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Granada P I O N E E R
Vol. I, No. 13 PIONEER December 5, 1942
PLAN COURSE
IN JAPANESE
The Granada center leads
the various WRA centers in
aiding the war effort by
initiating a Japanese lan-
guage "refresher" course,
announced acting Registrar
Lewis W. Fanslan, today.
"Not only is the addi-
tional language a necessary
qualification for army or
navy but it will be an as-
set during peace time,"
added Franslan who urges
citizons of draft age to
sign up who have been
"itching to qualify and get
into this war."
Interested citizens
should register at the per-
sonnel office in the south
administration building
this Monday at 9:30 a.m.
Four teachers have already
been secured.
REGISTRAR
DESIGNATED
To register 18- and 19-
year-old males for selective
service, Walter J. Knodel
was designated by the proj-
ect director and sworn in
as registrar for the proj-
ect in Lamar today.
Registration will take
place in the south adminis-
tration building from Dec.
11 to 17. Complete details
will appear in the next
edition of the PIONEER.
EVACUATION PROCEDURE DISPUTED
PORTLAND, Ore.-Minoru
Yasui, 26-year-old Hood Ri-
ver, Oregon, nisei attorney,
was sentenced to one year
in a road camp and also
fined $5000 in a Portland,
Oregon, court. He had de-
liberately violated the
alien curfew law to create
a test case. John H. Col-
lier, Yasui's attorney, de-
clared he would appeal.
Federal Judge James A.
Fee, who pronounced the
sentence, questioned the
validity of Lieutenant-
General John L. DeWitt's
proclamation of evacuating
Americans of Japanese an-
cestry as well as aliens.
Fee upheld the civil
rights but found Yasui gui-
lty of being a propaganda
agent of the emperor since
he held a position as at-
torney to the Japanese con-
sulate general of Chicago.
A. L. Wirin, counsel for
the American Civil Liber-
ties Union, states in the
Pacific Citizen that "Judge
Fee is the first jurist to
question military authority
exercised during the present war.
"Judge Fee's vigorous
and courageous challenge of
the constitutionality of
military authority ovur Am-
erican citizens established
a precedent of great value
to the ACLU in the other
test cases pending in the
courts, involving the con-
stitutionality of the mili-
tary evacuation orders, as
affecting American citizens
of Japanese ancestry.
FENCE TO BE REMOVED
Through efforts of Project Director James G. Lind-
ley, contractors yesterday received notice to remove
the barbed wire fence between the administration area
and the rest of the center.
When it was discovered that the interior fence, or-
dered by the Western Defense command, separated the
hospital and administrative, staff from evacuee living
quarters, Lindley protested to Regional Director Joseph
H. Smart that the fence "served no purpose."
Smart immediately reached E. M. Rowalt, assistant
WRA director in Washington, D.C., who in turn referred
the matter to the assistant secretary of war.
The fencing between the center and the guard towers
will be retained, however.
REVISION OF CHARTER
SUGGESTED BY SMART
In accordance with the
suggestion by Joseph Smart,
regional director of the
WRA,a revision of the char-
ter submitted by the assem-
bly is being made by the
organizing committee.
Smart believed that the
charter should conform more
strictly to the pattern ad-
vised by the WRA of using
American citizens. The
cumbersomeness of a large
assembly of issei and nisei
to act in an advisory ca-
pacity, not provided for in
the WRA instructions, met
with his disapproval.
The older element, said
the director, can play their
part in the community by
serving on committees, com-
missions, boards, and other
appointive administrative
positions where their wis-
dom and experience will be
valuable.
Revised plans call for
a council of 29 represen-
tatives elected by the peo-
ple of each block; and an
executive committee of five
members, elected by the
council, each representing
a district,
Director Lindley ex-
pressed a desire to set up
a oonmittee of five older
men appointed by him to act
as liaison between the di-
rector's office and the
other two bodies.
BUSSEl MEET
A sermon by Rev. Tokuyu
Shirakawa will highlight
the informal gathering of
the Buddhist young people
to be held at 1:30 p.m. in
12G Buddhist hall tomorrow.
Object Description
| Title | Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 13 |
| Date | 1942-12-05 |
| Physical Collection | Japanese Americans in World War II collection |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number or date | 13 |
| Page count | 10 |
| Object type | Newsletter |
| Donor | Shitara, George |
Description
| Title | page 1 |
| Item number | HMLSC_Granada_Pioneer_V01_N13_P01 |
| Page number | page 1 |
| Physical description | 35.5 cm x 21.5 cm |
| Full Text Search | Granada P I O N E E R Vol. I, No. 13 PIONEER December 5, 1942 PLAN COURSE IN JAPANESE The Granada center leads the various WRA centers in aiding the war effort by initiating a Japanese lan- guage "refresher" course, announced acting Registrar Lewis W. Fanslan, today. "Not only is the addi- tional language a necessary qualification for army or navy but it will be an as- set during peace time," added Franslan who urges citizons of draft age to sign up who have been "itching to qualify and get into this war." Interested citizens should register at the per- sonnel office in the south administration building this Monday at 9:30 a.m. Four teachers have already been secured. REGISTRAR DESIGNATED To register 18- and 19- year-old males for selective service, Walter J. Knodel was designated by the proj- ect director and sworn in as registrar for the proj- ect in Lamar today. Registration will take place in the south adminis- tration building from Dec. 11 to 17. Complete details will appear in the next edition of the PIONEER. EVACUATION PROCEDURE DISPUTED PORTLAND, Ore.-Minoru Yasui, 26-year-old Hood Ri- ver, Oregon, nisei attorney, was sentenced to one year in a road camp and also fined $5000 in a Portland, Oregon, court. He had de- liberately violated the alien curfew law to create a test case. John H. Col- lier, Yasui's attorney, de- clared he would appeal. Federal Judge James A. Fee, who pronounced the sentence, questioned the validity of Lieutenant- General John L. DeWitt's proclamation of evacuating Americans of Japanese an- cestry as well as aliens. Fee upheld the civil rights but found Yasui gui- lty of being a propaganda agent of the emperor since he held a position as at- torney to the Japanese con- sulate general of Chicago. A. L. Wirin, counsel for the American Civil Liber- ties Union, states in the Pacific Citizen that "Judge Fee is the first jurist to question military authority exercised during the present war. "Judge Fee's vigorous and courageous challenge of the constitutionality of military authority ovur Am- erican citizens established a precedent of great value to the ACLU in the other test cases pending in the courts, involving the con- stitutionality of the mili- tary evacuation orders, as affecting American citizens of Japanese ancestry. FENCE TO BE REMOVED Through efforts of Project Director James G. Lind- ley, contractors yesterday received notice to remove the barbed wire fence between the administration area and the rest of the center. When it was discovered that the interior fence, or- dered by the Western Defense command, separated the hospital and administrative, staff from evacuee living quarters, Lindley protested to Regional Director Joseph H. Smart that the fence "served no purpose." Smart immediately reached E. M. Rowalt, assistant WRA director in Washington, D.C., who in turn referred the matter to the assistant secretary of war. The fencing between the center and the guard towers will be retained, however. REVISION OF CHARTER SUGGESTED BY SMART In accordance with the suggestion by Joseph Smart, regional director of the WRA,a revision of the char- ter submitted by the assem- bly is being made by the organizing committee. Smart believed that the charter should conform more strictly to the pattern ad- vised by the WRA of using American citizens. The cumbersomeness of a large assembly of issei and nisei to act in an advisory ca- pacity, not provided for in the WRA instructions, met with his disapproval. The older element, said the director, can play their part in the community by serving on committees, com- missions, boards, and other appointive administrative positions where their wis- dom and experience will be valuable. Revised plans call for a council of 29 represen- tatives elected by the peo- ple of each block; and an executive committee of five members, elected by the council, each representing a district, Director Lindley ex- pressed a desire to set up a oonmittee of five older men appointed by him to act as liaison between the di- rector's office and the other two bodies. BUSSEl MEET A sermon by Rev. Tokuyu Shirakawa will highlight the informal gathering of the Buddhist young people to be held at 1:30 p.m. in 12G Buddhist hall tomorrow. |
