Japanese students at the University of British Columbia were asked to turn in their equipment as they were being barred from the Canadian Officers' Training Corps due to the war.
The American Legion Post No. 1 agreed to continue sponsorship of Troop No. 39, which was composed primarily of Japanese Americans despite the pall cast by the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
A letter writer to the Seattle P-I said he agreed with columnist Westbrook Pegler and believed that all Japanese, German and Italian aliens should be placed in concentration camps so they would be prevented from causing any trouble.
