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Article about the closing of the Japanese Language School in Seattle in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor bombing.

Article about leaders in the Japanese community pledging their loyalty to the United States and comments they made in regard to the war situation.

Article about the Seattle Council of Churches and Christian Education asking that there be no discrimination or unfairness on the Japanese in the area due to this country's entry into World War II.

Article about the King County school superintendent asking for fair play in the treatment of Japanese American students as a result of the U.S.'s entry into World War II.

Article about the principal at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School in Seattle pleading for tolerance among her students, especially since the school is composed about three-fourths Japanese students, in the aftermath of the U.S.'s entry into World War…

Editorial in a Seattle newspaper requesting people to accept the inconveniences and to cooperate in making things run smoothly. As for Japanese Americans, people were asked to not be hostile toward them.

Article about funds in Japan's financial institutions in Seattle being frozen because of Japan's bombing Pearl Harbor. The Treasury Department prohibited Japanese nationals from withdrawing any money from firms like Yokohama Specie Bank and Sumitomo…

Article about how clergymen from the Seattle area call for tolerance and understanding of the Japanese Americans living here and support for the war effort.

Article about the continuation of the Seattle Japanese School in spite of hostilities between the United States and Japan.

Article about Seattle Mayor Earl Millikin's warning to the public to stay away from military establishments and any fires to lessen the possiblity of hysteria and to treat the Japanese residents of the city tolerably.