Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 18

              Page 2__________________New Year   Edition_________December 31, 1943
         just
    Incidentally
          Sueo Sako
   As this column  makes   its
final appearance of '43,
we find once more the ugly
head of race mongers rear-
ing and dickering whether
they want the nisei back
on the Pacific slope or
not.
   In the midst of all t h i s
helter-skelter, the State
Board of Agriculture passed
a resolution.   A notable
resolution declaring  tha t
nisei cannot be barred from
California  once the military
authorities give the “okay''
sign. 
   It seems that our fight -
ing brothers in the   US
armed forces have made some
headway in the minds of the
State Agriculture Board
members. One went so far
as to contend that nisei
farmers in the relocation
centers were discriminated
against while their fellow
countrymen "are saving
thousands of lives by their
intelligence,work and actual
fighting."
   To all indications the
Board's resolution didn't
appeal to Governor Warren
who voiced his disapproval
with "these board members
are trying to kick up dust
and create internal strife
while our boys are fighting
and bying." Rather a fee-
ble   statement.
   The     SF    Chronicle mem-
tioned a couple     of good
points that    Californians
should “digest"     in their
minds.  It’s an    old  game
of the Golden State  resi-
dents to bar   persons  ac-
cording to their personal
likes and dislikes.  Since
the days of immigrants,
some California counties
excluded people from the
east of the Rockies  purely 
on social or economic sta-
tus. Later on, the Cali-
fornians learned that they
were liable for damages
since such measures were
unconstitutional. Apparent-
ly the race-baiters can't
understand that the rights
of citizens do not apply
only to persons they deem
fit.
    Many of us had severe
jolts  concerning our con-
ception  of America and
ideals, butwe can rest assured that we have gained
many staunch friends during the year of  '43. Having
gained such, staunch friends is not enough, we must prove
that their faith in us has not been in vain.  Prove it
the American way by returning  to the American way of life.
1944   Resolution
   At the turn of every year, it is customary to
make numerous resolutions--some are silly, others
worthwhile. But the sad part is seldom are they ever
kept. Regardless of how many resolutions we make, we
must make an important one this year-what are we plan-
ning for the coming year? Stagnate in a relocation
center or return to America's life stream? It requires
some thought.     Undoubtedly    we    will   encounter   serious
and  discouraging obstacles that     face  all minority
groups-and will always continue.
    Recently,     Professor     Yamato     Ichihashi     spoke  to a
group  of  center  residents and made  a   statement  to which
all  nisei   should  give  a thought   or two.
   Said   Professor  Ichihashi,   "Everyman's  main  purpose
in life     is     to work   out   his   own destiny-destiny that
is   not    humanly  possible within the  confines   of a re-
location    center-but     must     be     worked out in a   free
community."     No truer words  were   spoken.
   "The  necessity and   our  hunger to  find   peace,security
and   justice     once  more  should   add  to   our   incentive     to
rebuild  and  re-establish, our  future   in the  Mid-western
and  Eastern States.
   Only after    we     have   regained   our rightful   status,
only    then can we   enjoy the   sweet  meaning   of the   old
familiar greeting, "A Happy New Year." -SS
   STAFF’S  LAMENT
Holiday Season comes but once a  year
But   once  a   year   is   enough for  us,
Enough for   us   to  heave   a   sigh,
To  heave  a  sigh when  our  work is done:
Our work is  when THE  PIONEER goes out
THE PIONEER  goes   out   in  special  editions.
Special  editions  that  get  us down.
Get  us down for a whole  damn week;
A whole  damn week   of worry and   toil.
Of worry and   toil  so  you can  read,
You can  read?    Well,   isn't   it   strange,
Isn't -it   strange  that we   can write;
We can  right?     Say,   who do  you  know!
Do you  know that  this   is   silly,
This is silly so it’s got to stop,
Got to  stop   some  place   very   soon,
Very soon,   well,   that's   soon  enough;
Soon  enough to  call  the  darn thing   off,
The darn  thing  off means   here's  the   end;
Here's the   end,  the   end   is   here. -RY
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MAKE-UP….George  Hamamoto  SECRETARIES. .Tomoko  Yatabe
RE-WRITE………………….Jack Ito 		       Yayeko  Horita
SPORTS………………. Roy Yoshida   STENCILISTS………. Amy Minabe
                       Johnnie   Tsuruta                            Ailene  Hamamoto
                                 Harry  Ioka    ARTISTS………...…... Dick  Kurihara
CIRCULATION………Jack  Kimura 			Tad   Fujii
REPORTERS.................  llan Asakawa,   Henry Kusaba...Jim  Otsuki,
                                      Jim Otsuka, George Morita, Russell Yamaga
TECHNICIANS……..James Sakamoto, bob Miyoshi, Roy Murakami