Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 3

              Page 2__________________________PIONEER _________________________November 6, 1943
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   Published Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  by the WRA and 
distributed   free  to     each    apartment.     Editorial   of- 
fice:     PIONEER building,  Amache,   Colorado.
Telephone:   63                                 Editor:   Sueo  Sako
RACIAL  TIDES
   California and her highly-prejudiced racial atti-
tudes are difficult to chart during these hectic days--
it always has been so-- but now the various organiza-
tions responsible for molding the public opinion are
singing another tune. And the new choir leader is
"wartime crisis."
   With the critical labor shortage, California, in
desperation has imported thousands of Southern Negroes
to keep the wheels of industries revolving. This in-
flux of colored people during peacetime would ordinary-
ly result in racial clashes but thus far it has been
surprisingly orderly. Now over 30,000Mexican laborers
have poured across the border to aid the harvesting of
the California food crops, and the California farmers
are greeting them with open arms. The same open arms
that greeted the Orientals not many years ago.
   Then there are the countless Filipinos who prior to
the present struggle were shoved around and discriminated
against-today, the   heroic   deeds   of  their  brothers   in
the foxholes of Bataan have insured them food jobs and
high  respect.     For duration?
   But what about the evacuated Japanese-American people ?
Not so much now but who’ll assure their post-war eye
of equality? The  answering  cry is still, "We don't
want the Japanese to return after the war--not even
the loyal ones." This certainly doesn't sound like a
"bed of roses" to a minority that has been taught the
greatness   of Democracy and  treated otherwise.
   Perhaps the coastal criers of "Yellow peril" should
give a little thought to Rodney L. Brink's editorial
in the   recent issue   of the  Christian  Science  Monitor.
   Wrote Brink, "Perhaps when the Japanese islands
across.the Pacific are invaded and subdued and the
military aggressive Empire is thoroughly chastened,
these   raucous   cries will die awav.
   Until they do, until it is possible to replace
American-born Japanese in their home communities, our
national phrase "all men are created free and equal"
is not likely to ring true to the peoples of the brown
and yellow races across the Pacific. Not even though
the Philippines are given independence; not even though
the  Chinese   exclusion ban  is   lifted." -SS
======RELOCATION======
   Kiyoshi  Nishimi, Des
Moines, Iowa, Nov. 8.
   Jimmy Toru Iwamura ,Chi-
cago, Ill., Nov. 4.
   Frances Iwamura, Chi-
cago, Ill., Nov. 4.
   Ka y Kenhichi Muramoto,
Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 8.
   Hiroshi Fujimoto, Detroit,
Mich., Nov. 11.
   Mary Hosokawa,  Cleve-
land, Ohio, Nov. 8.
   Ichiji  Kuniyoshi, Salt
Lake City, Utah, Nov. 6.
   Joe S. Sugawara,Cincin-
nati, Ohio, Nov. 10.
   Momo Hayase,  Chicago ,
Ill., Nov. 15.
   Thomas Tadashi Shigaki,
Chicago, Ill., Nov. 9.
  Terue Yamanaka,   New
York,   N.Y.,   Nov. 15.
  Kimiko Yuzawa, New York.
N.Y., Nov. 15.
   Teruko Hashimoto, Provo,
Utah,   Nov. 5.
   Kentaro Masada,Chicago,
Ill., Nov. 17.
   Hiroshi Hara, Chicago,
Ill.,  Nov. 10.
   Tadayuki Kameo,Chicago,
Ill.,   Nov.   9.
US  ARMY  REJECTS
McCLELLAND
   Reports Officer Joseph
NcClelland was rejected by
the US Army Wednesday and
returned to the project to
resume his duties Thursday.
   
Incidentally
	By Sueo Sako
   If the selective service
boards decide to draft the
members of the appointed
here, they would deprive
this center of nearly 30
capable men. Heading the
list as prospective Hershey
boys is "everybody's friend"
Halliday himself.  Other
notables are Walter J.Kno-
del, John J. 0. Moore, Dr.
Enoch Dumas, Herbert T.
Walther, David R.Katz, and
Lewis   Dakan.
   Refrains of "You're  1A
In The Army and A1 In My
Heart ,"are already float-
ing into the ears of Lewis
Dakan, David Katz, and
several others.
…………………………………….
   On Operator Sam Morishi-
ta's insistence that "Holi-
day Inn" is a "must see,"
Cinema Critic Jim Ostuka and
I meandered to 10E mess hall
Wednesday evening. Here,
we heard Harvey Turk stress-
ing the fact that moviegoers
must refrain from blocking
the aisles and from sitting
on the tables.
   If past experience is any
criterion, the cinema fans
must heed Turk's warning,
otherwise, steps may be
taken that would mean the
discontinuation of shows.
P.S.--The show was a dandy.
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   Army has taken charge of
Tule Lake center after 20
persons were injured.
……………………………………………….
   After all evacuees in
Gila river center have moved
out, the project may be used
as a convalescent home for
war casualties.
………………………………………………
   Volunteers from various
relocation centers who have
left for Tule Lake to" har-
vest the food crops on that
project farm are to be paid
prevailing wages depending
on the type of work done.
   Travel and meal expenses
to and from will be borne
by the WRA.
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"Jeeter Lester”, the pet
pooch I featured in the
Thumbnail Sketches a few
months ago, ran away from
its owner, Read Hanson.
Perhaps, the dog is trying
to return to his former home,
Amache.