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Japs Might Stay On If 1 hey ComeGovernment Would Have Assimilation Of Aliens Here•rsr:*■ASiEnemy aliens would be assimilated’1 in Ktmsns under one of the proposed plans for removing them from the west const, Mayor Willis N. Kelly a ml Commissioner Ernest Murphy learned from Gov. Payne Haincr at Topeka yesterday.They said the governor alreadyhad protested such a plan.Another proposal is to create concentration camps to intern 30,-000 aliens fn the nine states of the Seventh Corps area. Some of them possibly at the Hutchinson stale fair grounds.That proposal also is meeting with vigorous protests from Kelly and Murphy.Rainer Not ConsultedRatner told them he had not been consulted regarding interment camps In Kansas and that federal officials probably would deal directly with the state fair board.Army officers last week-end are reported to hove inspected the state fair grounds here as a possible site for a concentrationcamp.Mayor Kelly said he wouldwrite Dr. O. O. Wolf, president of the fair board today emphasizing his protest.Fair Board To MeetKelly said ho understood the fair board will meet in Topeka tomorrow and may consider the matler. Fair Secretary KamMitchell left for Topeka today,Kelly and Murphy said theyj*i°n wore told by Gen. Milton McLeanjday adjutant general, that plans were for the aliens to be housed temporarily In Kansas until cantonments cciulri be built.The Hutchinson officials said they were told about 300 guards would be employed and that thej State Guard might be asked lend a hand. i 1 _Kelly and Murphy also saidj0S.? -Um»v learned the Topeka fair!_____________ ....i. __FWIVindignucon.ingweeNMatgrounds arc not being considered/or h camp.Governor Gets InquiryMayor Kelly said Governor Rat-j ner had received the following-on lt;ductwhhpasswinjoin-telegram from John H. Tolan, chairman of the house committee investigating national defense migration; .This congressional.. committee. h o I dT'n- g hfiarlngr^rMcferniHfcJlnt? evacuation enemy aliens westi L. coast at. request several federal j ter i z*geneies including army, navy,;**ctif justice, social security board.Many witnesses have urged send-mg all aliens German and Italian 11. nrlgm, all Japanese whatever j ]31Jh citizenship In arras east or borders) California, Oregon and Washing-;‘K!1^ton. , ,ax|InWhat \fi response of your state]. . to this proposal? How many off t 7 '. t____ .i-miU rlltf A lt_ ^ ^Busien'sclub,gionCharthese people could your state assimilate? What opportunity would these be lor employing these people in useful work? Under what plan would you consider such movement feasible? What do youj think is attitude of people of y°ur! wism-state toward such n movement?”Mayor Kelly said Governor Rat-ncr told him he sent Chairman Tolan the following reply:Kansas, the very core of our arsenal of democracy, with many vital defense plants and war industries, as with vast resources for more, must in all patriotism and considered judgment oppose proposals that enemy aliens be sent into this state for ‘assimilation* rb suggested by witnesses beat B petit for v great Sg vc glass gram of ccEar*AsletteiWas!fore your committee. [stateBy constantly stressing her advantages as a state with strategic military safety, infinite natural resources, great industrial capacity and an abundance o£ .skilled, loyal labor and management, Kansas has climbed to an important place in the field of war production,Aliena A Menace**The infiltration of enemy aliens into our loyal Kansas communities would distinctly menace the security of our war industries and would weaken the advantage our state offers to the nation as nn. area with maximum safety against attack from abroad and sabotage from within,Economically, the assimilation of enemy aliens into Kansas life? is neither _ feasible nor possible,: Opportunities for employing such; people in jobs for which they arc I ceqqblo and for which they could| bo Trusted are almost non-existant. Clearly, it sent to this state, such enemy aliens would have to be cared for from public assistance rolls, which already are too overburdened to permit additions which would work hardships upon our own citizens.Safety of the nation requires that FBI keep close surveillance over enemy aliens. Scattering them throughout tha country .will make an almost impossible burden on the already over-burdened staff of that great organization of tho FBIstirnSeiflooradvoi(PWe*1antcmWCit?rniffpotHult;*$MS-’wvl-fmSihas nivhatLovfreezilonigtnightycstci
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Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Thu, Mar 12, 1942
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