Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 57

              April  17, 1943______________PIONEER______________Page 3
OPINION   OF  JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT  AWAITED
   SACRAMENTO, April 6--The
State Personnel board a-
waited an opinion, from -the
attorney    General's   office
before proceeding with dis-
missal actions brought a-
gainst State employees  of
Japanese ancestry.
   Charges were brought a-
gainst 94 of the Japanese
State workers last year on
the  ground that their con-
tinued employment was  in-
compatible and inimical to
the public service.
   E. Vayne Miller, secre-
tary of the board, said
most of  the  employees who
are in relocation  centers
have demanded hearings be-
fore the board.
CHERRY   TREES
ARE   AMERICANS
   In answer to Congress-
man Rankin's (Miss .) sug-
gestion  that  the  famous
Washington cherry trees
be called Korean cherry
trees, several newspapers
throughout  the country have
carried pro and con edi-
torials.
   Said the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch recently:
   "Those cherry trees have
been in  Washington ever
since President Taft's day.
We suppose they are 100
per cent Americans by now.
Furthermore, what connec-
tion do cherry trees have
with the Japanese war lords ?"
DUAL CITIZENSHIP
ATTACKED BY STATE
   SACRAMENTO, April 10--
The State Senate unanimous-
ly adopted a resolution
memorializing Congress to
pass necessary legislation
outlawing dual citizenship.
   The State went on record
as favoring cancellation
of citizenship of Japanese-
Americans  who also recognize
themselves as citizens of
Japan.   
Casey Review
Oyama Incident
   “In short--let’s not be
children.”
   Thus, Lee Casey, feature
writer of the Rocky Mt.
News, summed up the recent
controversy regarding the
Colorado Authors league and
Mary Oyama, nisei writer.
   Wrote Casey, "The con-
troversy…springs from one
issue, and one only:
   "Mary Oyama,  guest of-
honor at a recent luncheon,
is  an American citizen of
Japanese descent.
   "Because of that, there
is a split in the league ....
   “This is deeply shocking
because we look...to crea-
tive writers to help keep
us  civilized…to retain a
clear vision that transcends
racial and even national
boundaries…to express mod-
eration and cool judgment
that  are essential if ci-
vilization is to endure….
   "As for the young woman
involved,  she is American
born…is just as much an
American citizen as any one
of us…she shares the same
right of free speech….
   "But there are people,
including authors and others
high positions, who
lose  sight of
these principles.
   “Let’s not  try to in-
insult and humiliate a gifted
fellow American just be-
cause her eyes are capped
by a Mongoloid fold.   Let's
not try to show patriotism
by ignorance, cruelty, or
wanton rudeness.”
EVACUEE SHOT
BY  SENTRY
   TOPAZ, April 12--While
attempting to crawl through
the west fence of the Topaz
relocation center Sunday,
James Hatsuki Wakasa, 63-
year-old former San Francis-
can, was instantly killed
shot fired by one of
the sentries on duty.
   When Wakasa, who had been,
cautioned four times by
the military police, ignored
the warning,  one of them
fired a shot, killing him.
   Lorne Belle, acting proj-
ect director, stated, "The
Administration joins with
the community in the feeling
of genuine sadness as the
result of this tragic inci-
dent.   It is our sincere
hope  that events such as
this will never occur again.”
POSTON  STARTS
TOFU  FACTORY
   POSTON, Ariz.--After
making several test runs
of tofu manufacturing pro-
cesses at the tofu factory
in Poston, Ariz., the De-
partment of Industries in
the relocation center there
has started mass production
of the soya bean curd cakes.
   A crew of 15 men produces
tofu, soya bean curd cakes,
and a ton of moyashi  (bean
sprouts) weekly.
CHAPIN  HALL  QUESTIONS
LOYALTY  OF JAPANESE
   "The Japanese do not as-
similate loyalty," recently
wrote Chapin Hall of  the
LA Times in his column,
"What Goes On."
   "...even a second gener-
ation German, may be a good
American.   This is possibly
true of some Japanese, but
not nearly as many," he
stated.   " Their appreciation
for what this country has
done  for  them is  not  as  a-
cute….”
   Hall declared that
the Pacific coast states
are less sympathetic to the
present WRA program than
the mid-western states.
He cited, that there are
many disloyal Japanese-A-
mericans in the various re-
location camps .
   "On the whole, and at
the risk of doing an in-
justice to some, the gener-
al proposition that "you
can't trust a Jap" seems
to be a safe one to follow.
If some method is  found un-
der which...they could be
separated and made capable
of earning their own live-
lihood, so much the better,
but you can't take chances
with a Jap, even at the cost
of taking care of him…"
ILLEGAL  LIQUOR  SALE
TO   BE   INVESTIGATED
   Denver, April 10--In-
vestigation of reported
illegal sale of intoxica-
ting liquor to residents of
the Japanese relocation
center at Amache will start
immediately, declared Myron
Donald, director of State
Liquor department.
   Officials of the depart-
ment will work with the
civilian police at the cen-
ter over the week end..