Enemy Aliens

Enemy Aliens

Roosevelt, Franklin D. West Coast Aliens, enemy Japanese American Internment Editorial Evacuation

An editorial in one of the Seattle daily newspapers supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order giving the government the right to remove any or all persons of Japanese descent from military areas as a way to ensure safety of the West Coast . Japanese and the public were asked to cooperate fully, and if injustices occurred to those involved to accept them as part of the contribution to the defense of this country.

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