Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 6

              Granada PIONEER
Vol. II., No. 6__________________Amache, Colorado__________November 17, 1943
Tule Transfers
Involve 2000
   During the recent seg-
regation movement, 250
families or 1000 residents
were moved within the cen-
ter prior to the arrival
of the transferees from
Tule Lake, stated John J.
0. Moore, counselor.
   Together with the in-
coming of Tuleans, some
2000 persons were involved
in the housing movement.
When this conglomeration
was completed, the housing
section had only three
temporary rooms in excess
of the actual needs.
OWl RELEASES  MYER'S
TULE LAKE RIOT REPORT
   Office of War Informa-
tion release of WRA Di-
rector Dillon S. Muers’
statement regarding events
that occurred between Nov.
1 to 4 at Tule Lake dis-
closed:
1-Small, well-organized
group of segregees, chief-
ly from other centers, at-
tempting to gain community
control and disrupt admin-
istration.
2-Committee of 17 con-
ferring with Myer demanded
resignations of project
director and other staff
members.
   3-Director Myers’s ad-
dress to some 4000 evaci-
ees stated that: a) WRA
would consider requests,
b) would not accede to de-
mands, c)was under impress-
sion that Tule Lake resi-
dents wanted peaceful and
orderly atmosphere, a n d
d) advise after conclusion
of segregation the residents
select a committee more di-
rectly representative than
the current one.
   4--Aside from Dr. Pedi-
cord, no WRA employees or
visitors were beaten or in-
jured during the Nov. 1
incident.
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PLAN  PROPOSED  TO  ALLEVIATE
NURSES’  AIDE  SHORTAGE
   A temporary solution
to alleviate the nurses'
aide shortage at the cen-
ter hospital was found by
the joint meeting held by
the block managers and coun-
cilmen Saturday afternoon,
according to W. Ray John-
son, chief of community
management.
   The proposed plan is to
select a new applicant from
each of the 29 blocks.  In
order to meet this block
quota, the block manager,
the councilman and the per-
sonnel director in each
block will collaborate to
comply with this order.
Closes Doors
for Season
   The Koen ranch mess hall
which earned the reputation
of serving the ''best and
most food" closed its doors
Monday noon, according to
Donald Harbison, assistant
project director,yesterday
morning.
   Since May 27, of this
year, the farm mess has
vest season, the continued
operation of this "restau-
rant'is no longer necessary.
   Harbison added that reg-
ular farm workers will be
transported to and from
their respective mess halls
each working day.
LINDLEY  LEAVES
FOR HEART MT.
   James G. Lindley, pro-
ject director,and Malcolm
Pitts, field director, left
Sunday evening for Heart
Mountain relocation center
to consult with the project
director.
   Lindley and Pitts will
first complete business
matters in Denver before
going to Heart Mountain
center.
CCC LUMBER
TO    ARRIVE
   Carloads of lumber from
the dismantled CCC camp
buildings at Mancos,Colo.,
are expected to arrive
within the next 10 days,
s t a t e s Donald Harbison,
assistant project director,
yesterday.
   Dismantling of the build-
ings was finally completed
by a crew of 20 volunteers
who worked four lonesome
weeks at the old camp lo-
cated 39 miles west of Dur-
ango.
   This lumber will be used
to construct a new motor
pool garage in the center
and chicken houses and hog
bins on the project farm.
FIFTY-ONE NEWCOMERS ARRIVE
TWO HOUR BEHIND SCHEDULE
   Two hours behind sched-
ule, the 51 transferees
from the Tule Lake center
arrived here 9:30 a.m. Sun-
day, according to the hous-
ing section.
   The group consisting of
13 families numbering 41
persons and 10 bachelors,
were  inducted by 10:30 o'
clock and housed principal-
ly in the recreation halls.
   This contingent is the
part of the 370 transferees
which left Tule Lake Nov,
10.   The remaining 319 Tu-
leans were routed to Mini-
doka, Topaz,Heart Mountain,
and Arkansas relocation
centers.