Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 14

              December 15, 1943______________PIONEER______________Page 5
   NISEI
POTPOURRI
    By  Roy  Yoshida   
DOUGHBOY JOE  NISEI
   JOE NISEI, American
doughboy 1943, is pretty
much in the thick of battle
in the four corners of the
globe. Heroism and glory
isn't all in the 100th In-
fantry battalion. From the
cold tundra of the Aleutians,
the Attu landing, to the
hot jungle-wilds of the
South Pacific, the New
Guinea's tropical thicket
where "everything just
molds," he is in there
fighting for Uncle Sam.
   He knows what it means
to spend hours in a stink-
ing fox hole, to be strafed
by enemy planes,to go thru
a campaign for weeks at a
time without taking off
shoes or clothing. Comfort
reaches an irreducible min-
imum and life is rugged.
   He  knows what it means
to  sleep under a mosquito
netting, to eat your food
with the tropical flies
fighting for every spoon-
ful.  To go thru baptism
of fire and to be alert for
air raid signals that make
you scoot for the nearest
fox hole. You either get
shot in the under shelter
or crowd into a rain-filled
trenches with water up to
your neck.
    True, Joe Nisei gets
occasionally Distinguished
Service crosses and Silver
Stars but that does not
tell the whole story, that
does not truly represent
the real thought of what
goes on in his mind. Joe
Nisei is in there pitching
for something bigger than
that, you can be sure of
that.  He is fighting two
battles at once. He is
fighting a tough battle on
the war front and indirect-
ly fighting on the home
front with their gallantry.
He hopes to safeguard nisei
future in the United States,
to that end he is dedicating
his life.   To that end he
will  not  fail  us.
   He wants to bring closer
the day that will mean peace
for this troubled world and
infinitely a better and
fairer treatment of the
nisei when it is "all over
but the shouting.”
His     fine work does  not
go unnoticed, he comes in
for his share of vocal "pat
on the back" from various
generals, who are quite
familiar with nisei perser-
verence and loyalty.
   That's Joe Nisei,Ameri-
can doughboy 1943.
“GRAVEST  DOUBT”AVERS
BIDDLE  ON EVACUATION
   WASHINGTON,---Attorney General  Francis Biddle told a
Dies subcommittee investigating WRA activities that he
Had the “gravest doubt” concerning the constitution-
Ality of action removing American citizens from their
homes because of their race.
   At  a  continuation  of
hearings into disturbances
last  month  at Tule Lake,
Biddle  asserted  "the WRA
has no legal technical right
of  interning any American
citizen. . . .They (the centers)
were set up to afford those
people  a piece they could
go  before they found some
place to live."
   "I know of no authority
in any executive order,"
the attorney general stated,
"to hold a citizen in a 
center.”
   Biddle warned a Dies
subcommittee that permanent
transfer of the Japanese
to the Army would result
in  retaliation by Japan.
   He suggested that one
way to end present difficul-
ties  with American citizens
of Japanese ancestry who
have declared loyalty to
Japan would be to deprive
them of their United States
citizenship which he believed
could be constitutionally
accomplished.
ELEMENTARY
S C H O O L    N O T E S
   A Christmas program will
be presented by the Second
and third grade pupils,un-
der the supervision of Al-
ice Nishigori,Friday after-
noon at Terry hall, in the
first in a series of holiday
entertainments  planned by
the elementary school, ac-
cording to Dr. Enoch Dumas,
principal.
   The fifth and sixth grad-
ers are scheduled to per-
form on Wednesday with Ila
Mae Barth in charge.
   The series will conclude
next Thursday afternoon
with the presentation of a
play by the third and fourth
graders under the direction
of Vera Thompson at Terry
hall.
   Parents and friends are
invited to attend the events.
	-E-
   A Christmas tree orna-
ments each elementary class
room purchased with the
profits from the recent
successful operetta.
	-E-
   Handmade shovels were
received by the kindergar-
ten and nursery school chil-
ren as gifts from Kichisuke
Yamasaki of 9K-9L, accord-
ing to Dr. Enoch Dumas,
principal of the elementary
school.


Besides contributing
these gifts, Yamasaki has
fertilized, turned the gar-
den plot, cleaned the yards
of weeds, and made book racks
for the school rooms, added
Dumas.
	-E-
   A suit to outfit their
Santa Claus in the coming
Christmas programs is the
plea sent out by the ele-
mentary school.
ADVISE  CAUTION
TO  ALL   DRIVERS
   Motor-pool drivers are
warned to drive carefully
on the slippery roads by
Harlow Tomlinson, internal
security officer,as a pre-
caution. They are urged
not to slam on the brakes
and to use low gear when
slowing down.
   All residents are re-
quested to use the sidewalks
in order to avoid accidents .
J O B
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