Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 34

              38  AMACHEANS  PASS
PRE-INDUCTION  “EXAMS”
   Of the 47 Amacheans,
who recently took their
pre-induction Army physical
examination in Denver, 38
were accepted for service
and 9 were rejected due to
physical reasons,according
to Walter J. Knodel, local
selective service officer,
Monday. One pre-inductee
was excused at the last
minute due to ailment re-
quiring an operation.
Information received
from the local board #35
in Lamar by Knodel, and
subsequently released,
stated that the Amacheans,
who passed their physical,
will be subject to call not
earlier than Mar. 27.  But
this is a tentative date
and circumstance may vary
individual  cases,he added.
Granada  PIONEER
Vol   II   No  34    Wednesday March  1,1944     Amache,Colo.
    A fairly large group of evacuees from the Jerome
relocation center in Arkansas, to be closed in June,
will be transferred to  Amache, according to a release
by Harold L. Ickes, secretary of interior. Rohwer and
Heart Mountain projects were also named as receiving
centers with possibly others if additional space is
required.
   Secretary Ickes pointed out that the Jerome center
was the logical choice, since it was the last to be
established and its physical facilities are not as yet
fully progressed. And with a population of 6,554 as of
Feb. 1, it is one of the smallest centers. The exist-
ence of Rohwer center only 35 miles away with a housing
space for nearly 2000 additional persons would aid
in minimizing transportation difficulties.
   Jerome, under WRA guid-
ance, has produced vegetables and other food crops
on 718 acres of land, har-
vesting a total of 1,170, 564
pounds of crops and have
shipped 15,000 pounds, of
corn and sweet potatoes to
other centers.
LINDLEY  TO  LEAVE
FOR   WASHINGTON
   Project Director James
G. Lindley will leave to-
morrow morning to attend
a special five-day confer-
ence with the WRA staff in
Washington to discuss gen-
eral administrative and
operational problems.
   This confab, which will
be held Mar. 6 to 11 in-
clusive, will be represent-
ed by the project directors
of the nine relocation cen-
ters and the Tule Lake seg-
regation center.
   Accompanying Lindley
will be Henry F. Halliday,
assistant project director,
who will meet with the na-
tional WRA staff and dis-
cuss matters concerning
local center administration.
   W. Ray Johnson, chief
of community management,
will be acting project di-
rector, during Lindley's
absence.
11-POINT  PETITION  PRESENTED  MYER
RESTORATION OF  
NISEI  RIGHTS
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 26,-
The Granada relocation cen-
ter at Granada, Colo.,
through its (Amache) com-
munity council, have pre-
sented 11 demands to the
War Relocation Authority,
disclosed national WRA
Director Dillon S. Myer,
Saturday.A plea for "equal
opportunity for service
and advancement in all bran-
ches in the armed forces
and services"and "all eva-
cuees be accorded all the
rights and privileges which
the Constitution gives them"
were included in the demands.
   Myer stated that he would
answer the queries "with
the best information avail-
able" and turn the others
over to the proper govern-
ment agencies.
   The basis for the de-
mands said in part that
the draft age evacuee Amer-
icans of Japanese ancestry
had been responding to the
call for military service
and civilian responsibility
to aid the war effort.
   Following are the 11
requests presented to Myer:
1.	That equal opportun-
ity for service and advance-
ment in all branches of
the armed forces and ser-
vices be opened and offered
to Japanese-American draftees
solely on the basis of in-
dividual merit and qualify-
cation.
2.	That Japanese Ameri-
can servicemen who are called
to the colors hereafter be
co-mingled with citizens
of other racial extractions
and not be assigned to seg-
regated units.
   3. That evacuees' right
to travel and live where-
ever they choose within any
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NEW  REGULATION  ON  SEASONAL
LEAVES  EFFECTIVE  IMMEDIATELY	
   The new regulation on
seasonal leaves, which is
effective immediately, an-
nounced by Willis Hanson,
assistant relocation pro-
gram officer, Monday, pro-
vides for release of evacuees
only on seasonal agricul-
tural work and only on gov-
ernment contract submitted
by the Extension service
or War Food Administration
after approval of the dis-
trict relocation officer.
   All inquiries must be re-
ferred back to the govern-
ment agency responsible
for the farm labor program
in the county.
   Since neither Extension
service nor War Food Admin-
istration have procedures
established for seasonal
labor, considerable delay
will be encountered before
government approved con-
tracts will be received in
the center.