Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 25

              PROWERS  COUNTY COUNTY  DRAFT  BOARD
RECLASSIFIES  150  AMACHEANS
   Approximately 150 Amache nisei registered with the
Prowers county selective service board in Lamar will
receive their reclassification cards in today's mail
according to a telephone conversation with the local
board, states Lewis Fanslan, leave officer.
   Fanslan reveals that the process of official reclas-
sification by the local draft board began 10 o'clock
yesterday morning.
   Granada   PIONEER
Vol. II, Mo. 25    Amache, Colo.    January 29,1944
ALIENS  MUST  NOTIFY
CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS
     According to instruction
received from Washington
WRA office, all aliens re-
siding in relocation centers
must "immediately prepare
and individually mail to
the Department of Justice--
an Alien Registration Change
of Address card," stated
Mario Vecchio, assistant
placement officer.
   Contrary to previous
WRA  belief that Japanese
aliens in the various cen-
ters would not be required
to report"the fact of such
residence," the Department
of Justice declared recent-
ly that such, information
is required.
   In order to comply with
this new requirement the
block personnel offiders
will distribute “address
record card-alien regis-
tration” forms to their
respective block residents
concerned in the near fu-
ture.  Those cards are to be 
filled out in full and
mailed immediately.
   Any alien  failing to
receive his "change of ad-
dress card" should con-
tact his block personnel
manager and obtain his card
as he (alien) is held res-
ponsible under the Justice
Department regulations.
WRA TO BE PLACED
UNDER   ICKES’S
JURISDICTION
  WASHINGTON--WRA will be
transferred to the Interior
Department and placed under
the firm hand of Secretary
Harold Ickes, according to
The Colorado times.
   The agency now is inde-
pendent. The transfer or-
der already has been drawn
and it's reported it has
been signed by the Presi-
dent.
   Announcement of the trans-
fer is being delayed,it was
reported,until the move can
be discussed with Dillon
S. Myer, WRA director, who
was on the West Coast
and who was scheduled to
return here  yesterday.
   Myer and his staff will
be given the opportunity
of remaining with WRA after
it loses its independence.
West Coast members of Con-
gress have demanded that
WRA be reorganised follow-
ing several outbreaks in
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TWO-MAN  RELOCATION  TEAM
ARRIVES  TO  GIVE  LATEST  FACTS
   Here for a two-week so-
journ to give information
on relocation possibilities
in the Mid-west and the New
England areas, Milton C.
Geuther, Peoria relocation
officer,and Roger F.Clapp,
relocation supervisor from
Boston,arrived on the pro-
ject Thursday morning.
   They are prepared to
answer any question the
evacuees interested in re-
locating or otherwise may
bring up concerning the
territories they represent.
   Since their information
is of general nature, they
do not wish to highlight
any specific incident. But
Geuther and Clapp both as-
sure to impart interesting
information to any indivij-
dual or group contacting
them at the local reloca-
tion office.
   Of interest to evacuees
considering farming oppor-
tunities is the fact that
both men were formerly con-
nected with Farm Security
administration and will be
able to give valuable infor-
mation along that line.
EVACUEE  PROPERTY  POLICY 
REVISIONS  RECOMMENDED
   At the all-important
evacuee property conclave
held in San Francisco,Jan.
17 thru 20, several recom-
mendations for revision of
present policies were made
to the Washington office
for its consideration
and approval, according
to Ralph J. Mitchell,adminis-
trative assistant,and Don-
ald Horn,project attorney,
both who returned from the
confab Monday.
   The conference attended
by two representatives from
each relocation center was
opened by Dillon S. Myer,
WRA director, with Leland
Barrows and several other
Washington officials pre-
sent, including two assist-
ant solicitors.
   Among the recommenda-
tions made were for the San
Francisco office to issue
a transportation handbook
covering all operations;
to provide for evacuee pro-
perty supervisors to visit
various relocation center
where volume and type of
cases could be best handled
by contacting individual
evacuees;and to revise the
present "500 pound" rule
to allow for weight to be
by individual member rather
than family unit. And one
proposal which failed to
pass was to revamp the rule
to permit shipment of some
commercial property,namely
farm machinery at WRA ex-
pense.
   A visit by the delegates
to the San Francisco ware-
house showed that records
and property confined there-
in are kept up to date.
   All evacuees having
household or personal goods
stored in barns,cellars,or
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