Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 48

              Page 2         PIONEER       March 17, 1943
G R A N A D A    P I O N E E R
    Published Wednesdays and Saturdays by the WRA and
distributed free to each apartment.    Editorial of-
fice:    PI0NEER building,  Amache, Colorado.
Telephone: 63.                         Taxie Kusunoki, acting ed.
Let's   Look Ahead
   An editorial questioning the constitutionality of
the evacuation of American, citizens of Japanese an-
cestry appeared in the Chicago Tribune recently.
   Said the Tribune:
   "Two-thirds of the interned Japanese are American
citizens.   That, also, is something new under our con-
stitutional system.   On that theory can an American
citizen be locked up, with or without trial, because
of his race?  it is a matter of concern to all American
citizens if any American citizen can be put in a con-
centration camp."
   Can a newspaper the size of the Chicago Tribune fail
to realize that these are not concentration camps--or
is the newspaper guilty of trying to discredit the Ad-
ministration?    Surely by now the program of the WRA in
aiding evacuees to re-establish  themselves  within the
general American public is familiar to everyone, include-
ing the big newspapers.   The editor could have mentioned
the many ways in which the evacuees are gradually be-
ing returned to normal society.
   Mistakes, may have been made during the course of e-
mergency evacuation, but that is a past incident.   Only
the future is important now--a future fit for the peo-
ple fighting for it.    Above all things we must have co-
operation throughout our nation in order to realize the
ideals set forth for our people by the present Adminis-
tration.   If those ideals are worth fighting and dying
for, then they're worth all the cooperation we can give,
and it's through the Government that we give it.
--T. S.
Nisei    Soldiers
   Nisei is a word which up to now is known to few
America s east of the Pacific West, but which we have
a notion will be well and favorably known to all of us
before the war is over.    A nisei is an American-born
citizen whose parents were  Japanese.
    There are a large number of nisei, in the Far West.
Most of them are as loyal to the United States as any
other group of Americans.   Until recently, however,
they were not eligible for service in our armed forces
in this war with Japan and  its Axis   partners.
   About a month ago, Secretary of War Stimson announced
that nisei from then on would be accepted for training
in special units, including infantry, artillery, en-
gineer and medical personnel, and would see  actual
fighting service in due course.   Under present arrange-
ments, nisei can get into these services through draft
boards   in their   communities.
   It seems beyond dispute to us that this is the right
way to handle the matter.   We feel confident, too,
that these men will become tough and valiant fighters
for the country of their parents' adoption.    Judging
from our boys' experiences with the Jap soldiers on
New' Guinea and Guadalcanal, we can well afford to turn
some Japanese-descended fighting talent against the
original  Japs.
   We got the old familiar "That's the stuff!"   kick
out of this piece of news--a renewal of the conviction
that American democracy can do such things and get
away with them gloriously,  because of its power to
attract and held the loyalty of all manner of people.
In opening the Army to the nisei, we think the War De-
partment did its best single day’s work in months.
--Collier 's
TOWN  HALL
     TALK
   At a special meeting last 
Friday the block managers
decided that since the  a-
mount of business necessi-
tated a special meeting al-
most every week, they will
hold two regular meetings
a week on Tuesdays and Fri-
days .
*  *  *  *
   The block managers have
been compiling a list of
duties they have been per-
forming, duties they should
continue to perform, and
duties not performed now
but that can be added to
their work.
   This list when completed
is to be used as a handbook
to aid all block managers
in. their work.
*   *   *  *
   It was called to the
attention of the council
that the steam boxes placed
in each kitchen to sterilize,
the dishes are not in use
in many  of the  blocks.
   These steam boxes were
placed there by the WRA for
the   people's   good.
   The sanitary corps, whose
inspectors make the round
of all the mess halls, has
recommended that they be
put into use, but with lit-
tle   result.
   The dishes and silver
can easily be carriers of
communicable   diseases.
   At Santa Anita some ser-
ious cases of trench mouth
resulted from dishes that
were not thoroughly  cleaned.
   It is hoped conditions
here can be remedied before
any serious consequence
develops.
*  *   *    *
   The loss of Masao Satow
as council chairman will
be sorely felt by both the
council and the community
at large.
   Satow, who tendered his
resignation because the
language class in which he
has enrolled takes all his
time, served as the chair-
man of the temporary assem-
bly before being elected
chairman of the council.
   His many contacts as
a. Y secretary made him an
ideal man to front for the
council.
   Katsuki Iki, represent-
ative from12G, was elected
council chairman to suc-
ceed Satow.  --Khan Komai