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*IDns2.mginncrtAd-ils-/-rp-of'Jewile*Torimclentexit, iest vcr. I ted ved. m-md,and;erntheina-vcr-i 2.\ent;r.ceiett.lianaur-roteiM-romajorandilngdgn*lghtring X to with ilgn, thePublic Clamor NotTo Decide If Japs MoveOnly Military Necessity Wilt Determine If Aliens Cleared From Coast\-O-SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.—(JP)— Military necessity, and not public clamor, will decide what is to be done about evacuating the west coasts 200,000 enemy aliens. Lleut.-General J. L. DeWUu commanding general of the western defense command and the fourth army, said last night.It will make no difference whether the civilian population or non-strate-glc areas wonts to get rid of alien colonies, or whether other localities abject to resettlement of aliens In their mldbt—the army will decide. General DeWltt’s statement said.The completed preparations will Include measures designed to safeguard as far as possible property and property rights, and to avoid the depressing effect of forced sales, and generally to minimize resulting . economic dislocations.”Mike M. Maaaokft of San Francisco, national secretary of the Japanese-American Citizens League, said the league had circularized west coast Japanese, alien and native-born, telling them to be prepared for eventual removal from the coast.A congressional committee headed by Rep. John H. Tolan (D., Calif.) discovered In telegraphed queries to governors of 15 states that ftw of the states would put out the welcome mat for aliens, if the army should resettle them. The committee is holding hearings in Seattle on alien evacuation problems.Tolan reported that of nine governors who were in the first group to reply, only Gov. Ralph L. Carr of Colorado expressed full willingness to “aid in solving the Japanese evauation problem.”Gov. E. P. CarviUe of Nevada said he thought Nevadans would not object to alien migrations so long as the aliens were under proper supervision, or in concentration camps.Gov. Sidney P. Osborn of Arizona replied that his state had a Japanese problem of its own, and did not propose to be a dumping ground for coast aliens.Liniirc121 13 j 141 (161181(191I21122 is23 C25 C26 £ 28 1h301f31132 1 fc33 S u38 1 401 41/fa
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Mon, Mar 02, 1942
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