Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 55

              April  10,   1943______________PIONEER____________Page 3
MARY OYAMA SPURNED
BY AUTHORS LEAGUE
   DENVER, ApriL 6--The Den-
ver Authors league was
brought face to face with
a crackup when many mem-
bers cancelled reserve-
tions to a luncheon in
honor of Mary Oyama, nisei
writer, arranged at the
suggestion of Frank Clay
Cross, connected with the
national relocation com-
mission.
   Miss Oyama was pre-
sented to the league by
Cross as a star attraction,
"who is as American as any
of the rest of us."
   Objected Mrs. Bessie W.
Ruble, one of the founders
of the  league:
    "...We have three sons
in the service (all on ac-
tive duty)...so not yet,
after all our sleepless
nights and heartaches and
tears, can I do homage to
a Japanese, even though she
may be  American-born...."
   William E. Barrett, pres-
ident of the league, stated
that "the fact that a woman
of the Japanese race was
to speak should not commit
the   league  to    any    course
but that of the open mind."
   Stormed Cross:
   "We must hold no hatred
against persons because
they happen to be born in
another land, or are rep-
resentatives of another
race  from our  own,
   "The honor guest...is
American and I understand
her relatives are fighting
for America.   This is an
opportunity to prove the
breadth of our spirit and
the sincerity of our claim
that justice shall be for
all."
WARREN   PROPOSES
ACQUISTION
   SACRAMENTO, April 2 - -
Governor Warren will ask
the legislature to authorize
immediate State acquisition
of thousands of pieces of
Japanese-owned farm ma-
chinery.
   The proposal now being
prepared by Attorney Gen-
eral Kenny "will be sub-
mitted as an emergency
measure in order that the
machinery  can reach farms
during the present crop
season."
HONOR    STUDENTS
LEARN     JAPANESE
   BOULDER, April 3-Stu-
dents at the Navy's Japa-
nese language school came
from 46 states, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, China,
and  even Pago Pago.
   Personnel records show
that more than 50 per cent
are members of Phi Beta
Kappa.    All are either col-
lege graduates or lack
only a slight amount of
credit,  many have master' s
degrees, and some  have
Ph:D's.
CHRONICLE  EDITORIAL
ANSWERS  CHANDLER
   An editorial stating
the recent proposal made
by Senator Chandler to re-
lease Japanese -Americans
from relocation centers
should be left to the FBI
and the 4th Army command
appeared  in   a  recent   issue
of the   SF Chronicle.
   The editorial further
stated that, "Since this
internment of American-born
citizens is wholly extra-
constitutional and justified
only by military neeessity,
nothing could be more in-
congruous or illogical
than to try to end it by
a  legal measure.
   "Release of these peo-
ple,"  the editorial said,
"is going on now as the
FBI separates the loyal
from the disloyal.   This
release may not be rapid
enough to suit our Kentucky
counselor,  but he should
remember that under the
circumstances the separa -
tion is not easy.   The
matter had better be left
in the hands now engaged
with  it."
JOBS OPEN
IN NEW YORK
   NEW YORK, April 2--Two
employment services report
that there are more jobs
available to Japanese-Amer-
icans in the New York met-
ropolitan area than there
are applicants to fill
them.
   S.J. Sakairi, proprietor
of the Japanese-American
Employment agency, declared
approximately 85 per cent
the families here that
discharged Japanese serv-
ants after Pearl Harbor
are once more seeking Jap-
anese employees.
JAPANESE  EVACUEE
BEGINS   SENTENCE
   FLORENCE, Ariz., April
4--Joe Tsugawa, 46, Japa-
nese evacuee began serving
a term of 15 to 25 years
in the Arizona State prison
for the second-degree mur-
der of Jinkichi Nitao, 49,
his neighbor at the Gila
river relocation center.
   Tsugawa pleaded guilty
to the charge and said that
he had beat Nitao to death
with a hammer after having
warned him repeatedly to
stay away from his wife.
MILITARY   SERVICE   FOR
LOYAL  JAPANESE   LIKELY
   WASHINGTON, DC, April 2
--Compulsory military serv-
ice for loyal Japanese-
Americans in relocation
centers, with the Army de-
ciding which individuals
are trustworthy, appeared
probable.
   The idea of requiring
all of the evacuees of mil-
itary age to report for
induction seemed likely to
be adopted by the War de-
partment, following a con-
ference between Secretary
of War McCloy and Senator
Chandler of Kentucky, chair-
man of a senate military
affairs committee group
investigating the handling
of evacuees.
   The Senator thinks that
the WRA and the Japanese
settlements can be abolished
"in time but not right
away."
   He urged that all the
Japanese who will volunteer
or who can be drafted be
put in the Army;  that the
disloyal be imprisoned in
concentration camps;  and
that the loyal who are able
to work be certified by the
FBI and allowed to take
jobs.