Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 59

              Page  2____________PIONEER____________April  24,   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:     PIONEER building,  Amache,   Colorado.
Telephone:     63. 			   Editor:     Khan Komai.
To  Be   Pitied
   Recently Lieut. Gen. John L. DeWitt publicly took a
stand against the return of the evacuees to the West,
coast, declaring "a Jap's a Jap" whether he is a citizen
or not.
   The first reaction to these  words  was one  of anger
that a man in his position would  make such a state-
ment.     But, on second thought,   he is a man to be  pitied.
   He opened his mouth in direct opposition to the War
department policy of rectifying the wrong inflicted
upon the nisei by opening the armed service to them.
And less than a week after his public statement, he
was made to look a fool by signing a proclamation, in
accordance with the War department policy, allowing
freedom of movement in the Western Defense command to
nisei soldiers on furlough.
    His actions and statements are of a man desperately
trying to justify a mistake he made--and which the
nation is beginning to recognize as a mistake--that of
mass evacuation.
   He had allowed economic pressure groups looking
after their own interests to influence his decision
for evacuation, and now, instead of admitting his error,
his frantic attempts to cover up are making him ri-
diculous .
    Pity him and  don't waste  your anger.
===JOB  OPPORTUNITIES===
   Chemical engineers as
lab assistants, salary open,
Cleveland.
   Junior chemists as lab
assistants, $125 to $160
per month,   Cleveland.
   InternEes, $135 per month
plus maintenance, Joliet,
Ill.
   Dental technicians to
learn dental casting, sala-
ry according to ability,
Chicago.
   Upholsterer, 75 cents to
$1 per hour,   Cleveland.
   Photo developer, enlar-
ger, printer, finisher,
$25 to $40 per week, Chica-
go.
   Graduate nurses, $100
per month plus meals, Chi-
cago.
   Receiving clerk, $70 per
month,  Rockford,   Ill.
   Stenographer,     $2 7     to
$30    per    week,   Pocatello,
Ida.
   Stock girls, $60 per
month,   Rockford.
   Stock man, $27.50 per
week, plumbing supply com-
pany,   Chicago.
   Handy man to care for
garden and yard, $75 plus
room and board, St, Charles ,
Ill.
   Chauffeur with two years '
experience     to    drive     and
act    as  gardener,   $65  plus
room and  board,   Chicago.
   Cook and assistant cook,
$145   to $175,   Chicago.
   Fry cook, $90 to $100
per month plus board, Den-
ver.
   Ten power sewing machine
operators, 40 cents minimum,
up to 80 cents per hour
plus commissions, Rockford.
   Five flat-work ironers,
two sorters, two pressers,
$18 to $22.50 per week,
Chicago.
   Repairman with power
motor experience, and math
knowledge,  90 cents per
hour,   Indiana.
   Four young men for fac-
tory work, 45 cents per
hour to  start,   Chicago.
   Twelve maintenance men,
culinary workers, cooks,
cold meat men, etc., $4
per day, golf course at
Colorado  Springs.
   Thirty mechanics, union
wages,   Chicago.
   Two millwrights, one
maintenance man, one car-
penter, two foundry labor-
ers,   Cleveland.
   Four greenhouse workers ,
$30 to $38 per week,   Chicago.
   In addition, there are
several jobs for domestics
--single  and couples.
        Town   hall
	   Talk
   After making an exten-
sive study of job conditions
in the Chicago area, Joe
Hikida, former SF Japanese
association secretary, and
Mitsushi Onishi, LA mer-
chant, addressed the block
managers at a special
meeting held recently.
   "Although all lines of
trade are gradually open-
ing up for qualified nisei,
at present about 80 per
cent of the calls are for
domestics in well-to-do
families paying...from $100
to $200 for couples," Hiki-
da   said.
   While in Chicago, Hiki-
da visited a nursery which
employs some 25 nisei from
the bay area, and a mail-
order  concern which has
hired about 20 nisei work-
ers.
   He revealed, too, that
those interested in the
nursery business will have
little difficulty in get-
ting 75 cents an hour or
more.   He also contacted a
bottle factory that can use
up to 60 workers.   Those
with technical experience,
especially mechanics, may
earn about $200 a month or
work on a percentage basis
that averages more than
$70 a week, according to
Hikida.
   Onishi discouraged eva-
cuees from investing too
much capital in unknown
territory.    Unpredictab1e
weather has bankrupted many
a pioneer farmer in the
state,   he  pointed out.
   The case of a Wisconsin
tomato farmer was given as
illustration.   Several eva-
cuees pooled their resour-
ces, rented, improved, and
planted tomato beds.   How-
ever, after all prepara-
tions had been made, pres-
sure from the surrounding
communities forced them to
leave that territory.   They
are at present looking for
jobs   to keep  them  going.
    This was one time when
the evacuees failed to
ascertain whether or not
the community sentiment
was favorable toward  Japa-
nese settlement.   The WRA
has been devoting much time
to this angle, and evacuees
should take advantage of
their   judgment.
    --Oski   S.   Taniwaki