Weekly press review, no. 45 (December 1, 1943)

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Nes 43. Week ending December 1

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For the Use of the (RA Staff

A CHRISTIAN SCIuNCS MONITOR corresgondent found the emphasis this week was

shifting from the Tule Lake center itself to the "somev.hat more calm and judicial

precincts of a congressional committee room in Nashington, J. C.". Reports on new

develooments at the center were limited to the "iscover of 4 'tmoonshine"" still,

plus a quantity of illesally manufactured whisky anc. saki, anc an increase in the

Army cuard, which local community resicents explained as cue to "continued unrest"

of the evacuees uncer Army c state

In Washington the Dies sub-committee hearin:s opened with criticism of WHA

laxity at Tule Lake by teo, Clair Hnele of California and Dr. John T. Mason, for-

mer senior mecical officer at the center, Rep. Costello, chairman of the investi-

gating cormaittee, disagreed with ep. Hngle's proposal to place the Tule Lake

center under permanent military control, out advocated that Direcotr Myer be re-

placed by a Nman better qualified to establish an* enforce discipline."

Denands for permanent Army control at Tule Lake ana the other centers re-

ceived a set back when lar Devartment representatives, before both a Senate Mili-

tary Affairs committee hearing.and a, .estern teinctate congsressional meeting, ex-

preseee the reluctance of the cevartmrent to take over such a job. The Justice De-

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partment also reactsd necat tively to suecestions for its supervision of the centers,

In Arizona the State Supreme Court studi Led the vwalicity of Arizona's "anti-

Japanese" law recuirines mablic notice of Dusiness relations io with fertdcns phi a

movements are re stricted secause of the war. a letter vas submitted from Attor-

ney General Biddle stating that the law conflicts With the Federal civil rights

statutes,

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antagonistic ecitors and serail aaa. continued to cenounce RA's laxity

anc coddling at Tule Lake, although a larger number of them are now making it a

point to differentiate neti ren ing `afebvuet ies at Tule Lake and the loyal cva-

Cucvs atthe othur-centurs. The Los Angles TI'-8S carricd a questionnairy, to cn-

abluvits: readers to.castthyir Nehy on that should bs donv about the Japanese pro=

blem at Tule Lake an? throughout the country. Latest reports found the cditor

"snowed under" with answers.

In California, th. assembly committee on the Japanese problen, hradud by

Assumblyman Chester Gannon of Sacrament 2, has conmenced an investisation-of Ube A

Pasadena chapter of the Pacific Coast Comittee on American Principles and: Fair'

Play, which has ben charged with cisscminating oro-Jepanese litcrature,

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S. F. CiLIeBULLSTIN revort of current Tule Lake developments headlines fact

that Army troops "tote ~arbage at Tule" according to a Tule Lake civilian s bokesman.

11/22/13

CHIC TIAN SCI INCS ONITOR correspondent, zodney L, Brink, finds cmphasis

shifting from the environs of Tule Lake to the somewhat more calm and judicial

cints of a conzressional committee room in ashington, D.C," Finds "passions run

high" among Wiest Coast nopulace where "nent-up animosity has sven fanned Dy hate-

breeding newsvapur editorials, and aggravated by cruclty storivs coming back from

Japanese war fronts, " 11/24/13

WA Planning tae for Tule Japancse" (hcadlinc), WRA regional dircctor,

Robert. Cogzons, describes "tentative vlan" for orocecure to relcase, on indefinite

leave, some of the serreeees who followed their familics when their parents listed

themselves as cisloval; but against whon there is no record, Declares "there won't

be anyone vermancntly relcased from Tule Lake who vould be dangerous to the inter

nal. sccurity of the nation," ING, L.A. SAARTT ai, 11/25/43

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Unofficial sourcus report that. Army troops at' Tule - nave been "sub

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stantially, incrcasud", Army gives no reasons, out community residents sey it is

common EIA bi 3h thas unrest in the cuntcr ic continuing. "eas dents: also disclose

hat, RA cisposcd of absroxinatcly 500 acrus of crovs vlanted by the svacucces at:

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GAAMTIT Gk, ie l/h eo. * vy rsion of the releabe reports local residents as saying

thoy knew of iditional troops but had not heard .of: any current oubbre ak at the

euntcr. ot, `Sia raat ate Pas TiC, ToT Ass ,

" Army counsorshin at Tull Laks is roportuc tishtur than very but Tule Lake

residents and fortur RA cmolioves exdlain that' the additional oe arse for the

Nob. ious nurpos.! of compluting a housc-by-hous. inspection of the cuntur, necus-

sary to "cloan out. all the contraband `nown'to be in Japancs. barracks." New

`Ccvelopnunts inelud. vlans by thc. Assumbly sitesi ven on Japahuse Probkumns for an

inouiry into. the activitics of the Pacific Coast Comutte. on Amrican Principics

anc Fair Play, th. URA han" Tins: of Japanese, and rn oe by: evacuces of

farm coiiomomts le A, SA! . - 11/27/13 :

TA Uneur Tnervasing Piru" (headline). Lawronee BE. Davies, N. yen. TIMES

reporter fincs prorsruss of "canjaign' ot military control, begun by West Coast

resicunts with the ooenine of thy first rvlocation e-ntur in 1942, has beon marked

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by svuvvcral invs tigations by cera e TS and Conerussional committecs- and h-lped

by Huarst and other individual rae as US ome as by organizations such as the

Amurican Leston eM Notivy sous are ~ aught Ss of th. Goldin `sty Points out `thet

Arny control of the cunturs would not noe or urilvy mean the end of the permancnt

leave system for ths evacuees as it is unconstitutional to dvutain forcibly any

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American citizens of Javancs. anceestre against whom no disloyalty can be shown,

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A laree still and a cudntity of Ellorelly manufactured whisky and saki are

Giseovercd by irmy authoritics at the Tulse Take contr according to California

State Liquor Administrator, Glorge (c). Stout, who acts that id bei dated of the

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matt r has' bccn takcn out oF State hancs oy "he Fedcral Burcau of Investigation,

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UP, Tash. D.C. TIMES HERALD,

Statue' JOURNAL, 12/1/h3

wMphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL, 11/30/43 and Nevada:

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COP | Loa oe he pees TIONS

Rup. Clair mgl. of California introduces a resolution in the House for

th. pe _rmanent control of the Tule' Lake center by the War Department; status WRA

has "shown its inability properly or uffectively to administcor the camp where

ea disloyal to this country have been gegregated.!! AP, Arkansas GaZiTTHL,

LL/S5fa3,* Se? CHRONICLE; 11/25/13. "Ray Richards story adds Rep. Engle's comment

hat with Tule Lake under Army administration it may be easicr to convince Con-

ress of the need for Army or Justice Department control of the other relacation

cnburs. =e sucs "shac -s of official oblivion gathc-ring about WRA Dircctor

Dillon Mycr." S. F. EXAMINER, L. A; EXAMINER, Baltimore NS and POST, 11/25/43,

N. yen. JOURFAL and AMERICAN, i1/26fi | ,

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Senate Military Affairs Committee hears tustimony on Tulv Lelho from Hun,

Clair Engle, WRA Dir ctor Myer and suveral War Departient witnesses So aia Maj.

Gun. Miller "White, Assistant Chicf of Staffy: Defers action on--pcending bill

(introduced by Sunators Vallercn of Washington and Holman of Oregon) for Arny

control of the center, in feces of "stout" Army opposition to the move. .AP,:

Wash.) 20. POST *Ls As FEMS ; 11/25/h3. Ray Richards version claims saltiihel inaage

had' been expected "because Now Deal civilian personnel of the War Department long

ago joined the Administration's attcmpt to protect WRA. Adds statcumunt of commit-

tce chairman, Senator Sheridan Downy of California, that "we have heard the

statements of both Congrussman fngle and Mr. Myer, and I am sure that we all

Bulicve Or, Engi., onc not Mr, Mycr.* L.A, | Bo Ltinore NEWS and POST,

11/25/h3 : : , sn wi Sigel

Sunator Downey informs Senate Military Affairs Committee he will go to

Calif, to make a personal investigation of the Tule Laks eenter, Report -

lists Brockenridge Lon ng, Assistant Secretary of Stcte,; as ohe of witnesses at

the committvc's hearing. UP, Salt Lake TRIBUS, BOE and 8. F. CHRONICLE,

11/26 o/h.

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Gal tPornta congrvssional `delegation issues invite tions to.the Stote, War

and Justice Departments to send representatives. to a tri-state mevting of the

cntire delegations of California, Orcgon and Washington on the "Japanese resident

menace." Rep. John Costello of California states "it may be that the War Depart-

ment will be `able to swing cnough weight in Congress to kill the project. of

military control for the camps"; suggests Department of Justice control might. be

tho "bust substitutc0x2122 in such an event. Rey Richards sy storys dD. A MALIN Gn,

11/27/43

"Scnator Johnson of Calif. Hits Admission of Chincese" in discussion of

bill `passed by the Senate for repeal of the Chinese Exclusion act; bases his'

stand on cconomic grounds that cmbraced all Asiatic races, and abe particularly

the Japanese. S, FP. EXAMINGR, 11/27/43

Attorney General Biddle, WRA Director Mycr, Maj. Gen. Miller G.. White

of the Wor Dept. and Bernard Gufler of the State Dept. arc given "stormy recept-

ion" at tri-stotu: congressional mocting, `Western legislators, says the report,

domandcd Pasee ees changes". din the eonduct of the cvacuee program, Attorney Gen.

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Biddle registered the opposition of the Justice Department to any stern meas-

ures and the State Dept. representative cautioned the legislators against con--

olicating the difficulties in arranging for repatriation.of Americans held in

Javan. The War Dept. renewed its reluctance to take over the administration

of the centers, and Director Myer "continued to maintain the bulk of the evac--

uees at Tule Lake are trustworthy and law-abiding." L. A. TIMES, 11/28/43

West Coast Congressional delegations are "persuaded" to defer resolu-

tions for correction of the Japanese relocation situation by Attorney Gen. Biddle

and "other figures of the New Deal"; meeting adopts motion to anooint another

investigating committee. "WRA is in its twilight" says Rep. Richard J. Welch

of California. Ray Richards story, Baltimore, Md. AM#RICAN, 11/28/43

Reo. Clarence Lea, chairman of the Western delegates group, says committee

members desire a more satisfactory control of the relocation centers, but have

not decided just what method of control to recommend as yet. Washington, D.C.

STAR, 11/28/43

"Army Balks at Rule Over Japanese Camp" (headline). Rep. Costello says

"the Army feels it (the Tule Lake center) is not within its sphere and questions

why it should be called upon to take over the camp." Report adds that the

Justice Dept. is opo.sing any move to classify Tule Lake with the eleven enemy

alien internment camps now under the Attorney General's Jur isdictaons UP, Mek

TIMES, N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE; 11/29/43

Dies Committee

Dies sub-committee, headed by Rep. John 1.. Costello of California, will

onen public hearings Monday, Nov. 29, on conditions at the Tule Lake CORL Gr.

AP, OREGONIAN, 11/23/43

Unspecified "offices of the Dies House Comittee" promise WRA Director

Myer will be asked 100 pointed questions, which he will not be allowed `to evade

by "a long harangue on the virtues of the Japanese people", when he takes the

stand at the hearings of the sub-committee. Ray Richards adds that Director

Kyer, "in his previous appearances before the Dies committee, passed to sub-

ordinates the blame for all the authority's grave errors." S. F. EXAMINER, N.Y.

JOURNAL AMERICAN, 11/26/43 wk

UP report states that first witnesses at the Dies sub--comuittee hearings

will include a surgeon who was stationed at Tule Lake when the first outbreak

occurred Nov. 1, Rep. Clair Engle of California, and WRA Director Dillon S. Myer.

Wash. D. C. NEWS, 11/29/43

Report emphasizes that the Dies sub-committee hearings prepare to start

"amidst rumors that Japanese riots in segregation centers of the Far West will

be renewed on the second anriversary of Pearl Harbor;" recalls `Manzganar dis-

turbance of last year. By Willard Edwards, Wash. D. C. TIMES HERALD, 11/29/43

Dr. John T. Mason, former senior medical officer at the Tule Lake center,

describes Nov. 1 "riot"; desiores Director Myer's efforts t9 minimize the import-

ance of the beating of Dr. Fedicord by the Javanese and hue unwillingnecs to call

in the Army that same day. States that Director Myer "warned us all to be

careful what we said--that it might become an international incident." INS, N.Y.

JOURNAL AVENICAN, UP, Wash. D.C. NEWS, 11/29/43 and By Robert Brown, Wash. D.C.

TIMES HERALD, 11/30/13

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Report states that Rep. Costello, chairman of the Dic 238 sub-committees

holding hearings on the Tule Lake center, discloses that "the inquiry had

indicated the riots were inspired by Tokio. 'to make the American Government

look bad', and that the committee had revorts that leaders of the `outbreaks

were in reais contact with Tokio." Rep. Costello adds belief that Director

Myer should be replaced by a "man better qualified to establish and enforce

discinvline"; has no candidate but thinks job could best be filled by `a "retired

Army officer with administrative experience. Disagrevs with Rep. Engle's

proposal to vlace the Tule Lake camp under military control. UP, Veen. D,G,

NEWS, 12/1/43

AP, UP and INS releases recount the testimony of Rep. Clair Engle to the

Dies sub-committee, laying emphasis on his charges that (1) the recent. Tule

Laks center disturbances were "well organized by Japanese who used a loud-speaker

system to direct their activities", (2) the Japanese presented demands to WRA

Director accompanied by the whateinent "Our demands will be met or else....",

(3) that the Tule Lake Japanese-Americans stopped work and "then wanted' uncinploy--

mont compensation, : and (4) that Chicf Steward Ralph . Peck, described by Rep.

Engle as "a man with an exceptionally competent record" had been asked to resign

by .n' assistant project director. AP, Wash. D. C. STAR, 11/30/43, UP;. Wash. D.C.

NEWS, and TIPNS HERALD, 11/30/43, INS, S. F. EXAMINER, ay h/ 3.

PUBLIC ATTITUDES

Columnists

Arizona columnist comments that "sob-sister" sympathy, for the hardships

exoericneed by the Rivers disloyal ovacuees when they were shipped to Tule Lake,

seams to have been wasted; "even the WRA officials would hesitate to cluim the

Japs are loyal or mistreated." "Petulant Palaver", Chandler ARIZONAN, 11/12/43

", . .you can't swat those Japs with cream puffs to keep 'em in line",

says "philosophic" colurmist who offers several drastic suggestions as to how he.

would treat the Tule Lake segregees. "Mesquite and Cacti" by Joe Zilch, TOMB-

STONE EPITAPH (Ariz.) 11/18/43 |

California columnist finds the "distortion of the Japanese relocation

situation and the stooging by some politicians to get on the bandwagon presents

2. new low"; adds reminder that although the Tule Lake situation is bad, two-

thirds of the evacuees in the centers are American citizens and are guaranteed

certain rights by the Constitution. By Matt Weinstock, L. A. NEWS, 11/22/43

Author of "Petulant Palaver" feels loyal evacuees should realize that

"white people" don't want anybody that looks like a Jap for their neighbors;

criticizes those whites who are forcing relocation. Chandler AKIZONAN, 11/19/43

Chicago columnist finds the Tokio radio "still hard at work" on the Tule -

Lake disturbances; says "Tokio's charge that the internees were forced to work

is not true, since labor in the camp was voluntary." "The Axis on the Air", By

arold Ettlinger, Chicago SUN, 11/27/13

WNo Allied soldiers in Italy fight more aan than `American soldiers of

Jap ancestry. vt Walter Pesiee in New York", Arkansas GA Me Ee 11/28/43

Drew Pearson notes that ile Dive Decetnet is tstalline! in decision on

the use of about 400 Jananese-American exoerienced seamen for service a:voard U. 3S.

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merchants ships; all have been cleared by the FBI and army Intelligence and the

Var Shipping AdntinistFation is ready to assign them to ships. 'lashington Merry-

Go-Round" Wash. D. C. `POST,' Philadelphia, ras RECORD, 11/26/43

Wash. Dike. columnist gives Shines on" Cyan Service "Commission investiga-

tions of persons applying for Federal. jobs' froin July to Aug, 3, 19433. finds 313

rere reject ed because they were Fascists ,. a or: pro- ~dapanese. Me o- and Us",

by George.D.- Riley, eee c. 7 HBRAL " 1/30/h3

Editorials a oe : = ges

Friendly

Michigan editor asks oublic "ih the interest of fair play. and: democracy"

to understand the important distinction betveen the Japanese in the. Tule. Lake :cen-

ter and `the loyal evacuees of the other centers; declares ltwe ove it to ourselves

to see that' they are not made the victims. of eee ee. or unreason."|: Grand Rapids

Mich. "PRESS, "11/23/42 aia 3

Sige Illinois editor feels racial berapidiees. 4 or dgnorance veg nine racial ten-

sions should not be jndulced - in by people of any color; BEDE ar os both the "holier

`than thou"and the "chip:on the `should ier" frame .of mind. eee State JOURNAL

and REGISTER, 11/21/43 | pS : | x

Commenting on the plea of former Ambassador Grew that a distinction be.

made betvreen enemy aliens and loyal .imericans of Jaoanese descent, Minneapolis"

editor states that Mr. Grew's words were undoubtedly evoked by public reaction

to the "colored accountis published by a few newspapers: on the. Pacific. coast and

by the Hearst press. elsevhere." !inneapolis STAB JOURNAL 11/23/43,

"Florida editor finds a' general feeling that. the Tule. Lake fneteors has

been over-emphasized"; says "the american people would not approve of any `illegal

and' inhuman! treatment of Japanese. or other internees..." and hopes, that: Americans

in Japan will not suffer as a result of conclusions drayvm: by Tokio from reports of

Tule Lake, Jacksonville, Fla. TIM3S UNION, 11/26/43

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Tule Lake uprising "would riever have: happened: had the center been in chare":

of the' Military Police , where it belonged", is opinion of Colorado editor who also

points out that the problem `there is cuite different. from that at the other cen-

ters whore the disloyal have been `sifted out. Rocky Mountain NEWS, 11/6/43

Arizona `editor feels: "sentimental" su` sestions that Americans undo the "ter

rible wrong" dorie the Japanese-~American evacuces by befriending these who are re-

located ts only'a "buautiful theory"; suggests that best selution.to the resettle-

ment problem-is to "let it lie until amoxs cae bitterness pi Jap treachery.... as

forg otten in the intoxtestion of victory.' . Phoenix Age. By, 14/13/43

"Spanish Consul - only ligcpforming his duty under inte risk ioal lav"! when | bis

visited Tule Lake to inquire into trvatmont of Japandse there, says reproving cd-

itor in ansver to contributors suggestion thet the Consul would have done better

to He epee anes pagar in' `Spanish concentration apni os Aes LAIN

Arizona cditer asks his readers to Pipe tt what would, sol to ts 000

American "prisoners of war" in Japan: +f - duplicated the example of the Tule

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Lake segregces; gives his own opinion of the Tule Lake situation in strong and

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no uncertain terms. Brvuwery Gulch, Ariz. GAZETTE, 11/18/43

"Japs Find it Easy to Get Past FB 3 (hoadline), Editor quotes newspaper

reports of Manzanar project dire ctor, Ralph Merritt's exclanation of the leave

procedure; emphasizes fact there e no FBI investigation other than a check against

their records, Greencastle;: Ind. BANNER, 11/20/43 Another editorial from the same

paper lists a "fow" of the atrocitics being committed. by the "Japs" in this war

and points out the Tule Lake "riot" to those "friends of good Japs" who are "unter=

taining them in Greencastle." 11/20/13

L, A. TIS of 11/22/43. carrics a questionnaire on the Japanese problem for

its reacers to answer and return, "uvstion number 8 provices space fer' "other

suggustions." A'news clipping of 11/29/13 reports that the "Jap Question Editer"

has been so "snowed under! by the storm of ansvers that the results cannot be tabe

ulated as carly as was ees EXOCCt a

California editor agrevs with Governor Warren's request for permanent Arm

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control of Tule Lake; fecls "revamping of WRA would merely put another: crew of

tencoreminccd heart=blucdcrs in charge," L.A, FIGS, 11/24/43

ORZGONT AN editor fincs the California Newspaper Publishsrs Association ab-

solutcly "justificd" in its criticism of WRA's suppression of news about Tule Lake:

charges that such suppression "seriously undane red American citizens in.that- area,'

11/24/43

L, A. EXAMINER Cartoon depicts a released Jap internts "WRapped for a Gift"

and taggud with such notices as "handlu with care, he's uscd to a good home, de-

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positcd'on the doorstep of the American Public. 11/24/13

/isconsin cditor' fecls the administration of ths Tule Lake center was a

"farce"; urge cs dismissl of: Dirceetor Myer * Mi lyvauked ," Wises JOURNAL, 1L1 oh 43

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dditorial reiterates reports of continucd demonstrations and demands by the

Tulc Lake segregces stand the Army took controls; claims condition should -be hand-

led "decisively" by the Government, "such acts of disloyalty and hostility should

be punishable by law." Biloxi, Miss, HERALD, 11/23/43

Eoitor of the Alburqucrouc, Ni i, JOURNAL comments that: American Legion

demands for Army control of the "segrsgg camps" coincides with the opinions ox-

pressed by "somo inva sticg tors `of the camps and by many newspapers.!" 11/23/43

Two midwest cditors cxpress sams Scneaee opinion that the Tule Lake oute

break was no merc demonstration of loyalty to Ja pan, but a Tokyo inspired plot

"to bring about an incident that may be nee as an cxcusy for increased abuse of

American prisoners in Japan." Mason City, Iowa, GLOBI+-GAZETTS, 11/23/43 and

Minneapolis, Minn, TRIBUNZ, 11/26/43 -0x00B0

Indianapolis cditor fucls pusite is "Untitled to a sweeping probe and full

chnlightenmunt" on the failure to maintain

Jics committce should "aseurtain where +t

Indianapolis, Ind. STAR, 11/26/13

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n Cisipline at the Tule Lake center: says

he blame rests for conditions at the camps.

Four cditors note with vearrving degrecs of irony Seervtary of State Cordell

Hull's doubts that the Japanese will be willing to include more than a few of the

Tule Lake disloyalists on en exchange list. The New Haven JOURNAL-COURTER suggests

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that they all be shipped back pound0 Japan at the end of the war - Japan will be

tiger ing orders rather than giving them." N, Y, HERALD TRIBUNE, 11/26/43, Bos ston,

Mo. POST 2123/29/35 20x00B068. F. ORRONTELE; 11/27/h3 and Now Haven, Conn, JOURNAL

COURT aR, 11/29/13 ,

OREGONIAN editor comments on specch given to a Japanese mass mvecting by a

oo. ropotriated Japanese, who expressed his amazement, cven after living in

this iio ry for'a long time, at the freedom of Spcoch allowe o4. in America, "Another

ease of cast being cast and wost being west," 11/2 7/43

"It's Time to Change Limbsh" is title of L, A. TIMES cartoon, half of which

shows 2 smiling evacuce swinging himself from a `JRA held umbrvlla, while the other

half portrays him precariously balanced on the blade of a bayonet Llabcled "Full

Army Control," `

Lottors to the cditor

Fricndly

Three readers condemn the cditor of the Grrencastle, Ind, BANNER for his

stand thet there are no "good Japs, ryminding him of the Jabancse-Americans fight-

ting against th. Germans in Italy and werning him not-to: "do Hitler's work."

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: Chiczgo contributor fines "Dics committee smells too mich of poett.ee to

warrant its: continuance; claims that: "any and 31] of their investicctions arc in

ad ficld alrcady covered by thu: FBI whose expericnes and training butter pound$t-44 for

the werk." Chicago SUN, 1/27/13 ) =a |

ae: wn solcicr stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss. thanks the editor

of the Idaho STATSSMAN for Ris ee cditorial and `corrects. mistikcn: impression

that any Repos bostnorteaite ars as yet allowed in the U. S. Air Corps, 11/28/13

Hostile

Seattlc soldicr doubts if reports of the "riots at Tule Lake" are helping

to incrvsse the morale of our soldizrs fighting broads; recommends an immediate

change in the' administrition of the counters, Svcttle: POST INTEL LIGINGGR 11/18/43

Three ost Coast men cdvise shooting instvuad of soddiinc for the trouble-

making disloyalists at Tul. Lake; express disgust and alerm that they are permitted

to Not away" with their demonstrations. OREGONIAN, 11/23/43, Fresno BES (no date

given)

Californiz contributor condemns Director Mycr's: theory for assimilation of

the Japancse-Amcricans, misconstruing the Dircetor's statumnt to mean: biological

rather than cultura .l assimilation. (unnamed p.per)

`Kentuckian is "diseusted" to read that farmets "have to pay those Japanuse

over {70 4 week to harvest the food." Sugsusts they should "work or starve, and

adds "there is too much politics in Californii," Gacramenta- Bak: 11/26/43

San Francisco reader notes that no one'*thinks it is "un-American ts censor

the mail of our fighting men, bot that: the: Japeness ot Tulv Inke wore able to"

smuggle in radio narts by mail bee..use it was considered "un-American" to scarch

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theirs, S. -F.. CHR ONTCLE, 11/26/h3

_ Ohio weorie urges mothors-of Amuriean soldicrs to dumand that all rvlocstion

cunters be placed under the Army and "those animals be treeted tough." Toledo

BLADE, " 1/27/k3

Contributor to the onus POST kk the continued criticism of the

stride centoadsminorks aa ays: "they, unlike our pampered Japanese enemies, are not

offered (70 per week, plus food' and other supplies." S. F. BXAMINGR, 11/27/43.

A San Francisco shipyard worker, on the other hand, comments that he read with

great interest the "expose of the Tule Lake mess", but feels there is an even

bigger story to be found in the Richmond shipyards. S. F. eee 11/27/43

Idahoan.does a little "beefing" on subject: of selling, "our.best land" to

Japanese who will enter. into competitive farming with the -- who are now out

fighting to save this same land. Idzho aes 11/28/13

Feature Articles

A picture of two "loyal American opanne? girls presenting War Fund

gifts) nek they have solicited,. is. carried .in the publication of 339 Community

and "ar Pund of i fetropolite wn CREOD ES ne = ane a ak FEATHER nil de?

Full page article by the Rev. 1. H. Tibess ir, MMs, test ohare aS Nairen,

Nanechuria for eight years, who - to the: linidoka center..when it was..est bai inhod.

is:titled "Are Japanese Twaeuess Gettine- a.Fair Break?":. Describes yarious reac-

tions of the evacuees to the evacuation orders. finds "the naive confidence in the

fundamental fairness of the american people on the part of the young folks" was

the hardest hit, and expresses the difficulty: the. Janpcnese-Americans are having

in reconciling America's democratic objectives with the treatment they are

receiving. (Unnamed paper)

Resolutions and St.tements

-"No Japs will. be. released.-to th is state, saye Re eee Pe ee erm

of arizona in speech to annual

Phoenix, Phoenix GAZATTS, 11/15/43

o "Take a. dook.at Tule Leke if.any one.of you. harbors ange friendly thought

about any Japanese", urges Rilea `I, Doe, Safeway Stores executive, in-address to

Oikland., Oe Lif. Chumber of Commerce, -Salem Oregon Jc URNAL, 11/16/43

oat nes, Fred N, omer `in ' oesek- to Monrovic., Cali fs: Rotors, Club,

blames coddling of evicuees by "three or four religious or ministerial org.niza-

tions" for disturbances . the.Tule LIake.center; points. out the contrast be-

tween Americen tre..tment of. Tule Pa it end Japanese tre:tment of Americz2ns

held PRESSES, in de paliy Lisi oT, 11/18/43

"Forum Speakers Outline Steps in es For 'The World We Want!"

hese lite _ John F, Aliso, Japanese-american lawyer, speaking. to. Forum group in

New York, points. out thot "seventy-five Soe Americuns of: Japanese oncestry

emain firm in their faith in PRE HOS act Urges reforms of Nip.onese institutions,

bet feels Japan is not yet ready LOM: 3 cca .n form of eovernment . Noss

HERALD TRIBUNE, 11/18/43

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