Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 35

              March 4,   1944_____________PIONEER______________Page   5
   NISEI
POTPOURRI
	By  Roy  Yoshida
CAN WE DO  IT?
   ON Sale Today: T he
Nisei.
   We wouldn't put such an
ad in the papers. We, the
nisei,as a human bondage,
must never go on sale. Nor
must we be sold into obli-
vion as people without a
country.
   And yet,today more than
ever before, we must sell
the nisei. We must sell
nisei ideals and principles
to fellow Americans, and
keep them sold. We must
sell nisei loyalty and ser-
vices, too. By all rights,
we should be an integral
shareholder in the greatest
company in the world-Amer -
ica, Unlimited. By an un-
happy quirk of fate we are
on the "inside locking out!
Life   is   passing   us  by.
   BUT we can't sell the
nisei without taking part
in American affairs and we
can't make our ideals . and
principles known just by
exchanging them within our
group. We must go out and
"advertise" in order to do
business    with    our   fellow
Americans.  And   if we     are
to do profitable business,
we must sell the nisei as
the type of people others
like  to do business with.
   Our star salesmen today
are the nisei members of
Uncle Sam's armed forces.
They are taking advantage
of their position to sell
the nisei to their Cauca-
sian fellow soldiers, and
making friends with the men
on whom we must rely to keep
our business going "when
Johnny comes marching home."
They are doing a fine job
of it. Most notably the
100th Battalion in Italy
by their  heroic  deeds.
   As time goes on, our
nisei men and women in the
services will get to know
better and better the peo-
ple with whom they are liv-
ing in this fight against
the Axis powers. They will
be able to build a strong
mutual friendship and re-
spect. Their efforts  should
assure the nisei a happier
post-war life in this country,
   AND for those who are
not able to become our emis-
saries in the armed  forces,
there is also a tremendous 
job at hand.  Much harder
perhaps because they haven’t
the  backing of a   uniform to 
make    that   important  first
impression.  We  at home must
maintain    a  high    standard
as    worthy    citizens.     We
must  be  vigilant   if we  are
to  gain the     kind   of    life
that     should    be     ours     by
constitutional rights.    We
must be     strong     if we  are
to do  our  part   in    keeping
the     peace which    the     Joe
Nisei  are     now helping  to 
re-establish.
   TRUE, it's a tough sel-
ling job, since racially
intolerant people don't
consider the nisei a bar-
gain at any price. But most
Americans are more interested
in true facts than in biased
opinions.     Our  success  may
mean a golden future pros-
perity, which we hold in
trust for tomorrow’s genera-
tion.  It’s a challenge to
the Nisei.
TWO  LEAP-YEAR  BABIES
DELIVERED  IN   AMACHE
   Dr. Stork made two leap
year visits to the center
hospital on Feb. 29, and
delivered two bouncing in-
fants to proud, if not
surprised, parents. Recip-
ients of this once-in-four-
year  blessed event were:
   Mr. and Mrs. Yorio Aoki,
6G-5E formerly of Wood-
land,   Calif.  And Mr. and
Mrs.  Takeo  Kajiyama, 9H-1A,
erstwhile    Walnut    Grove,
Calif.  residents.
   The first memorable call
was made in the afternoon
at 5;42 o'clock to the
Aokis with a six-pound-
nine-ounce package of boyish
joy.   Dr. Yamada assisted
with, the delivery.   On Dr.
Stork's return sojourn in
the evening, a lassie was
presented to the Kajiyamas
at 10:11 o'clock with Dr.
Higa  as  the happy witness.
   To draw an interesting
conclusion, there should
be another world-wide con-
flict (we hope not,but if -)
when these tots grow of
age,they should have noth-
ing to worry about being
drafted into the Army or
the WACs, Why? It will
be 1948 when they observe
their first birthday, and
by the time they hit their
18th and 2 0th, they will
be as old as Ol' Man River.
--Johnnie Tsuruta
ADULT   ENGLISH
CLASSES  STARTED
   New intermediate and
Advanced English classes
for  adults have been organ-
ized     this week, according
to Samuel Gordon, night
school director.
  Mrs.Fae St_?_linger will
instruct  the intermediate 
group    while  Miss Patricia
Sand    will    take over the
advanced  class started by
Mrs. Elua Loesch.  Inter-
ested persons may contact
the night school office at
8H for additional  informa-
tion.
NUMEROUS  CENTER
JOBS  LISTED
  Center employment of-
fice lists the following
jobs:  4 mean for the hog farm;
4 service station men; 1
typist for the relocation
division;   3 typists for the
fiscal   office;   5 plumbers,
1 secretary for the engine-
eer office; 1 secretary for
the farm office; 1 steno.
for the legal office; 1
secretary for the education
office, and nurses’ aides
and orderlies for the hos-
pital.
BLOCK   MANAGERS
----continued   from page   1-
   Johnson,  states  that  the
exceedingly high vote of
confidence given to the
block managers is ample
testimony to their past
efficient work. "It should
be stated, that the block
managers insisted that a
rather high percentage of
votes cast-75 per cent--
was desired by the block
managers' assembly as a
measure    of the    necessary
to carry on their work,"
Johnson declared.
   The block managers who
have resigned or failed to
receive a vote of confidence
are asked to continue in
office until their successors
are   officially    appointed.
Each block will be   notified
immediately    when    a     new
block manager  has been des-
ignated    to  serve  his  res-
pective  block.