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August   14,   1945
mparBiaiity
Is  Stressed
A A sessions o B t he c om-
mittee to hear oases on
segregation are attended
by two evacuees who sit as
observers to see that an-
impartial hearing is conducted .
The observers are rotated , one from a panel of
five recommended By the
community council and the
other from another panel
of five recommended by the
block ma na g e r s ' a s s embly.
They have no voice in the
decision of the body, make
no reco mme nd a t i o n s , a nd
any questions or remarks
they make are entirely off
the record .
The Biearing board consists of Assistant Project
Directors Donald E. BarBi-
son and Ad . Bay Johnson,
Chief of Internal Security
ITRI8UTE   PAID    ■
TO KEV. K. BA8A
More    than  50 persons
j diFednesday    evening    paid
j humble    touching tribute
J to  a  patient  in the  hos-
: p it a. 1    me d ic a 1 ward  whe n
! they     gathered     silently
! about his window  and  sang
] hymns     in celebration of
| his   89th birthday.
!        The  near  nonagenarian
! is    Rev.  Koaaburo  Baba—
j oldest minister of Japan- j
ese  ancestry in the United j
i States arid respected   res- j
jdent  of   Block  GE. !
Harlow B.Tomlinson, Senior
Attorney Donald T. Horn,
and E mployment 0 f f icer
"[alter  S.   Knodel.
Recent h ea rings have
been on cases where evac-
uees asked for repatriation
or expatriation and subsequently c hanged their
m i nd s   rje fore   Ju 1 y   1.
SEGREGATION!
no HinoRftncE
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oviR MMi ni$rMiuii€N
As of Thursday,a 11 block
managers are responsible
for the distribution of
mail in their respective
blocks.
BAth this change in the
delivery of mail, nine
mail-carriers .h ave  been
PERSONNEL STAFF
PICTURES ON SALE
Two pictures of the complete Granada project appointed personnel staff,
five dy seven • inches iiv
size, are now posted on
the bulletin board in the
nor t h a d m in i s t r at ion bu i Id -
ing.
Pictures were taken by-
Joe McClelland,reports officer. Gopie soft he p i c t u r e s
are An sale for 2 5 cents
each. Anyone interested
in purchasing either picture may 'place his order
at the north administration
- bui-ld ing r e c eprtion desk
with Chiyoko Batsuda.
d i scharged. ■ The s y stem
was changed to provide more
work for the block runners.
Because of the reduction
of post office workers from
13 to 5, the delivery of
mail will de made in the
afternoons, ' according to
Sam Kur iha ra , po st of f ice
foreman.
Dlock ma na ge r s wi 11 a 1s o
continue to take charge of
the parcel post of their
blocks, a ta -A which they
took over in December dur-
inc the Christmas rush.
""The segregation program
does not interfere with or
impede the regular progress
of the relocation program
in any way,"declared Thomas
A. Holland, chief of the
B*"RA employment division.
Holland continued, "We
are giving some special
attention to the movement
of people from Tule Lake
who have indicated their
desire to relocate at this
time. This special drive,
however, will Be completed
by about September 1, and
should not interfere with
the 'regular leave program
at Granada or other projects."
Holland and Harold S.
Choate,relocation supervisor of the Denver area,left
the center yesterday morning
after visiting the project
Thursday.
The purpose of their
visit was in regard to relocation. Holland will stop
off at Denver with Choate.
RAMSLAND.TURK
GO TO TULE LAKE
Two members of.the appointed personnel have been
loaned to the Tule Lake
center  on a   30-day detail,
Virginia Bams land,junior
counselor, left Aednesday
night to help with the
public  welfare   interviews.
Harvey Turk, who left
Thursday morning,Will .be a
member.of one' of the numerous hearing boards .now in
session at  Tule   Lake.
BON  ODOR
IOOO ONDOISTS EXPECTED
Climaxing several weeks
of i nt ens ive p rac t ic e , t he
center ondoists, numbering
close to a thousand, will
make their -offieial debut
at 7j30 this evening, when
they perform at the l'OF
baseball grounds in celebration of the Obon festival.
Special     Obon     services
will be conducted by the
Buddhists this afternoon,
at 1:30,in the high .school
auditorium.
Setsuo Ogawa, chairman
of activities, for today,
announces that, s ervices
and the Bon odori will also
be held tomorrow, at the
same  times  and   places.