Dies Group to Ask Jap Evacuation

Title

Dies Group to Ask Jap Evacuation

Subject

House Committee on Un-American Activities "Yellow Paper" Dies, Congresman Martin Pearl Harbor Terminal Island, CA Japanese American Internment Evacuation

Description

The House Committee on Un-American Activities was to recommend that all Japanese on the West Coast be removed 500 miles inland and interned because investigation showed that they had misused American hospitality, and Justice Dept. moves to prohibit Japanese from certain areas had not been successful.

Date

Feb. 9, 1942

Type

JP 5 _ D54

Identifier

1900.5499

Collection