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ledintithetherts, is ce-al-T r a nsPlantingofJapaneseaidto»deL'V-tn din-)JX'011 ; is iin tile 300y-)00theLedlO,usein-he'•ayReal ProblemCOMMUNITIES INTO WHICH THEY GO DON’T WANT THEM; VEGETABLE CROPS ARE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED,Race Riot’s Fearedof,uly.liendrayahisIc-ied*si-ct-(Bv RENNIE TAYLOR)SAN FRANCISCO, May 3— (WideWorld)—The war relocation authority has inherited jierhaps. the knot-ties problem of its kind on record in moving sonip IOO.OOo Pacific seaboard Japanese tlt;j inland America.Unlike other great instances in which humanity was uprooted en masse, the WRA has undertaken to look after not only the welfare of the evacuees but also to minimize the effects on the communities into which they are being moved.The WRA is trying to reestablish these ixxtlc in self-sustaining communities—to be largely agricultural, because nearly half the Japanese are farmers and this fits them into food for victory program.However, vigorous objections to or another aspect of Japanese settlement have been expressed Officialdom in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.At first the government encouragedtlie Japanese to settle themselves vol- , untarfly. Several thousand were re- kcuation of a^iven araa, squads of rtheonere-byOf the 48.691 gainfully employed among the 111).000 coast Japanese. 45 per cent were in agriculture and 4,3}J2 were listed -as unpaid family workers.. The .efficiency of the system showsup cjn the bank’s statistics. The average Japanese farm is 42 acres and isworth $11,873. Th$ average of all coast’ states farm is'23fiacres worth $11,220. The Japanese culivated 76 per cent, of their acreage, compared with only 20 per cent, for three-state urns as a whole.15 Per Cent, of TomatoesWitn the family muscle power and stocj) labor, California Japanese al.me last year produced about 15 per cent, of the total national output of canning and fresh tomatoes combined theU. S. department ot agriculture estimates.California virtually monopolizes the nation’s ccynmercial asparagus production and the Japanese are listed as growing about one-fourth of it. The government now is seeking an increase of at least 30 per cent, for the 1542 pack.Canning spinach is another lopsid-edly Californian product. Japanese have produced about half of it. ‘Tie government seeks a 58’ per cent, increase this year.Nipponese have produced abciit *10 per cent, of the California carrot crop an important item in the feeding ot night fighters. Tne government has called for a 100 per cent production increase this time.Since the Nipponese arc being moved at a critical time of the grofing season. the farm security administrau u has drawn up a sort of blitz schedule for repopulating these farms quickl.When the army sets a date for eva-hubanemiabSOiexhehi?mitirciorantthetir-ay-ciy.of.henoin-nyngI'll.urlz-n-o-otlala-ipceesidrer-epmidillii-toa-p.►Ce-)hit,is1”melill1-icl--5-idalr”Xihle:11'an -tea. .itred?rhp it f%-d«-nitreported to have left the forbidden coast areas quickly.In groups ranging from one or two families to organizations ot 6,000 or more jersons they sought locations in the Rocky mountain or middle-western areas.Protests Roll In Then protests began. Mayor L. L. Williamson, ot Greeley, Colo., exposing reported plans ot r/5 Japanese to locate there, said, when we bgin to get casualty lists that include the names of local boys, there might be trouble.Colorado’s Governor Ralph L. Carr asserted the safety of the Japanese would be threatened if anything should develop which might create an emotional explosion.At least one higher educational institution. Utah state agriculture, declined to accept Japanese students who might wuiii tn continue tlieir »d-ueation. Fifteen Japanese went ahead with plans u establish themselves in Dallas, Texas, even though police told them they were unwelcome.Voluntary colonization in largenumbers also was opposed, in one instance even by Japanese already settled near Agden, Utah, who asserted that new arrivals mignt endanger their good rcputatkji.Governor Carr and Senator Johnson of Colorado, Governor Chase A. Clark of Idaho, Governor Jlt;h m E.Miles of New Mexico and other oi-ficiaLs opposed uncontrolled resettlement and asked that the government retain a hold upon any Japanese moved into their states.Problem up to Washington So the WRA confronted with a maze of complications, stopped voluntary resettlement and has asked Was ling-ton what to do about Japanese already reestablished on private property.Meanwhile the rest of the Japanese are being moved tlt;i great fertile areas of public domain in three inland California places and in one Arizona and one Idaho location. These camps will provide living quarters for 10,000 to20.000 persons each and probably willmake available more land than the250.000 acres the Japanese farmers left behind.The federal reserve bank, which has -the jlt;p of protecting Japaneseproperty rights, quotes iftstimates of agricultural authorities that, the evacuation possibly will result in a loss of as high as 10 jier cent, of the coast’s total truck crop production.This in turn may create a reduced national supply, because the coast (t’t-put accounts for 25 to 30 ier cent of the total United States production ol canning tomatoes, 95 per cent, of the asparagus, and lesser proportions O. other products such as celery, spinach, cauliflower and snap beans.One-Tlurd Truck Acreage Official surveys show that while the Japanese operated only 2 per cent of all agricultural land in California, Oregon and Washington, this constituted about one-third c/f the three-state truck crop acreage and from it the Nipponese harvested an estimated 50 to 85 per cent of the coast oup-put of vegetables...•.Farmers geuerally ■ lu-vo., Jjt'eu. Uhigifiore aTTd more inadrfhcfy ami #= labor, but the Japanese farmer has been growing crops with similar efficiency says the reserve bank, ‘jv working his wejnen and children as well as himself and his machines.They were willing to toil long hours for low pay on jobs unwanted byagents move in and seek to close as many deals .s possible between Japanese operators and prospective tenants.If any farm.remains untenanted lor five days after evacuaticji, the FSA now has additional authority to designate it as special blocked property and to operate it with its own representatives until private d.'als can be made.wlArstcNctorcifeitir4edFiatprlt;bcihotowlBoanCO'B1Favor Wheat QuotasWASHINGTON, May 3—(/P)—Tabulations today of the wheat growers’ referendum indicated that more than 75 per cent, favored continuance for another season of the federal marketing control program.Drilish Coast Raided LONDON, vl.iv —Germanraiders bombed points on the southwest coast and a town in the west of England early today.Li?v,stcdeilaimiBrrsaiontriithlt;tinoaibvspiles.b u iMacARTHUR. GOVEi* • * *- - - - - - —♦ • » « * k t t « • «**» « « « « « •- - - 4 « t a « * I »: mmiGen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme cc forces in the Southwest Pacific, is picgovernor general of Australia of Government House in Ca:* **rIIaiiii•«Cook BookieJ
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