Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 31

              Page 2________________PIONEER________________February  19,   1944
   Just
Incidentally
	By  Sueo Sako
   Nearly every day, we
read, talk and hear about
why the West coast people
do not want the Americans
with Japanese faces to re-
turn.  As each day passes,
the profiteers,politicians
and war-hysterical people
are putting more and more
pressure to enact discrim-
inatory measures. One of
the most significant reasons
is that they, the nisei
haters, know that with the
nisei draft in action again,
they are waging a losing
battle.
   Yet, to the majority of
the nisei,  the many news
stories are discouraging
because they tend to over-
shadow the part that nisei
and their law-abiding alien
parents are playing.
   We read the feats of the
100th Battalion in Italy
and nisei doughboys fighting
in the European war theater
and the southwest Pacific.
Many are killed in action
and others crippled for
Iife.  They are making great
sacrifices,as are all Amer-
ican, soldiers, so they may
enjoy the rewards that go
with victory.
   Yet,nisei doughboys wiil
question about the rewards
that go with supreme sac-
rifices because the know
how some are attempting to
stir up hatred against them
and their families. In
fact, one magazine article
related a nisei soldier's
plight that I hope the
future' Joe nisei will not
have to face.
   It said: "Our private
was less fortunate.He will
never see again; the blast
destroyed his eyes. Per-
haps it is just as well;
for if he could read the
hysterical nonsense poured
out against his race in
newspapers by some of our
demagogues,he might be em-
bittered  to think that he
had given his eyesight that
they might be free--to in-
sult him. He is not a
white American; he is not
a black American. He is an
American called Yoshinae
Omiya, and not the less
American because descended
from ancestors who happen
to have come from Japan.”
   Yes, America's John Q.
Public should digest the
above article and give us a
real chance.  We, nisei,
have been taught about
Democracy and its Ideals
since we attended kinder-
garten classes.  It will
be a sad nation if America
which stands for liberty
and  justice for all, regard-
less     of     color,     race,    or
creed  can't   "practice  what
she preaches."
   GRANADA  PIONEER
   Published Wednesdays and Saturdays by the WRA and 
distributed  free to each apartment.               Editorial  of-
fice:     PIONEER building, Amache, Colo.    Telephone 63.
Reports officer: Joe McClelland             Editor: Sueo Sako
   Staff: Allan Asakawa, John Tsuruta, Roy Yoshida,
George Hamamoto, Jim Otsuka, Jin Otsuki, Amy  Minabe,
Ailene Hamamoto, Jack Kimura,  Yayeko Morita, George
Morita,  Bob Miyoshi, Jack Ito, Toshiharu Matsumoto,
Junior Nakagawa.
Letter  TO  THE   EDITOR
TO THE EDITOR:
   I wish to express my deepest appreciation for those
persons who responded to the emergency call for the
slaughterhouse work, and also to the Block Managers
and Councilmen. who assisted in recruiting them.
With this number of workers, we assure, that more
meat will be served for the center residents.
                                                        Henry F. Inouye
                                      Supervisor of Farm Division
ARTS  COUNCIL  DENOUNCE  DEPRAVED
ACT OF  JAPANESE FACISTS
  NEW YORK, Feb. 13-The
Arts Council of Japanese
Americans for Democracy,
240 Fifth avenue, through
its chairman,Yasuo Kuni-
yoshi issued yesterday a
public denunciation of
"the brutal and depraved
act of the Japanese facists
against every human decency."
   The council, composed
of anti-fascist Japanese-
American artists, said it
is , "keenly aware that the
atrocities committed against
our soldiers by the Japa-
nese imperialists, like
every other fascist crime,
must  be avenged. "
   “Every leader of the
fascist-imperialist clique,"
the statement continued,
"must be held accountable,
for it is they who have
perpetrated these crimes,
not only against Americans,
but also against the people
of Japan."
   The council also denoun-
ced the "Peace Now" move-
ment saying it would sabo-
tage democracy's fight by
attempting to succor the
enemy, to save fascism by
working for a negotiated
peace. Any step short of
unconditional surrender,
the council said, "is con-
trary to our principle as
anti-fascists."
=====RELOCATION===
   Joe Yatabe, Wheatridge,
Colo.  Feb. 16.
   Jack M. Iseri, Walla
Walla, Wash.,    Feb.   15.
   Takashi Tanaka, Rocky
Ford,   Colo.,   Feb.  19.
   Tsurutaro Yagyu, Camp
Savage ,   Minn., Mar. 1.
   Taru Yagyu, Camp Savage,
Minn., March 1.
   Shigeru Otani, Chicago,
Ill., March 1.
   George S. Kawaye, Jules-
burg, Colo., Feb. 17.
   Tom Miyasaki, Julesburg.
Colo., Feb. 17.
   Takeshi Kira,Julesburg,
Colo., Feb, 17.
   Joe Kudo,St.Paul,Minn.,
Feb. 21.
   Midori Kagehiro,Keenes-
burg, Colo., Feb. 21.
   Toshiro Yoshimura,  St.
Paul, Minn., Feb. 21.
   Mitsuo Kagehiro,Boston,
Mass., Feb. 21.
   Senzo Nagoh,  Philadel-
phia, Penn., Feb. 20.
   Kimiyo Maruyama,  Rock-
ford, Ill., March 11.
   Sakuichi Sasaki,  Rock-
ford, Ill., March 11.