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Civilian BoardiNamed To HelpMove JapaneseAIi(U.FTrArmy To Announce Decision On Problem; ActionWill Be FinalSAX FRANCISCO, March 2. (A*)—A civilian staff to handle evacua- *cX;grWn»«Aedltksntion of enemv aliens from westlife | |coast areas with a minimum of nf hardship was appointed today by foiLieut, Gen. J. L. DeWitt. j thlThe general made it clear that rk | military necessity and not public i .if. | clamor would determine whatever eI orders he makes concerning evac-1 ,%• uation of some 200,000 enemv 1 kj alien in the Far West. * ?.?'ie! His civilian staff under Torn C. i Clark, alien coordinator, is composed of representatives of all fed- to eral agencies which have been lt;0’* previously involved in alien re-*•; j movals. State and local officials -0 are cooperating.! «_ 1 sr. Property Staff Provided jThe property section of my civilian staff will deal with the j ^ I perplexing problem of providing a property custodian, of minimizing economic dislocation, and of avoid- j Coiing so far as possible forced sales |by persons affected,” the generalsaid.“The agriculture and resettlement.sections will develop resettlement . F j and relocation projects, soon to be *n8 n‘ announced, and will establish u means to overcome, so far as in£ possible, losses in agricultural pro- WGI 'Iduction. bef« *«•asesilsntor“A statistical section is gathering l)ea data necessary to supply other sec- Hie al tions with information they re- P j quire.” ' j FriDeWitt announced after two illai.X weeks of careful study that he was mir ill about ready to disclose the Army’s dist n decision on the evacuation problem, stn ;k 1 It will make no difference! fed' iv. whether the civilian population of trie non-strategic areas wants to get 12.,y rid of alien colonies, or whether p eI other localities object to resettle- tha ment of aliens in their mid^t—the foritsl Army will decide. General DeWitt j Qra| Mid. .tec,j I Governors Oppose iA congressional committee head-,ed by Rep. John H. Tclan (D-Calif) j J discovered in telegraphed queries ofto governor of 15 states that fewO.Shiof the states would put out the welcome mat for aliens, if the a’- Army should resettle them. The j U* n- committee is holding hearings in e | Seattle on alien evacuation prob-; lems.Tolan reported that of nine gov-Vernors who were in the first group prinsonto reply, only Gov. Ralph L. Carr m I of Colorado expressed full willing-1 0 to “aid in solving the Japa- 1q nese evacuation problem.” c ,,n. Gov. Sidney P. Osborn of Arizona replied that his state had a Japanese problem of its own, and didnot propose to be a “dumping ‘ „_ I ground” for coast aliens. ! ° *rc-i -in ( cemoi
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