A letter to the editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that if he were an American living in Japan, he would have been detained in some place, so he felt it justified doing the same to the Japanese in this country, who he said did not improve…
A letter to the editor of the University of Washington Daily expressed the feelings of two Japanese American women who were to be evacuated. They set the facts straight and expressed hope for the future.
A Chinese boy made sure that he was not mistaken for an enemy alien. In addition to wearing a China button, he had the word Chna spelled on his jacket with large heads of brass rivets.
A letter writer to publisher William Randolph Hearst suggested that Japanese evacuees be used to grow guayule rubber for defense work, with penalties for those who don't meet the quota.
A produce shortage was seen as likely with the impending evacuation of all Japanese from the West Coast. However, the process was to be done on a piece meal basis, so it was unclear if there would be total evacuation as was announced early.
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer who said he was from Hawaii but now living here claimed the Japanese people in Hawaii stabbed this country in the back because they had been nurtured in Hawaii and some of the Pearl Harbor attack…
A letter writer to the editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said he lives where some Japanese families reside, and he said that if they were moved to the Midwest or elsewhere as the fanatics in the Seattle area urged, would they jeopardize their…
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was quoted as saying that the Japanese on the West Coast were understanding and accepting the eventual evacuation when she was asked about American citizens having to leave.
