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A letter writer to the Seattle Post-intelligencer said that living in Hawaii made her aware of the danger of the Japanese population and its loyalty to Japan and added that the war could possibly reach the continental U.S.

The Farm Security Administration was making plans to recruit Japanese American farm laborers to do seasonal work in Eastern Oregon and in Southern/Southwestern Idaho because of shortage of workers due to the war.

The Minidoka Mass Choir sang for students at Jerome High School and at a formal concert for the residents of Jerome and were preparing to sing at a Methodist church in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Photocopy of newspaper photos showing Hawaiian Japanese training as members of the 100th infantry battalion.

An opinion piece written for the University of Washington Daily urged support for the World Stludent Service Fund (WSSF) which would fund scholarships for Japanese American students who want to go to college from the internment camps.

A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer criticized the pressure put on the Japanese American school clerks to resign from their positions. He said it was similar to the way Hitler was treating the Jews.

The Seattle School Board accepted the resignations of Japanese American office clerks after there were protests over their employment.

An editorial in a Seattle daily newspaper commented on the Tolan Committee that was to hold hearings in Seattle and expressed confidence that it would be fruitful and would lead to solutions to problems that would ensue from evacuation of the…

Indictment were returned by a federal grand jury accusing Thomas Masuda and Kenji ito of serving as agents of Japan and making speeches in favor of Japan.

Preparations were being made to hold Tolan Committee hearings in Seattle to determine what should be done to Japanese aliens on the West Coast, and a list of witnesses was being made up that included government officials, social service…