Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 37

              AMACHE  COMMUNITY  COUNCIL  RECEIVES
MYER’S  REPLY TO  11-POINT  PETITION
QUESTION OF VOTING  FRANCHISE  SIGNIFICANT
   Of all the points discussed in National Director Dillon S. Myer's reply to the
Amache Community Council's 11-point petition,as released Thursday by the council's
executive committee, the question of voting franchise of the nisei residents of
relocation centers holds the greatest  significance.
   The following statement was made by  Myer on the subject: "It is the opinion of
competent attorneys that residents of relocation centers have the right to claim
residence and the  right  of voting  in the states where  the  centers are located."
   In regards to point no 8, it is the WRA intention, "insofar as this agency
can make commitments, to maintain relocation centers for those person who cannot
successfully relocate."
But WRA's evacuee wage
scale cannot be increased
without appropriation of
additional funds by Con-
gress.
   The text of WRA Direc-
tor Dillon S. Myer's reply
to local Community Coun-
cil's petition and accom-
panying  letter:
Washington, DC
         March  1,   1944
Mr.  Shiro Abe
Chairman,Community Council
Granada Relocation Center
Amache,  Colorado
Dear  Mr. Abe:
   This will acknowledge
your letter of February 22
transmitting another letter
which you wish to transmit
to the President and to the 
head  of certain government    
Departments, and agencies.
The proper procedure would
be for you to send a copy
of the letter by mail di-
rectly to each of the per-
son whom you wish to receive
it.
There can be little argu-
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   Granada  PIONEER
Vol  II  No 37    Saturday, March 11, 1944     Amache,Colo.
11-REQUEST  DOCUMENT
OFFICIALLY RELEASED
   The third Army-Navy qual-
ifying test for Amache
youths,who are high school
graduates between the ages
of 17 and 22,will be given
Wednesday morning,9 o’clock
at room 4 of the high school
building, announced Miss
Grace Lewis, vocational
advisor,   Thursday.
   No applicant will be ad-
mitted into the room after
9 o'clock, and those tak-
ing the test are requested
to bring two soft lead
pencils.
20  WRA  STAFF  MEMBERS  GUESTS  OF
LOCAL  MILITARY  POLICE  THURSDAY
   About 20 members of the
WRA staff were guests of
the Military Police at a
program and lunch observing
the second anniversary of
the Army Services Forces
last Thursday. 1st Lt.
Donald MacNaughton spoke
briefly, emphasizing the
fact that 1944 must be an
all-out war year. Acting
Project Director W. Ray
Johnson stated that the WRA
recognizes its responsibil-
ities as a civilian agency
during war times and ex-
pressed appreciation for
the cooperation of the en-
tire Amache Military Police
organization.
   A radio broadcast of an
address by Lt.General Bre-
hon Somervell completed
the    morning's     program.
Military posts,  camps,   and
headquarters  throughout
the nation observed  the an-
niversary.
PRE-INDUCTEES
MUST  REGISTER
   Those who receive notify-
cations for their pre-
induction physical exami-
nation on Mar.15, 20 and 23,
are reminded that they must
register with Harlow Tom-
linson, chief of internal
security, by noon Mar.
14, 19, and 22. respect-
tively, announced Walter
Knodel, selective service
officer,  this week.
   These sign-ups will aid
in making transportation
arrangements, compiling
final list of pre-inductees,
securing the proper number
of meal tickets and other
essential   services.
11-REQUEST  DOCUMENT
OFFICIALLY  RELEASED
   First local official
press release of the doc-
ument containing the 11 re-
quests forwarded to Nation-
al Director Dillon S. Myer
on Feb. 22 by the Amache
Community Council in behalf
of the center's nisei res-
idents was made Thursday
by the council's executive
committee.
   This much-publicized
document was accompanied
by a letter petitioning
Myer's advice as to "the
proper channels for bring-
ing this to the attention
of the responsible author-
ities ."
   According to the execu-
tive committee's plan, the
letter of requests will be
sent Immediately to: The
president of the United
States, Department of War,
Department of the Navy,and
Department of Commerce's
US  Maritime  Commission.
   Following is the text
of the 11-point petition
released by the executive
committee of the Community
Council.
   The draft age evacuee
Americans of Japanese an-
cestry have  been and are
responding to the call of
the government to accept
military service and civi-
lian responsibilities in
the war  effort.
   As it is known to all
of us the evacuees suffered
severe economic losses and
hardships and they are fac-
ed with numerous problems
both present and future,
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