Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 79

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                     SKETCHES
   He loves to sing, but
much to his chagrin his as-
sociates and friends only
request a rendition of, "All
Alone, Far Away." His hair
makes him feel like an old
man, but his sense of humor
makes him feel young. These
are things that help to de-
scribe Dr. John A. Rade-
maker, community analyst,
who has cultivated a taste
for Japanese food, music,
art, and language.
   Dr. Rademaker's appre-
ciation and understanding
of Japanese people go back
to his early childhood days
in Washington where his
mother had many Japanese
friends.  Subsequently,
while receiving his elemen-
tary, secondary, and college
educations, he made intimate
contacts with Japanese;
especially, at College of
Puget Sound where he re-
ceived his BA in sociology.
   A brilliant scholar and
a shrewd business man, he
operated a confectionary
store and financed his own
way through the University
of Washington.   There, he
earned his Master’s and Doc-
tor’s degrees in sociology
and oriental studies.   It
was at this institution that
he Studied and learned the
Japanese language.   It was
a coincidence that on August
26, 1939 he received the
latter degree, for that date
was his birthday.
   For the past three years,
Dr. Rademaker was an in-
structor at Bates college
in Lewiston, Me., teaching
sociology and social work.
He accepted the post of
community analyst because,
"I like and am interested
in the Japanese people, and
...believe that the solu-
tion of the problems re-
sulting from the evacuation
is the greatest need for
the furtherance and protect-
tion of Democracy through-
out the world."
   This bespectacled gentle-
man always says, "Nihonjin,"
and "Nihongo," instead of
saying, "Japanese," or
"Japanese language."   He is
an able speaker, for during
his college days at College
of Puget Sound, he was on
the varsity debating team.
         -Sueo Sako
LOAN  FUND
GIFT GIVEN
   The education section
announced today the re-
ceipt of a monetary dona-
tion from Sueichi Okamura,
10E-6B, in memory of his
son, Hiroshi.
   The donation will be
placed in the fund origin-
ally started by a donation
from the Merced Assembly
group, which is being used
as a loan fund to various
student organizations in
the school, enabling them
to attend state meetings
and make public appear-
ances which otherwise would
be impossible.
COUNCIL  URGES
RELOCATION  NOW
   "Every effort to re-
settle the Japanese Ameri-
cans should be made now"
and "further invasion of
the rights of citizens and
unquestionably loyal resi-
dent Japanese jeopardizes
the national unity and
dangerously raises the ra-
cial issue as a barrier
to a just and durable
peace," is the opinion ex-
pressed by the Northern
California Council of
Churches in a letter to
President Roosevelt on
June 7.
   The Council told the
President that statements
vigorously opposing the
return of Japanese does
not represent "the feeling
of a genuine cross-section
of Californians."
Congressional
Inquiry   Begun
   WASHINGTON, June 24-A
congressional inquiry into
the nation's wartime racial
disorders, climaxed by the
riots in Detroit, was an-
nounced by Martin Dies,
chairman of the house com-
mittee on un-American ac-
tivities.
   Asserting that the De-
troit riots may he traced
to the spreading of sub-
versive and racial propa-
ganda by axis agents, Dies
disclosed that public hear-
ings will begin next week
into the handling of Japa-
nese internment and relo-
cation problems.
   Asked whether the com-
mittee has any evidence
showing a connection be-
tween any of the released
Japs and the Detroit race
riot, Dies said:
   "We don't know where
the trail will lead.”
BALCH   WOULD MOVE
HAWAIIAN JAPANESE
   WASHINGTON, June 24-J.
A. Balch, former chairman
of the Mutual Telephone com-
pany in Hawaii, told the
Department of Interior that
at least 100,000 Japanese
should be moved permanently
from Hawaii to the main-
land.
   He declared that their
presence would produce in-
ternal trouble and would
leave the Territory unsafe
against political and econ-
omic domination in the future.
RECREATIONAL  PROFIT
AND  LOSS  STATEMENT
INCOME:
     Movies			$1,104.55
     Sale  of athletic equipment                   81.05
     Miscellaneous  income		       10.35
                    Total income				$1,195.95
EXPENSES:
     Movie			    $647.77
     Office				          1.28
     Organized athletics	                     208.32
     Play centers			      310.12
     General entertainment		          4.34
     Art studio			          1.60
     Public address  system		          9.36
     Equipment maintenance	            .45
     Bridge club			        27.82
     YWCA			        65.80
     Amache Boy Scouts		      100.00
     Miscellaneous  expenses	                        17.14
                      Total expenses			                 1,394.00
                      Net deficit for May		              $    198.05