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t ’Colorado Takes Evacuated Japs as Patriotic Need■ i GovernorIgnores State’s Protests—SaysColoradoans Can Squelch. 4Any Number of Enemies’MillionDENVER. Feb. 28.—lt;!«$—As its I contribution to the war effort. Colo-: rado will accept Japanese and ther jAxis aliens being evacuated from the west coast, it was -nnounced tonight by Gov. Ralph L. Carr.The governor made his announcement in lace of vigorous protests from farm, labor and civic groups throughout the state.Gov. Carr termed the evacuees as ! “unwelcome guests1' but added that ! Colorado could control them, say*! ing:“We announce to the world that a million, one hundred and eighteen • thousand red-blooded citizens of this : state are able to take ^ar** ot thirty-five Ihousand or any number of enemies, if that be the task whichis siloted to us.*I Gov. Carr was the first chief executive in the mountain states toI formally open the way .or the ac- j ceptanee of the aliens. Governors ] of other states in the region indi- ; cated to Rep. John T. Tolan lt;D.) I Calif., chairman of the congres* -sional committee investigating the \ alien enemy problem on the west \ coast, .that they did not want the j avacuees.As many as 3,flOG Japanese workers can be used in Colorado agricultural work this summer, according to Dewey J. Harman, state. chairman of the U, S. department of \ agriculture war board, who checked up with canners, farmers and other j employers of agricultural labor throughout the state.
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Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Sun, Mar 01, 1942
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