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119ig20,000 J a psAre CitizensBy GLEN SAUNOERS ■MarketJSEStST. LOUIS LIVESTOCK National Stockyards, III., Julytju. v t t* ft * ^ ‘iHv.wimi uwvajuiUft, III., d U I VLittle Rock, July 8—(API Twen- ] 8 —(U. S. Dept. Agr. —Hogs.alegins to fat offen-•e begin-(■ remark can lose Sast and ,r,ous idea f course, ie asser-rankestand it'sney.of little »e Allies this vast !y is one whole ry great this ter-ighty e£* But we . to hold '. stand, jec lives, (barring )e faced 5 of los-jrotract-wlth no Lmuld of* ck pros* il estab-ed front Hitler vast ■antages d by his .ild have quickly, acquire the oil,ty thousand Japanese, more than 70 per cent of whom are American citizens, will be established by autumn in two 10,000 acre agricultural . communities being built on undeveloped delta land in southeast Arkansas.Plans for operation of the two camps for Japanese to be evacuated from the Pacific coast war zone are being mode here by E. B. Whitaker, State Farm Security Administration director who is to be director of the regional office, of the War Relocation Authority.The Japanese are scheduled to clear the land and utilize its rich soil for subsistence crops.9000: market opened steadv to P..lower on good and choice 180-260 lbs at 14.50 -14.60; top 14.60: 140-160 lbs about steady at 13.78 14,35; sows steady to 10 lower 13.40-14.00, Cattle, 2000; calves, 1200; market generally steady: good steers 12.50-13.35; medium 1.25-12.25: one load choice yearling steers 14,-00 medium and good mixed yearlings and heifers 1.50-12.75: com mon and medium cows 8.73-9.50; conners and cutters 8.00-8.50; medium and good sausage bulls 10.00-1,25; good to choice vealers 14.25; medium and good 1.75 and 13.00; nominal range slaughter steers 10,25-14.25; slaughter heifers 9.50n.tiTd;They will maintain their own lo- -13.75; stockers and feeders 0.50s are ?ady for Europe, f might uddenly 2s, eith-inst the e the ■up. In iect the 3 inaug-ffensive ith an ffort to Serman front.: out ofsunburn touch of svder. A r relief eat rash.s5E!KEW;leisslycai government and its police and fire units.Employables over 16 years old will work in the fields or at whatever trades they are trained in and will be paid by the government.Army engineers are already at work on the camp sites and contracts are to be let soon. Early contingents of about 500 single men may be sent to help put up the buildings if the contractors have difficulty getting labor.One of the relocation areas is near Rohwer, Desha county, twelve miles northeast of McGehee.' The other is approximately 32 miles southwest near Jerome in Drew and Chicot counties, about 10 miles south of Dermott and the same distance west of Lake Village. Both are on the Missouri-Pacific l'ail-road.Officially, they will be known as the Rohwer and the Jerome relocation centers.The land, all owned by government sponsored farm cooperatives and leased by the WRA, is now mostly covered with second growth timber, some of which can be used for cross ties, staves, flooring, etc.Being in the Mississippi river lowlands, the land must be drained before it will be suitable for farming. Whitaker said when the land is prepared for cultivation it will be worth $35 to $75 an acre—seven to 15 times its present value.No one lives on the Rohwer center site now but 19 families were located on the Jerome area.-Those on the camp site have been moved, their damages being paid by the government. The others will remain on their farms until their crops have been harvested this autumn.When the city camp sections where the evacuees will live, are completed, the Japanese will move in and begin clearing and draining the land.“The families will be expected to raise as much of the food they use as possible,” Whitaker explained. “They will grow vegetables for their meals and will produce tomatoes for canning, soybeans, alfalfa, oats, corn, eggs and other products.”He explained that poultry and hogs would be grown but no plans were being made to handle beef cattle.Although the Japanese will clear the land, they will not obtain any equity in it but will be paid for their work by the government. When the war is over, they will be removed, Whitaker said.Whitaker and his aides diseourft the fears of some Arkansans that the evacuees will become permanent residents of the state after the war. Only 18 Japanese were counted in Arkansas in the 1940 census but the centers will bring here one-sixth of the country’s Japanese population.Studies of the concentration of Germans during the last war reveal that few of them remained at or returned to the scene of their internment, officials declared.Furthermore, one of the provisions of present plans is to return the Japanese to the west coast after the war. This was insisted on by Gov, Homer M. Adkins in hisnegotiations with government authorities.Another stipulatin asked by Adkins was that the camp residents not be allowed to compete with local labor.Since then, however, some farm operators have inquired regarding use of the evacuees to relieve a13.50.Sheep, 4000; marketopeningtreyrheRY)REEasetheart-LadHEthe premises so often discussed in this column that if Hitler can’t break through to fresh resources he will be beaten. If he can reach those resources he can repair his war-machine, and his chances of winning the war will be good. We have to probe a bit deeper than that, however, to get the full force of his position. Should he gain his present objectives, he not only would acquire resources but hewould cut the Allies off from them in that theater. Russia would be without her grain fields and oil wells in the Caucasus.Indeed, the Soviet would be pretty much in the present unhappy position of China — her home resources cut to the bone, and virtually isolated from the outside world. Even now Russia's main contact with her Allies is through the Arctic ports of Murmansk and Archangel and the Persian gulf, and Persia would fall with the Middle East.To recapitulate, the Allied situation obviously is serious, but we haven't been deprived of our chance of holding Hitler’s offensive, titanic as it is. And let’s not try now to cross the bridge of whining the war after the fuehrer has captured the Middle East. ,shortage of field labor caused by migralon of farm workers to warfactories.If any of the Japanese are used for outside farm work, they will be obtained under arrangements agreeable to both the government and the evacuees themselves. Persons hiring them must guarantee to pay prevailing Wages, provide accommodations, such as living quarters, ordinarily given field hands, and see that they are given full protection by local police while out of camp.None will be allowed to work outside the camp unless the U. S. Employment Service certifies a shortage of^ labor in the area.The camp site of each area will cover approximately 500 acres. Living quarters will resemble CCC barracks, each building being about 20 by 100 feet with wood slab sides covered by roofing paper.Each will be divided into separate sections for four families. If the occupants of any one section desire further compartmenta-tion, lumber will be furnished for them to do their own work.Inside a rectangle of such structures will be located, for each 500 persons, a center containing mess hall, sanitary facilities, laundry and other community necessities.An assessment will be charged against each person (or his mnin-tennance but will be cancelled or considered paid if he joins the work corps as will charges for all members of his family unemployable or under 16 years old.Cash payments to work corps members will range from $12 to $19 per month according to skill. This they may spend as they desire subject to limitations such as the ban against fire arms.No evacuee will be compelled to join the corps if he has money to pay the assessment for himself and his dependents.Authorities anticipate no trouble on this score, asserting the evacuees already have been weeded of persons who might prove undesirable.“The camp is not in arty sense an alien or concentratin camp,” officials insisted .“Those coming are the ones considered desirable. Then joining the work corps they must pledge to be boyal to the United States and to do tasks assigned to them.”Neither do the organizing officials expect trouble over escape attempts or local incidents.” “They are glad they are in these camps instead of Japan”, one official said, j Nevertheless, army military police will guard the boundaries and surrounding territory.This and the erection of the buildings are the only duties the army will have in connection with the projects. Insofar as is practa-ble, the communities will be self governing.Just as those who have had experience in carpentering or baking will be assigned to those trades, evacuees who have had experience as law enforcement officers will make up the full time, unarmed, police force.A regular fire department will also be maintained.Evacuee citizens over 21 and otherwise qualified voters will elect a governing board of 30 persons with a chairman similar to a mayor.The question has not been settled but officials see no bar to qualifying citizens and voters participating in state and national elections. Under Arkansas law, however, a person must reside here a year before being eligible to vote in slate elections.Every precaution will be taken to safeguard the evacuees’ health, officials assured.“Hospitals, schools, stores and other establishments will be staffed as completely as possible with evacuees. Some supervisory personnel probably will have to be brought, from the outside If so, they will be regular government employees.”The school system will follow the Arkansas state standards generally but the state will bear none of its cost. The Japanese language will not be taught or permitted in the schools.“We believe we will have enough qualified teachers among the evacuees themselves,” a relocation worker said.The two Arkansas centers, announced by Lieut. Gen. J. L. De-Witt, of the Western Defense com-1 rnand and the Fourth Army.j brought to nine the number of such I centers lo be built. Others are situated in the eastern part of California and Arizona Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado.tr51-1-msimurraclheujsn2£Pimst1,Ulurolsobla:citr1-cr3-PirrTuiraio1-1
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Hope, Arkansas, US
Wed, Jul 08, 1942
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