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Some 5,151 enemy aliens had been arrested since the outbreak of World War II, announced Attorney General.

Japanese American women who worked as clerks in the offices of Seattle's public schools submitted their resignations after some Gatewood mothers led by Mrs. Esther Sekor protested their employment saying their presence created a safety issue for the…

Congressman John H. Tolan arrived in Portland to plan for hearings to be held to decide what to do with the Japanese alien evacuees.

A Japanese man who was arrested in a railroad yard in Spokane said only "No savvy" when questioned. After he was released, he spoke perfect English.

The YM-YWCA Forum were to have a speaker on "How Shall the Japanese Aliens be Evacuated?" at Eagleson Hall. The speaker was to be Tom Bodine of the American Friends Service Committee.

Twenty-six Japanese American women working as clerks at various Seattle public schools resigned after protests from mothers in the Gatewood neighborhood resulted in a petition asking for their dismissal.

An anonymous writer commented on the Gatewood mothers who were trying to force the resignations of Japanese American office workers from the Seattle School District and stated that these "patriotic" and "noble" ladies should be given a long vacation…

Leaders of the Gatewood district of Seattle Public Schools, led by Mrs. Esther M. Sekor, decided to petition the Second Interceptor Command to help get rid of the Japanese American women working as clerks in the Seattle School District.

Plans were being formalized to hold hearings in Seattle to decide what should be done with the Japanese population on the West Coast and to consider mass evacuation as a solution.

A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer suggested confining all enemy aliens and all Japanese because he said their loyalty was questionable and that action should be taken now before any other incident like Pearl Harbor occurs.