expense to the
recruit and the government,
Knodel said.
NATURALIZATION BILL
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
   WASHINGTON, Mar. 13--A bill giving all Orientals
the right to become naturalized citizens of the United
States was introduced in the House of Representatives
recently by Congressman Vito Marcantonio of New York.
   Marcantonio's bill, which would amend the-National-
ity act of 1940, was referred to the Committee on Im-
migration and Naturalization,  The text of the bill:
   Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United
States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That sec-
tion 303 of the Nationality
Act of 1940, approved Oc-
tober 14, 1940 (54 Stat,
1142, 8  U.S.C. 703), be,
and hereby is, amended by
striking out the said sec-
tion and enacting a new
section replacing it to
read as  follows:  "THE
RIGHT OF A PERSON TO BECOME
A NATURALIZED CITIZEN OF
THE UNITED STATES SHALL
NOT BE DENIED OR ABRIDGED
BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR,
CREED, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.”
   Commented the Japanese
American Committee for
Democracy:
   "The passage of this
bill will establish the
equality of the Asiatic
people with all other peo-
ple, thus providing a fun-
damental basis for ending
discrimination because of
race, color, creed, or na-
tional origin.
   “It will for the first
time recognize the Asiatic
people in America as part
of the whole American peo-
ple and will lead to their
full integration into the
national life of our coun-
try and its war effort,
strengthening national uni-
ty and our all-out produc-
tion program for victory,
   "It will strike a tre-
mendous blow at the Axis
and against Axis propaganda
by discarding a false and
arbitrary differentiation
between people of different
races, and proving that
America is engaged in a
real people’s war for a
peace based on true de-
mocracy."
Trustees  Bring
Farm  Reports
   G. A. Momberg, Hugh H.
Griswold, Dave R. Ritschi,
Peter J. McLaughlin, and
Harry Lemon acting as man-
agers, trustees, and friends
for evacuees from the Liv-
ingston and Cortez areas
arrived yesterday to make
a. detailed report on the
1942 farm operations of the
3,700 acres of fruit and
vegetable left behind by
their former neighbors.
   Momberg, formerly man-
ager of the Calif. Lands
Inc., is the supervisor
of the properties left by
the evacuee farm coopera-
tives.
   The group is conferring
daily with the evacuees
about future plans.  They
will leave Tuesday.
CONSUMER ENTERPRISES
TO SELL  SCRIP  BOOKS
   So that patronage sales
may be computed more easi-
ly, scrip books will soon
be sold by the Amache Con-
sumer Enterprises, inc.,
said E. H. Runcorn, asso-
ciate superintendent.
   The scrip book in de-
nominations of $2,50, $5,
and $10 will be sold regu-
larly at the Consumer En-
terprise office, clothing
and variety stores, canteen,
shoe shop, and optometry
office.
   Colorado's 2 per cent
sales tax will be paid by
the scrip book purchaser
at the time of purchase.
   The new system will eli-
minate the use of cash re-
gister slips as a means of
recording patronage sales.
Patronage will be credited
to the purchaser immediately
following the sale of the
scrip book.  Said Runcorn:
   "A room full of cash re-
gister slips to be counted
each quarter is unthinkable;
hence scrip books must be
used to secure records as
a basis for patronage sa-
vings,
   "Consumers who make cash
purchases will not have
patronage records; so the
‘profit' of cash purchases
will be subject to heavy
corporation income taxes
and cannot be returned to
the consumer."