Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 38

              March 15,   1944_________________PIONEER__________________Page  5
   NISEI
POTPOURRI
    by Roy Yoshida
GREAT UPLIFT
   TWO letters were waiting
for me when I got "home"
Monday--that in itself is
no occasion for shouting.
And I wouldn’t make a sub-
ject of it ordinarily. But
one happened to be from a
California Caucasian--that
made it-out of the ordinary.
This first such letter in
a month of Sundays came from
a young matron. She is a
daughter of one of my home
town's  leading  families.
   I opened the letter hur- 
riedly and started to glance
thru it-"whoa," I said,
"this is different"-then
I sat down and read the
letter slowly and carefully.
When I had finished I felt
a little dampness around
the eyes, I say this with
all humility because it
gave me a great uplift to
learn that all Californians
aren't racially intolerant,
I'll not bother you with
what's  doing up and down
the main street, but I'd
like to have  you read a
part of the letter that is
sure to impress you. Fol-
lowing Is an excerpt from
the  missive:
   "Roy, I got a letter
yesterday from a very good
friend of mine. He's a
Sgt. in the Army and has
been in the Solomon Islands
for over two years now. I
thought you might be in-
terested in part of his
letter:
   "'-if the government
of California passes any
kind of a law or anything
that prohibits the Japanese
from re-entering the state,
they can take the damn
state and throw it where
it'll do the most good. We
have American-born Japanese
in the US Army, fighting
in the European theater,
and they are doing a damn
good job. If the State
thinks that the Japanese
are not good enough for
them, then I'll stick with
the Japanese. Although we
are fighting them down here,
I think that we all do
show some respect for them.
They    are  human and  aren't
we? --- What     is     going on
back there? Are  the   people
trying to  sell  us   out?  ---
Isn't, there something, some-
place, that says : 'We
hold these truths to be
self-evident; that all
men are created equal; that,
they are endowed by their
Creator with certain in-
alienable rights; t h a t
among these are life, li-
berty, and the pursuit of
happiness'….
   "That is the way I feel
too--and a  lot of us do.
I just wish everyone felt
that way.
   "This war will be over
someday-someday soon, I
hope. I sincerely hope
that out of it will come
a better and more tolerant
American people."
   WELL, guys and gals,
there it is. Now, you know
why I felt that dampness
around the  eyes.
RELOCATION   OFFICE  LISTS
TWO   ATTRACTIVE   FARM  BIDS
  Center relocation office
is in receipt of two farm
offers from Michigan,which
may be of interest to eva-
cuees, who may wish to re-
settle and resume farming
as a means of earning a
livelihood, according to
Mario Vecchio,  relocation
advisor.
   First offer is an 80 acre
farm about 60 miles  from
Detroit. House, with elec-
tric lights. Furnished
with essential furniture.
OWner will buy all necessary
farming equipment. No trac-
tor, but has new team of
horses. Tenant to receive
all returns first year.
Start share-crop basis sec-
ond  year,   terms  to be  dis-
cussed between owner and
tenant.   Owner will pur-
chase adjoining 66 acres
if a good farmer is secured.
School is one mile from
farm,   sentiment  good.
   Second offer is for long
term only and quite a dis-
tance from Detroit, where
the owner resides. Wants
farm couple and a third
farmer. House with hot
and cold  running water,
frigidaire and electric
stove,and practically fur-
nished. Dairy and poultry
farming at present. Modern
chicken house with 1500
bird capacity. Owner wants
a couple interested in chick-
en raising. Grade school
within walking distance,
high school by bus. Equip-
ped with extensive modern
equipment. .
   Further detailed infor-
mation may be obtained by
contacting Vecchio at the
center  relocation office.
NIGHT  SCHOOL
DIRECTOR   RESIGNS
  Dimunitive Samuel J.Gor-
don,night school director,
left the center Sunday for
Contra Costa, Calif., where
he will assume his new po-
sition as community active-
ties director of the coun-
ties' housing  authority,
according to Dr.Lloyd Gar-
rison, superintendent of
education,   yesterday,
   Gordon joined the Amache
schools facility in December
of   '42.
   Prior to his departure
for California,the members
of the adult education
staff sponsored a farewell
party in his  favor.
HOKE  TO  LEAVE
CENTER  FRIDAY
   Coach John Hoke, the,
high school physical ed-
ucation instructor, will
leave for a new position
in Portland,Ore. or Atlan-
ta, Ga. this Friday.
   Coach Hoke first started
as PE instructor for the
junior high school in Sep-
tember of '42 and in De-
cember of the same year
transferred to senior high
school.
   During his short coach-
ing career here, Hoke has
established an enviable
record in sports,especial-
ly in basketball.
VOTING RIGHT
---continued  from  page 1---
leaving  centers."
   This is a complete re-
versal to Myer's initial
statement on Point No. 6:
"It is the opinion of com-
petent attorneys that resi-
dents of relocation centers
have the right to claim
residence and the right of
voting in the states where
the   centers   are   located."
   Further clarification
is anticipated from Project
Attorney Donald Horn as
to the proper procedures
for center residents who
are eligible to vote in
the west  coast  states.