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hatHhisbutoveackisanlanansLOWrtn-xmjobmeppsWAR PRISON IIIInterned Japanese Think Homes GoneBy ROBERT GEIGER(Associated Press Feature Writer)AM ACHE Co!o., Jan. 7 Two years after Pearl Harfcor many younger residents n*' of Granada Japanese relocation center ,ncl are convinced they*never will be permitted to return to their former west coasthomes.Some older Japanese, even after 19 months in relocation camps, believe—or at least hope -they will get back there some day, when war ends., But many Japanese parents are urgingilPr their children to leave Amache and es-ovp tablish themselves in other parts of the ins nation, away from the west coast, which is an area in which resettlment has been ( restricted, says Walter Higuchi, chair-!jfr man of the Amache Japanese council ^ and spokesman for 6500 Japanese who live in camp, *These Japanese, theoretically, are free to leave and take jobs. They are part of the Japanese moved from military mg areas in Washington, Oregon, California and Arizona to relocation centers in Cali-13(1 fornia, Arizona. Utah. Idaho, Wyoming, rrlt;* Colorado and Arkansas.'P- In the sifting process to segregaterou loyal U. S. Japanese from those who ilh wanted to return to Japan, there have been 9077 persons of all ages registered see ]n Amache, in 16 months, ng. About 125 were sent to the Tulelake,md Calif. camp where recent disorders have occurred. All of these indicated their led desire to restore their Japanese citi-md zenship.to One hundred seventy-four young menjoined the U. S. army; 1441 persons were she approved by the FBI and investigating in boards and were granted indefinite leave sut from camp to obtain jobs outside.»n- Amache. a temporary camp, is a wind-tormented little village of temporary typejck army barracks in the old dust bowl coun-iiid try. There are 30 blocks of tarpaper-covered barracks with 12 barracks in each block.The barracks are divided into rooms of three sizes, 16 by 20 feet; 20 by 20 feet and 24 by 20 feet for families of various sizes.W. J. Hanson, the leave officer, says most of its citizens could obtain indefinite leave, to work in many parts of the nation.‘•'Applications for leave are being approved rather swiftly,” he says. Each Japanese is investigated thoroughly and is given a hearing before he leaves.If the Japanese care to work in camp, they are paid from $12 to $19 a month. In addition they get their food, lodging and coal, and a clothing allowance of $3.50 a month,Mrs. George Matsuura. young, native born, half Eurasian, half Caucasian, is an eloquent spokesman for the Japanese. Her husband is in the U. S. Army. They have a son, 12, and Mrs. Matsuura and the boy live with her father, former import,er-exporter of fine art goods, in one of the barracks rooms.Most Japanese are not complaining,” says Mrs. Matsuura. Our treatment and our lifer here has been better than some expected.” ; ■■Monday: Tip To U. S. Women: Don't Trust Axis Prisoners.
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Sat, Jan 08, 1944
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