Violence Marks Alien Crisis on West Coast

Title

Violence Marks Alien Crisis on West Coast

Subject

Japanese American Internment Evacuation Northern California Stockton, CA Yoshioka, Shigemasa (Frank) Ryer Island Holmes, Police Chief Lloyd Tolan, Congressman John H. Warren, Attorney General Earl County Supervisors Association of California Orosi, CA Tulare County Visalia-Dinuba School of Aeronautics Haight, District Attorney Walter C.

Description

In the midst of Japanese aliens being killed and city officials demanding the internment of all Japanese on the West Coast, members of Congress were preparing to hold hearings on how to protect the coastal areas and to lessen the hardship on Japanese who were to be interned.

Date

2/20/1942

Type

INT 5 _ V56

Identifier

1900.555

Collection