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LIPPMANNon*er-?re,S4c*VIc-*; ianya in•iU;lith61;er-re-rig-(Continued From Page Four) on a battlefield. And nobdy ought to be on a battlefield who has no good reason for being there. There is plenty of room elsewhere for him to exercise his rights.This is in substance the system of policing which necessarily prevails in a war zone. By this system the constitutional and international questions about aliens and citizens p-, . do not arise at the very place where they confuse the issues and prevent the taking of thorough measures of security. Under this system all persons are in nrinciole treated alike.mgtineAs a matter of national policy there8a _ _ _________ ut at thesame time the authorities on theG1spot in the threatened region areable to act decisively, and let theexplanations and the reparationscome later.This approach to the question bypasses the problem which, as I see it, has caused the trouble in Washington. For what Washington hasdealing with all enemy aliens everywhere and all potential fifth columnists everywhere. Yet a policy which may be wise in most parts of the country may be extremely foolhardy in a combat zone. Therefore. much the best thing to do is tobeen trying to findvithOWiav-recognize the western combat zone as territory quite different from therest of the country, and then to setup iup in that zone a special regimerrspli-all 1 to )ak. art-This has been done on the Bataan Peninsula, in Hawaii, in Alaska, In the Canal Zone. Why not also on the threatened west coast of the United States?Copyright, 1942, N. Y. Tribune Inc.
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Huron Evening Huronite
Huron, South Dakota, US
Sat, Feb 14, 1942
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