Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 63

              Page 4___________PIONEER___________May 8, 1943
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SKETCHES
  To the average person,
the idea of having the re-
sponsibility of managing a
half-million-dollar-a-year
business for the welfare
of six or seven thousand
people would seem monstrous .
But that is the burden
placed on the shoulders of
Kenichi Shintani, 9L-3C,
last month when the Consu-
mer Enterprises board of
directors elected him gen-
eral manager of the co-op
stores.
   The management of a
large-scale business is a
difficult task, but not so
for Shintani, who was pres-
ident and general-manager
of the Oka Produce company,
besides being part-owner
of the Garden Basket Markets
--a chain of 15 stores.
These two LA firms had a
financial turnover of three-
quarter million dollars
yearly.  They employed ap-
proximately 185 workers
and had business dealings
with  all nationalities.
   The foregoing facts may
give some conception of
Shintani’s managerial ex-
perience and ability In
big business.   Like the
majority of issei, he worked
his way up the ladder in
the world of commerce.   He
arrived in Seattle at the
age of 15, then, immediate-
ly went to Hollywood, where
he acquired his primary and
secondary education.   He
also attended the California
Institute of Technology  in
Pasadena  for  two years.
   He later became a fisher-
man off the shores of Ter-
minal Island.    It was there
that he met the partner
with whom he started the
produce  business.
   The father of two child-
ren,  Shintani is a conver-
sational person.   He is 41
years old, 5 feet 2½ inches
in stature, and weighs 120
pounds.    In his leisure
time, he loves to play golf,
goh, and mahjong.
   His friend, Henry H.
Tsuno, states, "The  board
of directors couldn't have
selected a better man.   Ken
is an issei, but he is so
Americanized he has the
ability to meet and under-
stand both issei and nisei."
--Suyeo  Sako
(Cartoon)
DAY AFTER DAY             by DON SHIGAKI
(Caption)
“THERE  GOES  THAT  DENVER  POST
REPORTER  AGAIN  LOOKING  FOR
ANOTHER  STORY”
MAY  CHANCE REQUEST	
FOR   REPATRIATION
   Residents of Amache who
have asked to be repatri-
ated, or who have indicated
acceptance or declination
of repatriation as a result
of lists of names submitted
by the Japanese government,
may now change their re-
quests if they wish by fil-
ing the proper form with
Project Director James G.
Lindley.    Copies may be ob-
tained, at the leave office
of Willis Hanson.
   The WRA cannot guarantee
the exchange of evacuees
applying for repatriation.
It can only place the ap-
plications in the hands of
the State department for
consideration in the ex-
change negotiation, accord-
ing to a recent press release.
   Said Project Director
Lindley, "While each evac-
uee is free to decide for
himself whether he wants
to apply for exchange to
Japan, the decision, should
not be arrived at hastily
or lightly.    The  indivi-
dual's choice in this mat-
ter may have far-reaching
consequences.   It  should
be only after careful
thought."
CIVIL AERONAUTICS'
POLICY   REVISED
   The War department re-
cently revised its original
policy and will now permit
the Civil Aeronautics ad-
ministration to issue iden-
tification cards to citizens
of Japanese ancestry under
certain conditions, accord-
ing to E. M. Rowalt, acting
WRA director.
   Evacuees previously de-
nied airmen identification
cards or now interested
in applying for them may
make applications with the
CAA.   However, the appli-
cant must be an American
citizen, and must never have
been in Japan, although in
exceptional cases the lat-
ter  point may be  waived.
   For further information,
interested  evacuees   should
contact  Walter  J.   Knodel,
placement  officer,   at    the
employment  office.