Shortlyafter the UnitedStatesdeclaredwar on Japan,it becameapparent
that we
JapaneseAmericanCitizenswere becomingthe targetof politicians,racistsgroups,
and newspapers.
We werecalledspies,and saboteurs,
and accusedof all mannersof
fifth column activities.The West Coast Newspapersmaintaineda steady howl
of
hystericaland inflammatory
rhetoric.
Articlesdetailingthe grim horrorsof the PacificWar weregroupedtogetherwith
the
articlesconcerningAmericanCitizensof JapaneseAncestry,usingthe samederogatory
and degradingtermsreservedfor the enemy.ls it any wonderthen,that the Americans
of JapaneseAncestryand the enemy becamesynonymousin the minds of White
Americans?
The articlescouchedin inflamatoryand irresponsible
language,basedon lies,half
truths,and innuendo,
werepowerfulweaponsusedon a helplesspopulation.
We Nisei
andour parentswerepowerlessandvoice-less.
My sister,YorikoWatanabeSasaki,begancollectingnewspaperarticlesto preserve
f l r e c o r dA. s a n o l d e rN i s e i s, h ew a sw e l la q u a i n t e w
t h i sp a i n u
d ithraciad
l iscrimination,
and felt that the hysteriaof the war yearswas a brutalexampleof racehatred.Shepreservedthesearticlesto serveas a reminderof the dangerof racialhatred,prejudice
and
bigotry.She hopedthat such a reminderwould help to preventa repetitionof the
Evacuation
andall of the otherpainexperienced
by the JapaneseAmericans.
JamesWatanabe,M.D.
L
E
Annyto Get
Petitions
0rrJaps
86Jupanese
Girl,s
LeaueSchoolJobd,
E
G
E
,iiii#"{lif;i.i:,,lt
t
t
t
t
Protest on School
OfticelVorkers
ll'ill Be Made
:d
I'etitiol"s asl(inF tbe dlsmissal ol
.lApanqsc office tjrls Iront Seatile
l)lthlie schools sill be pfesented io
C
thr
SPr0nrl lnlerceptor Conmand
ht I hp nr:d ol thp \vFck, It rs.
Flslher ll. Selior'. r:hairnran of a
':onlnlillFn
of Gate\s6od motherE
'nlrlrt.li le rhF
c a l r ) t ) a i E ns, l i d l . e s .
ef(lai.
d
c
Shp ailIounc,"d thal the petillons,
!.ut In cifrillat.ior I\londat.. carried
nrofP lhar:50
signatures ],ester.
dAt-.
Sh. rs Ilanninq to ilcreRse the
EI
sizr oI lho cornDjttee to expedite
thr \rork.
SUPPORT OFFERED
:,Wc believe lt would be bcttcr
to fil. our protest with the lnterceptor cofimand rathcr than the
school board,', she exfilaincd.
"The matter is probably one thar
a branch of tha govcrnmcnt
charged with the def.n3e ol thls
area should handla.
|Thc ahnouncement
ol our dat€rmihed stand to removc thesc
gjrls for the salety.of our chll.
drcn has frct wlth an enthurr.
astic rcception, Membc16 of our
committcehave b!an
3wampcd
with plrone calls from people all
over Scattle commending us on
our action and offcrin0 !upport,"
PAY SCALE LOW
Sthool offjcials frointed ouL ilrat
tne]' (antrol legall)- rel use the
Birls erlnlol lilelt since lhpt are na.
iive bot n r\nreticans.
'fltcl
alsn (ommentr(l lhat it ls
difii.jlrll la Ael clerical helI oilter
'naD.tatiiillr.!p
f,t thF scale of 30
cents aI holll tot the first year, ls
lenls nl) hoUT fOr the seCotrd and
l0.r'.rlls iril h.|tf Ior iltn rhir.l
J.tsar.
ulll.lHlr n\t,lainedthat lhis,tC
.
! . " . . - q ' " 11 , , ' h e s i n n e r o r a p 1 , r e n 1 i 0lrrce hrlt,.
I
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E
FOII TIIE DURATION-
Girls
26Jap
Quft
SdroolJobs
rltariko Oilk-i;*oil*6fi
gi.ts
Japanesi
s."oiii"'o"uil
"" "t..r..-i"closes her desk".r,-r"
who reslgned in"nrpioieJ
a body yestbrday,
at the
Bailey Gatzert School rvhere she has workerl four yeirs,
-(?ictnro
iv
!..LInt6llronc6r
Etnt( photo.rrDh.r.)
Clerlistt.uigun, wt*seAfter
Protests
by Mothers
S e al t l e s
t n e n t y - s i x . I a p a n e 6 € Teacher Associatlon ofticers oI Se.
gjfls emnloted as clerks ln school
attle recently,
oflices and another on a depalt.
Tbe cotrtroversy- war brought ro
nrent stalf at school district heada head on luonday whetr urotbers
quir'le18 resiEned In I body yesoI the Gatervood DlBtrlcI started
terda)
bI. letLer to the scbool circulatinB p€
tt tlo n s protesilag
board, They asked lmmediate &c.
agallst employment of the Japs.
centance.
Dese glrls ln Seattle publld ichool
I \ I e E b e r s o f t h e 6 c h o o l b o a r d 6 a l d oflfceB.
'fbe glrls gave
they lvould accefJt at toruorrow a
tbelr leasonr for
meetint.
T h e B I r l s d e c l d e d u p o D reslgnlrg
In the Iollowlng
staret h e i r c o u r s e a f t e r m e e t l n g s T u e s . metrt addressed
to the
Seatile
dal and carll- Iester{lat mornlnB. school board, whlch l! quoted rD
In their Ietter they deelared they p&rt:
$ere taking the step becaltre they
"We, the underrigned Amcrt.
hare the best ltrterest ol the Seat. can citiren. ot Japane.c ancertfy
tle school sistem at heart.
havc lcarncd that our prc!cncr
ar cmploy.r In !hc Scatilc rchool
MOTHERS PROTESTED
ry!tem
ha! becn prot.!t.d
'l'hel'
by
speDt Iesterday breaklng c c r t a l n p e r r o n t
and organi:r.
in successors aDd prep&flnt
to t ioh!.
,eafe thelr lositlons.
"Thercfore, wc re!pccilully i..
Tbeir resignntiou followe(l t$o
qu.8t lhe Seattlc !chool board_tc
(lisDrlssallodEcrl
',itfdt lut i r t s J o r t h e l r
[ h d , s c h o o t b n a r d b y p a r i n t . (Cottinuerl
o,lFfi"
t,, Cot17r11l.,.lI
(Continilrd lront Pagc 1)
rcc!pt
rtc ly.
our
rciffitlonr
Immcdl-
taka thlr rt.P to ProYc
"W.
ouf loytlty lo lh! rchoolr rnd to
tho Unltcd Statcr.by not brcomIng r cont.lbutlng llctor lo dir.
ran!lgn tnd dl!unity whcn na.
)lonrl unlty In !pirit rnd dord l.
/itrliy nacrr!rry to ih. d.tcntc
tor
ot rnd complaic vlctory
Amcrlca.
r'Wc bGrr no lll wlll lowtrd
tholc who havc protattcd our
.mploym.nt
In lh, rohool !yrtcm, Wa tccl thtt l! lhair Prlvl.
lcgc. Wr only hopc thc w€ltrrc
ot th! rchool. will bc rrrvcd bY
our tction In ratlgnlno from th6
po!ltion! wc ndw occupy.
"Flnally, wc with to cxprarl
gur hcadlcll aDprccirilon lo tha
rupcrintendant,
rchool botrd,
prlhclprlr end lcachcrr tor lhc
kind traatmant accord.d ur."
In tbe absence lrom tbe clty ol
McClure,
SuperlnteDdent Worth
Sa@uel lt. Fleming, asslstedt !u
perintendent, l!sued f, statement
coEEendlnB the tlrls Ior tbnt rc.
tlon.
PRAISEO BY FLEMINO
"Thc lcttcr of r!aiOnrtl6n of
Jrprnc!a
clcrkr rDartr
tpr ll.
rcll," hc rrid.
"l rd rura lhrt
o u r D r l h c l D a l .r n d l a r . h a r a
would wlnt to Joln mt In rordt
of hlghert rpprcclrtioh
ol tha
court.ly, Indurtry, attlclancy Ind
loyalty of tha Iirlt.
.'Thclr ttatamcnt, !upportad bt
lhalr voluntery wllhdfrwel trom
rohool cnploymcnt, mtk.r
ul
f!cl thtt ouf good oplnlon rnd
0ur confldcnca htvc not ba.n,
f r i ! p l ec c d . ' ,
'tril,
Esther IU. Sekor.clnlrDen
l0+."1',conrnilteeof catewood Drs,
lrlct fnottterr \rbo slartc(l thq tFtll
tld
r l s o D r A l s e dt h e a c t l o i l : '
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Jbpanese ln Sclrorlh
T l ' e P o a t 'I n l c l l i g e t c e r :
.{ petltion recoDltnends lhe disurlssnl of t Flrrall group oI ollice
\Yorkers In Seattle'8 8chool8,
JaDanese
citlzens. ol
American
u"ifoL'
,""" lrrr
wo erp at Ndr
doubt
witlr JaPan and without
tu
Probleo
Japanerc
b c Jh e P ost-lilt elligenccr.
rd responso
Jtrl
to the lettei
qapanese Problem" by Irtrs. Frieda
'C, Davldsotr who 6a)s "\\'e tll'
eitber solye theso DrobleDrs In thl
Christlan say or reap the YLirl
wind," ho\Y about the Japs reaplnE
the full force of ths vhlrlwlnd?
For over tbirty years the JaPB
nese imperial goon (a beathen, lrol
a Cbri6tlan Soon) ha8 Plan[ed Pa
clllc domlnanc6 and ha8 Dl4ce(
spies in the.U. S. \\,hatheYeCbrls
tlan missionarles doDe hete lD the
Iacilic Coatstto telcll alleDs what
wo term tbe Clrristlan \rsY ot llfe?
HiYe uot v€ shielded Buddhlst lem'
Dle socletles? ,\Dd bow about JaP'
tbese
.A.re not
eDere achools ?
own
ot our
Bchools tlre rcstllt
Ic lt Dot
"ChristiaD" netlltence!
Jur fault tbat American'born JaP'
I
rnese are cilizens ln llaDo onlyl
I bave vlslted tbese schools be'
Here theY
fore the Dresert war.
\rere taught to reverence tbe nll'
liedo, salute the Japanese flag and
l€arl all the Slories and hoPes ol
'Ihese Amerth€ Japanese nation.
ican-born childre[ *ere not alloved
Ianguage
', Tt oh .( fyo r g e t t h e J a p a n e s e
wer€ schooled to sPeak atrd
read . Jspanese. This kent theE
with their slielr J|arent8, Japanere
ln thought an(l at heart.
ALICD STANI-E).', Seattle.
T o 1'he P ost- lttl ellig c1tcet :
I am serldlDg You tlle inclosed
letter to shoN how these DeoPle
leel at beart, The Nriter le a JaP'1
atrese girl, t\velYe iu familY 8nd all
collego traine(1.
IIRS J. !I. I", Seattle.
letter, lrom s
Erlitor's Note=;;
Japanese Sirl ot l(ent to I vhlte
t
b
e
killdllness ol
frlend. DralEes
American8 In dlrect touch with the
m
a
kes the8e rel'
t
h
e
n
JaDalese and
erences to s letter whlch receotlY
v
o
l
c
e
ot tho Peo'
appeared in tL€
ple, adrocating a revision o[ ttr€
fourteenth aDendment to dePrlve
ADerlcan-born Japane8e ol Unlted
States cltlzetrsbln:
"l never realized what deDoc'
racy could D€an to sone people.--li
wonder ll theY'v€ ever coEB o!
rectlY in coDtact wltll uB to lee
how hard ve try to t€t alons' to
cltlzens.
d o r i t-hwt l r e na s A m e r l c a n
t tea(l sonlo ot the edl'
Gosh.
I
could
anrl comllcnts
torlaic
Ecream, hut one toice meanr nolh'
a ml'
w
e
'
r
e
lrrg 8nd when I think
norltY Broun I tues6 $€ -can oo
told.
r
l
o
a
8
w
e
'
r
e
nothins norv but
\\'e'r€ soins ahead wlth tarmingI
eelE
h
a
n
d
trtY
I'm a iarnerette.
like 5an(lpal)er.But silh dsd ald
no
I
b
c
v
o
Iliks eway In tbe arlny
other choice. \ve bear lrom IIIE€
g
a
y
r
t
h
e
f
g
L
oulto o[ten, and lre
Iorvd sr€ 8well, and even lt ho'hrr
vork he doesn't mlud
lbo dot
r t r u { "itr"
'. Nireiiiti""'"r,ip
li]iJ'":i"',:;."'""'l,ltili'i,,'"t#""11
soDre ot our own uationals vbo do
Tit The Post-lniellilurcet:
iavor the denlocratlc prul
It has been lnteresting to Doteinot
*S;:"i,"1T|i"
ro:,,:ry
ro*'-i "ont,
ii?,1"1;1,:T:
11"",-l:,ji
I:'i'';;,
ufraid
rve
sould
havo
no
taril---t-,--r
enriillrioct
t-ruchlt the Japsare scDtt" 9"lt:1"'"Tii"';ii;i,:j,iii rhc Lorilrurtte€
centrationareas. \\re had carde:rs_lco;iii.,l',i'i"irrii'
"r
Jirip"ig,i".iut"a'
r.ong be[ors the Japg were lmpo--.
..rrr^ h-rio'F ir \unr,t,r be octter
ed about the turu of.tne centulf;1to file our protest \\'ith tbe second
to work ror.& verv row Yl,c:.":il;;r;l:;;i",."b""u",,nii ,oir,"i u,"n
are paylDg vcrr
l.r.^ ^.i;,nt hnerrt.,'
movo for lvhicb we
dearly) and vc chtr sttlt uevL Ludr"l fVfry ^pp"ui'io
ltre army ul I
.after rve have no Japs
,
, ,"-lmatte',
wirich concerns lbe Anleri
I8n't thal dlscotlnting Americ-"r---.chool
^h^^r 6
!
,
c
r
o
,
n
,
svstetn?
lcan
J:,j:t""iiii""i"'"r*r"biiil;
And by AmericansI nlelL "otl^l]3""31'";ilt,,,:lf,l:
Problem
Japanese
-l'e Tht P osl-l nl cllig t ncet :
. I \risll to I)rotest tile un-Al)ierican attitude shoNn tosilrd
the
Jalranese iI our locality recently.
trlost of tbcse people are -{mericro
ritlzens and hilre all lheir lit e:l r r ' e r re r a r r l r l e s o l l o ) i l t y a n d g u r r r .
citizen$hil.
To ret)a). tlieir )'etrr
ol f^ilhfnl li(jng !l) lo.\mericnr
ideals by Nazi-like dlscrininatiol
against the \rhole race seeNs IerJ
lrconsisleDt Nith the beliefs \r'€
llrofess.
I strougly ad\ocate DltnishDlent
ol iDdiyiduals Nho hare beetr guilty
oI NroDg doing as indi\.iduals, not
utass puDishnrent ol those Nhonr
lte na|e cYef!' tailson lo lrilst.
-{NON-{ ll.\LUS, Searrle.
Citi:.r.t
ip
To T he Pos!-lnlclligtnctr :
Chrrlotte l)rysdnle clainls "'fhe
nelc lact llrat a Ihil'l sils boill ln
this cortutrt,slroul(t not gire hrnr
lhe rights and prilileges of citizen.
sbip."
Sonle one is evjdeDtly Iorgettin!
tlral she herself uAs nletely borr
in this (rountrl'. I firtll]'believe
that \(hether he is a .IIp's or China.
mln's r:hild l)e hrs the rights and
privileges of citizeDshilt if he \ras
born in tllis courlrt.
1'bis Anlericil is a nlelliDg pot.
[ € t ' s t l y e ' e v e r y c i t i z e u a c h i t D c et o
'prgve tbat he is a true -\ntericau.
BOB \\',ll.SO\ q."!rle
_
3':,,,,:H:
l'"l'J:j::iiiii':.iill,*,";';11:i"i'"J:u"'l;uh'i;;i"il
'0111,'11"i'lii
i,1:
nLllou."u"uilorr
n " t t"'i"lpersecuilotr
rArurailzalrurr.
r f l t n r a l i z a t l o n . T h e m e r c l""-"
\'e8,
J e v s . ye8,
o t Cernlatr
ot
U e r n r a I Jevs.
r child is born in tfis. 99unt..ril rr lr^ -,-.,._s €rt!,urou rreuny
.,.-qrwo
rlroutdDo:
tuou.in,i'-i"".."''oio- uv .o
+":,jl]'l:jl:r,.,ti"
laoanese
crtrzenship.,,,lH'1"uto:llti$"i,"T;i""'i",it"il,
;r
iii"ii"s""
,L
The fourteenta
hm€ndmei
-
to
erantiDs automatic cltjzelsbln tijl:l^tl^,,other
[T"ii:J"n,0,",:ti,J""'",''iiit,l]!i!
;''"""
tbat tinre the Sreat tn.t]fifo
"casl the
lirst
sea
ttre'
r( H \\''LFE'
end 8t
f1e posl-lnlelligcuccr:
tratlor ot JaDs was lot evenl- rl"'",ri"]" i,,,"ii,.iun,ruy nup",
t
l
i
,
l
j
l
.
o
g
o
trting
l
n
r
e
c
e
n
t
v"1tl
thotrtht o(
i l r e e u i p l o y m " r , ro t J u p "
b a s b e e r l s o r D u c bf c a r
f"{lll:l;;'";:A.3.i"ou"
i n t o c a t s c h o o l st t
"
l
peopre
or these
rhe reelnss.
-.,Jl,lli;i.y"iii#,,:"I'i,r"i
i'"-il i'y""r.,us
- N oto
w--iilttrls^
no otre has had tbe courage
something rvlll be
s
i
l
u
a
t
i
o
D
ii' ii,"tiii- tt," aiLuutton.
would seenrthot th€ ilne re rtn"rrol',"ii"l.i"jll'|i,"",,
ot rirls jusr our
rlght, for once and
.Fll,.llt:tt
l o [ b u s i n e s cc o u e t e s h o w o u l d b e
'rjbrru
s""ttru.l
Flrifr
DRysDALF;,
1l1,'lnb.,"llT,"t"1
trext vill be hlrt h e f i r s t s l e p , t h e"t,'o,,::i:,;",.ti,ili
Ing Ja!alese teacbe16 tor orrr chil'
dren wlth lhe 6nme larne 6ales talk,
"unable to lin{i sulficient teachers,
ialarles," etc.
}lRS. DOIto'ftlY
ATANTON FETTS
."
!
\rlrls
Positions
Resigrr
.a1
r
|
ln Ltty Jcnools
Ill Witl'
*
C.otO O".r.",
Felt Toward Petitioners of
Gatewood Disuict
it
zl .r"nli-"r"
employec
"
"irlselementarl
as clerks in Seattle's
schools all resigned today.
citizen!,
Tho sirls, all Amerl€n
&slied tho S€attlo School Boatd tr'
innredi
!€signotlonr
&cceDt the
rtely, but school otficlals inili@te(
it probably rvoulal not bo dons until
l&ter in the week.
The resignation, signeu oY all the
eirls. uas submitted to the board
of
a delegation
davs after
is'o
.iothers lrom West Seattle's Cate'
u,ood district had circulated a peti'.ion, protesting employment of the
Iapanese clerks,
Natronal
Principlcr
I o T he P oat-Intellig encer:
"We bold tbese truthB to be !ell'
evldent. tbat all netr are crelt€d
bY
equal, tllat they sre €ldowed
utr'
certaln
wlth
Creator
thelr
slieneble rithtB, tLet smolg these
ar€ llte, llberty, 8nd tbe pursult.ot
bspplness,"
For thir DrlnclDle th€ revolutlotr;
stalnst
strutgle
tbis
th€
tor
rlsYery; on tbls tbe uDlotr, Have
w6 so completely chanSed that ve
now deny thls eotlrelY? For de'
Dlal aDd betrayal lt,8 lt,88 somo
pareDts
hY8.
tbe
Catewood
ol
a
tban
d6nlaDd, mot€
terlcelly
Bcore of Americ&n6 at€ gunrntarltr
trGlrl?€d ol tbelr llvellhoodl
IIEoARET
SUI,LWoIrD.'r.{tttr
they besr no "ill
The girls sid
n'ill" to the petitioners, and lrope
th&t tho rvellsre of the ehools will
lesisr&tions.
be Eerved bY their
But, they polnted out, they did not
tel(e their actlon in any "6pirit ol
dcleaL"
girl
clerkl
The two
Iapanese
mployed at Bl'oadway and Frankin High Schools have not Yet re
expected theJ
icned, but it'vas
as
rould
take tire same action
iheir sister workers.
I{rs. Esther IU. Sekor, chairman
,,t the Gatewood mothers'delegaof the
:ion,. expressed apProval
rction oI the Japanese girls.
that's very ryhite of
think
"I
those glrls," said lIF. Sekor. "They
have our sppreciation and thlnks.
\lte ryant to sssure tlrem sll that
rre t€&lly teel this is best, &t leust
'lvhen
$'e startcd
lor the duration.
this thinc, lt rras not ftonr anY
Jallatrudge sgsinst tlre AtDeri6n
the salety ol the
nese, but onl}'lor
6chool cltild.ert. I r€nlly tccl thst
lhey'vo done tho riSht lhing"'
assistant
Flening,
E.
Samuel
sclrool superintendent, said:
r
e
s
i
g
n
a
t
i
o
n of our
"The letter of
Japanese clerks speaks for itself.
o
u
r
Principals and
I am sure that
\tcicbers would want to join me in
of highest appreciation sl
mrdd
efficienlv
the courtesy, industrj',
ryb'yjl:/olth".eirls."
.
ffi$rfil{Ail0il
0F
t(',l
JAPAT{[$[0,
Resignatloro ol 26 Japanese Blrl!
as clerks ln various clty schools
were accepted last nighl
by the
Seattle School board alter
the
board hesrd arguments
lor both
their acceptance and fejectlon.
The action was taken in a closed
meeting after considerable debate.
During the open 'reeting, several
speakers urged the board to ignore
the resignations, and others demanded that they be accepted.
On motlon of Director James A.
Duncan, the matter was relerred
to the committee
of the whole.
which met directly followlng
the
f,pen meetlng,
The board was ln
the closed sesslon for more than
an hour belore reachlng
lts declslon.
In accepting the resignatlons, the board lssued the followlng statement:
"The tine sDlrlt shown by the
tirls ln ofterlng their resignailons
rs a means ol eliminating
conl,roversy whlch might be a decislve
lnlluence in the community tesuIies to thelr high regard for thelr
responslbllity as American citizens."
Prstor
Urge!
Rejccfion
Among those who urged that the
'esignation
be ignored lvere the
LeY. Harold V. Jensen. pastor of
First Baptist Church, and Ray C.
Robcrts.
One woman
read an editorlal :
rom the University oI Washington
)aily
in
whlch
Pqrent-Tea;her
Associatlon Srotrps were crlticlzed
tor demandlng the removal of the
Japanese clerks.
Mrs. DRle J. Marble, president. ot
the Seattle Council, P.-T. A., then
Ceclared that the action was not
instituted by the P.-T. A. as an organlzation but rather by individual
members o( the group,
U, Student!
Uphold Japaneso
Meanwhlle. more than 1.000 Unlversity students signed a petition
ulging
the reirustatement of the
petition
The
tapanese clerks.
:ermed the demand Ior resignagtoup of
tions, first made bt'a
attend
mothers
whose children
fls "undcmoGales,ood
School,
cratic. intolerant, disrcspectlul ol
d
i h e r i c h t s o f A m e r i c a n c i t i z e n s , a q'0,
tletrinrenlal tc the best interests
:1[e communitY."
For
Principle
To
Thc Posl.-I tttclligtttcet :
The lrrotest stalust employment
ol Jirpaneie glrls a8 clerks ln scbool
olilees strikeJ nle ss belDg dlstlnctl)'ilnfirif. rn\ylse and contrtrry to
Anlerir{[
Drlnclnles.
It (hls.rountry li to command
llte rest)ect oI men generally, every
Iil(llri(lnol wlthln lts borderr sbould
bc llerle(l on hls own merlts, re.
F{r(llnss of creed, rAce or statlon
in liIF.
ft thr Ohrlslmas 6tlrit of aood
,vlu tn be Fn Bmn forgol.len ? H.aB
ihi,rplrll
oi chlvalry brtrncd so lqr
tnd,,l! lha conrlll.lon of oltr aflalr!
,o de6perate rna[ we Dust orscrlia-Dtrte egaln8t the8e youn8 womeD
nerely becaus€ ol the accldent ol
)irth?
If Con8resr ol lndustrlal Or,
ianizations mlll workers ln Portand can aote unanlmouBly to con.
;lnue In eDployment soEe forty ol
.helr JaDanese assoclateB, may we
not profll. by thelr example?
Ws are Justly Jrrou.l of o[r 'lub.lic 6ch0ol s)'sleEl and it ls lo be
hoped tbat thelDroFer sehool authorllles will n6t yleld to the Fentlnrpnt ot race prejndice Jehlnd thl6
unfortunate sltu&tlon,
I
. lf rve have lrlnciDle6, let's stand'
, up for Lhem.
a1
r DrHUR
P. REDMAN, Seattl.
WHEREIO,OOO
JAPANESE
WILL LIVE
(}Al"lF,,
lH [{AltZAllAR,
YE$TEnnAY
ll,i".;:il;
t h o 1 1 1 6 to I t h e 1 0 , 0 0 0 e v d c u a t e d J a p a n e s e f r o D r S o u l h e r n C n l i f o r t r i a .
Lleut, Gen. John L. Dc\\'itt ot the ll'estcrn f)efcnse (lornrnanrl connrandeered 6,020 acres for the hoonr to\r,n. The projcct ttill he coDroI lho Sierro Nel'sd& torver ln tho lvest as u,orknren nrsh conpleted ln 60 dal s.-A. P. Nirephoto.
6tructlon of the luR6
"""uptl@
tr'larch 20.- c e p t i o n c e n t e r i n O $ , e n s V a l l e y , a r e l t o t a l s 1 1 2 , 9 8 5 . N e x t
SAN FRANCISCO,
come Ger- tlre)' erectcd one barracks and
(fl-When
1,000 Japanese and lhe vanguarcl of 179,985 enemylmans.
Italians lorm the smallest started the framework for an a(lJapanese-Americans leale Los An- aliens and Japanese-Americans onlgroup,
ministration building and a 150-b€(l
geles voluntarily earlJ, ns*1 rr.a,- lhe Pacific Coast subject to evacu-l
hospital. Speed is essenlial. Thc
to. an alien-receptioI center, theJ, ation orders.
I\IANZANAR, Calif., I\'Iarch 20.- project is schcduled lo be aonipleted
i
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mass
ne!vest boonr town, in 60 days. 'lhe Iifst 1,000JaDanesc
bulk of those \vho willl
n r r r v e n e n t o f c i v i l i a n s i n h i s t o r y , " b e e v a c u a t e d f r o r n m i l i t a r y a r e a s l d e s i g n e d t o h o u s e 1 0 , 0 t J 0J a p a n e s e a r e d u e t r l o n d a j .
lhe
Western
Dcfense Command are Japanese and their descend-levacueesIronr Southern California,
Japanesc rvill raise farm and garlvartinre
Cirilian-Control
Board ants, saicl Dr. C. L. Dedrick, statis-lis being constructed in the rnidst oi dcn produrts. Long uolrsilarl ir'r'if,aid lo(lat'.
tician
lor
the
controll6,020 acres in Owens River Valle1,. gation ditches, \\,hich 1\\'o riL,.ia(lgs
civilian
T h e . I a D a n e s ee r a c u e e s f r o m L o s h r a n c h o f t h e W c s l e r n D e f e n s L . l F o u r h u n d r c d c a r p e n t e r s q ' e n t t o a g o f u i l r i s h e c l \ \ ' a t o f , ) r ' f r u i l g r o w
Angeles, headed for I\lanzanar. re- Command. Tiie Japanese groupiwork
]'esterdat'. In a few nours i ing. aIe being rear,, .ed
120RaileyGat<ert
lap Pupils
FaceUnfinishedSchoolT
erm
Th.re \vill be 320 \'acant (lesks school principal,
i l l l h e B a i l e ) ( . ; d l z a rt t l r a d e S c h o o l ,
I \ ' I i s st r l a h o n s a i d t h a l 1 3 n e s s l u l..lllr A|enu{r Soiltlt and \\,cller clents errrollcd toda] aId lhat tlrcre
S l r e e t , \ ' h e I l l r e A r m ] d e ( ' i ( l e st h a t w e r e l 5 n e \ c s t u d e n t s a d n r i t t e d l a s t
rt is linr.r foI Jal)anese to be evac- s e e k .
uale(l Iron) Soillllc.
".llost of these netr' childretr Ere
O t t h ( ' ? : . 1 0s t u ( l e n l s i n t h e m o d rnoling rrith tlreir lra.ents into the
e r n s c h o o l , 1 ) r e r ea r e 3 2 0 J a D B n e s e
Ycslcr 1\'a) 'ferrnce," i\liss Ill!lron
stu(lenls, nrost of \rhont $,erc born
sai(|. "At lhe rate ol lhr! DB$t l$o
ilI Sealtle, !1ho $,ill be fofced by
ryeeks, the voc&ncics rvoul(l be lilled
the gorertnlent
to nroYe inland in
r rhort tinre, prollded th^t chil\r'ilh their parenls.
(lren continue to ntor'e inlo the
'l'he
l,arl5 Slirling Chapter ot housing
l,roject."
lhe Dilught.rs
of lhe Amc|ir:ail
rR{ee| |ool (r l(irorno nrt ooddaa] '} ' ff ii nngsee f p f ' " 1 : l l oM, i;sj ,si ;I Y t a h o n s a i d t h a t r' ioi " r a c i a l
.tu_
( l t i l d r , ' n , a l t d i s s l r F d i d e n t i f i . a t , _ , , 1 ( l c D t s .; ' - ; i i ! , . . - ' " ' " , ' " i i ,
lags to clril(llr,rr of I)lc-school age
( ) i t i z e n s c' l u l c r r ( l i t c d
I'Izrtrl t.ctr .lu1,an"i" rti ia i!ir l
u n c l e r 6 ) e a r s o l ( 1 , t t t c"t r d i l t g k i r r - l , , 1 y "
tefec
( l r rg t r r t e na n ( l p l e - s c h o o cl l a s s e sa t g o 4 y - " il i k' iei i t rou - - , r " , "t0o " .onuir: i s, 1t u, d e n t
lri*
I
Baile)
Calzcrt. S(hool
Ivlahon said.
"\Vc attribute our
| ;iletrsiilrss Aptlarent
success to the \\'ork of our'Good
Their pallnls, Bllo (lo ryJt linow American Ciliz.'ns' Club,' which is
$lren lhe, rvill be ordered out of m a d e u p o f ' u p t ) c r c l a s s m e n ' o f t h e
the zone b'. the Arnl]', and even fiflh and sixlh sracles.
,,The stLtclcnts organize many
the sn)all children, alike shotved al
strain of uncasiness oyer the un-lcolnDrjttees. sucll s coDrmittee lor
celtarn
f t a l n l |))'.
'.
Iclean groutrds, Sood deeds, safety,
A l;[ ge I)art ol the expectedl clean shoes. t urn-off-the-faucets
vacan(:l \vill be filled by nervland uctivities like that. .fhe chilvhlte, Chinese and Negro childrenldren
are so busy helping eacn
,!ho are enrolling in the school,lother, they have no time tor devel.
lccordins 1o lliss Ada J. Mahon,loping prejudices.,,
toProtect
Group
JapProperties
l l r t r t J l 1 i 1 1u ' t ' . ( r f p . . f l r r , l r : : 1 .
(l.N.S.) -- \\'hile {rrrinizrri,)ns Irl
o i h p r r c r : l i n r r os l 1 1 1 Fp l r t F . t i t i . j z p r l
J N n a r r e s ea i l d f , r ' o l o s t F ds c t l l . t n f l l
o l e r f l c l r o si n t h r i r a r e a s , l l t n l l o o , l
I l i r e r ' . 1 ' r a f i c , \ s s o ( r i a t i o na D t , oj r r l c r l
a co$Nitlee 1o pl otcct Nililroilesp
a g a i n , c te r p l o i l a l i o n .
'I
he as.tor'iation, s'hii:lr r'r'lrle.
s e n l s l e i l r l i r ) gf t I i L F t o l L e r s i i l i r l
shipners nf the llrod Ili!er \irlle\',
r l , l r o i n r p , l r l l , ' r , ) i l : r r i l t ,p I n i r ' l \ i : l
n t - ' r tl J l ! r l , l i r l n o f ; i t r n l l r e l r , ' a o r r
sale ol thr.ir' lrfollpt-tl afrl r'11)t,r
t n ! l l o l ! r f p n L D I s { , f l / l l u l , ) I sI , ( . j .
sorls lrolr l,ul rilf lllril irrlorilrrrrs
a t a l r i r r ' t i i l r ro l r l t f t t r l f . \ i r l | , . i . ,
p o l t s o [ ; , l t r , l r J , l i' | r t l , l r r l r i r l ; b r r j
c o m e f | o n l o r i r r r ' s e r . ri r r r r : o l t h e i i l
cific Nor th\resl