Evening star., 1943-03-07

known. After the war, America still viii
be their home.
"The War Department is giving the
Nisei chance to defend that home and
all it stands for"
Anxious to prove their loyalty, the
INSET leaders are strongly conscious Of
criticism that they are being coddled.
In q Denver speech, ]. H. Marsman,
author of Escape From Hong Kong"
and Philippine mining man, declared.
1T Is the height Of folly for America
to waste time and money coddling
Japanese native or foreign-born, in
United States camps, because they do
not understand such treatment"
In reply, Oski Taniwaki. publication
director OF the Pioneer, says: Il wish
that Mr.. Marsman could visit ! center
before making statements like that. He
could see for himself there's no coddling
here" 4h~' "a
Taniwaki, who was English section
editor Of Z San Francisco Japanese
paper before Pearl Harbor, cited that
each evacuee on arrival received cot,
q straw mattress and two blankets.
Families were quartered In single rooms,
mostly 18 by Is feet In xze and equipped
with . coal heating stove. japanese
carpenter crews finished the bare tim
Der walls with wall board.
From this start, most OF the japanese
families have made attractive and lv-
able quarters with their own decorations
and furniture made from scrap lumber
left over from the camp construction.
The apartment Of Satire Hinoki, who
used to run q dry cleaning shop, and
his wife, Miyako, is one Of Granadas
trimmest. It's newly-maAe pine furniture
is modern American style. But the little
interior rock garden which Mrs. Hinoki
fashioned Of coal and clinkers contains
q Japanese legend piece.
Constructed In the pattern Of nine
other centers in the Western States,
Granada has % blocks containing II
barracks buildings each. Each block
has recreation building, = mess hall,
and laundry. toilet and bath building.
Meals Cost Is Cents.
which feed $50 to 800 persons at . meal
and are stated by japanese cooks,
walters and dishwashers. William Wells.
chief project steward, says the average
cost Of each meal is 13 cents.
Creamed or fried fish and rice are
frequently served, Wells explains, "be-
cause that's what the old Japanese like.
II the old folks are satisfied. they'll keep
the young ones quiet"
Wells must be right. WRA staff menu
bers say the young Japanese come away
from fish meals with wry faces, but they
make no complaint. They save up their
Americanized appetite for the next meal
OF meat loaf and mashed potatoes.
A f1ve-strand barbed wire fence sur
rounds the building area and no one
can leave the camp without . permit
signed by Director Lindley. Passes to
Lamar, the nearest town, are limited
to one a month for each resident.
A military police company checks all
departures and admissions at the gates.
M. P.s also are stationed in watch towers
along the fences. Internal policing IS
handled by Japanese directed BY H. M.
Tomlinson, internal security odicer.
About 1000 Of the center's population
work in jobs necessary to maintain the
community. Wages are SIG I month for
unskilled jobs like garbage and coal
hauling and SO . month for trained
positions. such Is nurses and teachers.
Center residents agreeing to taxa farm,
timber cutting, shop work or domestic
jobs on the outside must have leave
clearances which are granted only after
checks with the Federal Bureau OF In.
vestigation or Navy or Army intelligence.
The only permanent structure in the
center Is the well-equipped 15o-bed hos
pital. It is stated by DR.. G. A. Duffy,
chief medical ofiicer, and three Japanese
physicians.
A 1908 900 school construction program
was attacked strongly as wasteful and
unnecessary by newspapers and in Con-
gress and proposals for two grade school
buildings to cost about $4,000 were
dropped. Work Is going ahead on Z
$135,O00 high school structure which in
cludes IN auditorilm-gymnasium.
The school system has IS Caucaaan
teachers, whose salaries range from Il 400
to $4,000. The others are japanese who
get the top war sca,s q ~ month.