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Page 4____________PIONEER__________May 15, 1943 INVALUABLE ELEMENT IN OUR POPULATION - GREW Joseph C. Grew, special assistant to the secretary of state, in his address last week to Union college graduates, Schenectady, New York, said about the nisei: "...The Americans of Japanese origin are an in- valuable element in our population; I welcome their presence, and regret the bitter necessity of impos- ing on a trustworthy and a loyal majority of nisei the restraints which are made needful by the bad behavior and evil repute of a minor- ity...Many of them (nisei) are peculiarly anxious to repay America for freedom by making especially ardu- ous efforts in the prose- cution of the war. I wel- come the policies of our government which are de- signed to relieve the nisei of discriminatory restrict- tions as rapidly and fair- ly as possible, and I ap- plaud the action of the Army in setting up facil- ities whereby these Ameri- cans will be able to show the world, what they are able to do." "...We in America are in a real sense the apos- tles of the future; we show the rest of mankind what men of diverse races and cultures can accomplish with a common good will... The contribution of Ameri- cans who are of Japanese descent is of real value; first, because they are liv- ing proof of our non-racial free unity; secondly, be- cause they make a valuable and wholesome contribution to the sum total of our American civilization...." TWO WORKERS ARE LAUDED BY 'CHIEFTAN' In the May 9 issue of the Pueblo Sunday Chieftan appeared a picture of two nisei, Kay Morimoto and Her- shel Abe. The caption read: “...two American- born Japanese are experts in their line as airplane mechanics and they perform a vastly important service as members of the main- tenance staff of the Pueblo Air service, under the civil aeronautics administration, at the municipal airport. " They are Kay Morimoto. . . and Herschel Abe, both of whom have A and E ratings as airplane mechanics. Before coming to Pueblo, Abe was shop foreman for Western Airmotive of Cali- fornia. " 20,000 Japanese To Relocate CHICAGO, May 8--Twenty- thousand Japanese Ameri- cans and Japanese citizens will be given indefinite leave from 10 relocation centers this year to be absorbed by areas of the United States' outside of the restricted West coast, Thomas W. Holland, chief of the WRA employment divi- sion said here. Holland is in Chicago for a two-day conference with Elmer L. Shirrell, head of the Chicago WRA office. PEGLER CHAMPIONS ICKES' 'GOOD DEED' Westbrook Pegler, noted syndicated columnist, wrote recently: "Far be it from me to attribute any act of Harold Ickes to altruistic motives, but when he took a few ap- proved Japs for work on his farm in Maryland, he per- formed a good deed by pub- licizing a way out (of re- location centers ) for some of the loyal Americans." Mac DONALD WRITER FEATURES NISEI SOLDIERS Betty Mac Donald, WRA service staff correspondent, recently wrote of the ar- rival of 2,800 Japanese - American soldiers from Ha- waii. She quoted Capt. Ainsley Mahikoa, who accompanied the soldiers from Honolulu as saying "The boys were all volunteers from cane fields, schools, defense jobs. They were selected from over 8000 men who signed up. "They weren't very good sailors--most of them were seasick--but they turned out to be excellent sol- diers. They obey commands without question; they drill without complaint; their minds seem to slip auto- matically into military pat- terns of living." Most of the volunteers, before leaving Hawaii, said they are willing to fight on any front. Some even asked for action in the Japanese theater. LARAMIE BUSINESS HOUSES CRITICIZED Claiming discrimination against Japanese, the cur- rent edition of the "Brand- ing Iron," student public- cation at the University of Wyoming, editorially criticizes Laramie business houses which it claims posted "white trade only" signs. The editorial sug- gested student boycott of the firms." RELOCATION CENTERS RECOMMEND ABOLISHMENT WASHING TON, May 7--A senate committee's invest- tigation of Japanese relo- cation camps brought recom- mendations today for prompt abolishment of all 10 re- location centers as "trou- ble breeders." The recommendations ap- proved by the Senate Mili- tary committee were sub- mitted by Senator Chandler. In substance, they call for application of the draft law to all Japanese residents, immediate in- ternment of all disloyal Japanese and placement of all loyal able-bodied Japa- nese in supervised working areas “where they will be accepted" and where mili- tary authorities "consider it safe to go." Chandler said enactment of the proposals would be expected to bring abolition of relocation centers now operating under a 70 mil- lion dollar budget of the WRA. "The camps are trouble breeders," Chandler told the Military committee in a closed three-hour session. "The good ones (Japanese) are mixed with the bad and it is making the whole si- tuation extremely diffi- cult."
Object Description
Title | Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 65 |
Date | 1943-05-15 |
Physical Collection | Japanese Americans in World War II collection |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number or date | 65 |
Page count | 13 |
Object type | Newsletter |
Donor | Shitara, George |
Description
Title | page 4 |
Item number | HMLSC_Granada_Pioneer_V01_N65_P04 |
Page number | page 4 |
Physical description | 35.5 cm x 21.5 cm |
Full Text Search | Page 4____________PIONEER__________May 15, 1943 INVALUABLE ELEMENT IN OUR POPULATION - GREW Joseph C. Grew, special assistant to the secretary of state, in his address last week to Union college graduates, Schenectady, New York, said about the nisei: "...The Americans of Japanese origin are an in- valuable element in our population; I welcome their presence, and regret the bitter necessity of impos- ing on a trustworthy and a loyal majority of nisei the restraints which are made needful by the bad behavior and evil repute of a minor- ity...Many of them (nisei) are peculiarly anxious to repay America for freedom by making especially ardu- ous efforts in the prose- cution of the war. I wel- come the policies of our government which are de- signed to relieve the nisei of discriminatory restrict- tions as rapidly and fair- ly as possible, and I ap- plaud the action of the Army in setting up facil- ities whereby these Ameri- cans will be able to show the world, what they are able to do." "...We in America are in a real sense the apos- tles of the future; we show the rest of mankind what men of diverse races and cultures can accomplish with a common good will... The contribution of Ameri- cans who are of Japanese descent is of real value; first, because they are liv- ing proof of our non-racial free unity; secondly, be- cause they make a valuable and wholesome contribution to the sum total of our American civilization...." TWO WORKERS ARE LAUDED BY 'CHIEFTAN' In the May 9 issue of the Pueblo Sunday Chieftan appeared a picture of two nisei, Kay Morimoto and Her- shel Abe. The caption read: “...two American- born Japanese are experts in their line as airplane mechanics and they perform a vastly important service as members of the main- tenance staff of the Pueblo Air service, under the civil aeronautics administration, at the municipal airport. " They are Kay Morimoto. . . and Herschel Abe, both of whom have A and E ratings as airplane mechanics. Before coming to Pueblo, Abe was shop foreman for Western Airmotive of Cali- fornia. " 20,000 Japanese To Relocate CHICAGO, May 8--Twenty- thousand Japanese Ameri- cans and Japanese citizens will be given indefinite leave from 10 relocation centers this year to be absorbed by areas of the United States' outside of the restricted West coast, Thomas W. Holland, chief of the WRA employment divi- sion said here. Holland is in Chicago for a two-day conference with Elmer L. Shirrell, head of the Chicago WRA office. PEGLER CHAMPIONS ICKES' 'GOOD DEED' Westbrook Pegler, noted syndicated columnist, wrote recently: "Far be it from me to attribute any act of Harold Ickes to altruistic motives, but when he took a few ap- proved Japs for work on his farm in Maryland, he per- formed a good deed by pub- licizing a way out (of re- location centers ) for some of the loyal Americans." Mac DONALD WRITER FEATURES NISEI SOLDIERS Betty Mac Donald, WRA service staff correspondent, recently wrote of the ar- rival of 2,800 Japanese - American soldiers from Ha- waii. She quoted Capt. Ainsley Mahikoa, who accompanied the soldiers from Honolulu as saying "The boys were all volunteers from cane fields, schools, defense jobs. They were selected from over 8000 men who signed up. "They weren't very good sailors--most of them were seasick--but they turned out to be excellent sol- diers. They obey commands without question; they drill without complaint; their minds seem to slip auto- matically into military pat- terns of living." Most of the volunteers, before leaving Hawaii, said they are willing to fight on any front. Some even asked for action in the Japanese theater. LARAMIE BUSINESS HOUSES CRITICIZED Claiming discrimination against Japanese, the cur- rent edition of the "Brand- ing Iron," student public- cation at the University of Wyoming, editorially criticizes Laramie business houses which it claims posted "white trade only" signs. The editorial sug- gested student boycott of the firms." RELOCATION CENTERS RECOMMEND ABOLISHMENT WASHING TON, May 7--A senate committee's invest- tigation of Japanese relo- cation camps brought recom- mendations today for prompt abolishment of all 10 re- location centers as "trou- ble breeders." The recommendations ap- proved by the Senate Mili- tary committee were sub- mitted by Senator Chandler. In substance, they call for application of the draft law to all Japanese residents, immediate in- ternment of all disloyal Japanese and placement of all loyal able-bodied Japa- nese in supervised working areas “where they will be accepted" and where mili- tary authorities "consider it safe to go." Chandler said enactment of the proposals would be expected to bring abolition of relocation centers now operating under a 70 mil- lion dollar budget of the WRA. "The camps are trouble breeders," Chandler told the Military committee in a closed three-hour session. "The good ones (Japanese) are mixed with the bad and it is making the whole si- tuation extremely diffi- cult." |