Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 92

              Page  2_______________PIONEER_____________August   18,   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. 
Relocation-- Our Duty
   Anonymously written, the following timely editorial
was printed in a recent issue, of the Resettlement Bul-
letin:
   That relocating...has been personally    pleasant
is little to me beside my belief that relocation, wheth-
er pleasant or unpleasant, is imperative for the older
Americans of Japanese ancestry.
   This can be our great dedication--not only for our
own younger brothers and sisters but for all 'teen age
second generation everywhere:
   To give democracy a fair trial and to keep alive
our faith and theirs that most human beings in person-
to-person contacts are understanding, intelligent, and
kind.
   We grew up in this faith, secure in the comforts
of home and the lifelong affection of our neighbors,
and, because of it, nothing that happens can disrupt
us utterly.   This is the birthright also of the young-
er second generation.  Upon us is the  responsibility
of preserving it for them.
   Relocation is a job we must do, a rewarding one if
we do it well.
   To  have saved the faith of a whole generation in
the essential integrity of democracy is not a little
thing.
Letter  TO  THE   EDITOR
TO THE EDITOR:    
   Here are excerpts from
a letter I received from a
former Amache-ite now work-
ing in Washington, DC as a
stenographer, which might
give your readers some
idea  of conditions  and
living costs in the Capitol.
    "...Then comes the apart-
ment hunting--and I  mean
hunting, too. There are
girls and married couples
here who have looked for
two months for an apart-
ment and haven't found one
yet.   We seem to find rooms
easily enough but the
apartments are almost im-
possible.   Most girls here
now are paying $17.50 each
for a room with twin beds
or douple bed, which makes
the room $35 a month for
the  two  girls.  Then all
three meals are at restau-
rants which, thanks to one
cafeteria, will amount to
$1 a day...that is, 25¢ to
35¢ for breakfast; 35¢ to
50¢ each for lunch and
dinner; and of course the
meals run above $1 many
times too.
   "My girl friend and I
feel that we are very for-
tunate in having our place
now.   We pay  $20 each for
our room with twin beds
and have full use of the
kitchen, laundry,.etc., so
it really is like having
an apartment.   We cook all
our meals and take our
lunches so our food bill
is very inexpensive, to-
taling not more than $4
per week.   Yes, the gro-
ceries are high, with let-
tuce costing from 15¢ to
20¢ per head, cucumbers
10¢ each, yet we both to-
gether never spend more
then $8 per week.    No, we
don't try to scrimp and
save at all.    We always
eat what we want and watch
our points (ration) and
there really is a difference.
Well, that's how it is..."
        --SATO  HASHII
HENRY   GOLDAMMER
RETURNS  TO    WORK
   Henry H. Goldammer, jun -
ior property and supply
officer, has returned to
his job in the center, fol-
lowing his recovery from
a recent appendicitis op-
eration.
	TOWN  HALL
	      TALK
   "Informal advice issued
by  the Bureau of Internal
Revenue  indicated that in
ordinary cases, an evacuee
whose  wife remains at the
center but who does not  in-
tend  the separation to be
permanent will be entitled
to  the  exemption of  a
married  person, according
to an instruction received
recently from Leland Barrows,
WRA director.
    Whether a relocated
evacuee's children, who
remain at the center are
dependents for the purpose
of the withholding tax,
depends on whether the
evacuee is the chief
support.    Says Barrow, it
has been indicated by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue
that only if he actually
contributes  more  than 50
per cent of the total cost
of such support will he be
considered the chief sup-
port.   Because the govern-
ment furnishes hous ing,
food ,and  medical attention,
the children in most cases
will not be dependents.
However, each case must be
determined separately tak ing
all circumstance into ac-
count.
   When the  relocated  evac-
uee contributes less than
50 per cent of the total
cost of support for all
his children, but more
than 50 per cent of support
for one of his children,
it is permissible for the
evacuee to treat his con-
tribution as having been
made for the support of a
particular child and claim
this child, as a dependent
without claiming the others
as dependents.
   To enable an  emp1oyer
to determine the amount of
exemption to which an em-
ployee is entitle, it is
necessary to fill treasury
form W-4 concerning one's
martial states and number
of dependents.    The in -
struction above from Wash-
ington Is to guide evacuees
ir filling out these forms,
        VITAL
===STATISTICS===
BIRTH:
  To Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Kishi, 10H-10E, a girl,
August 13.