Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-18
Secretary Metcalf's Report.

Secretary Metcalf in his report says:
I'm my previous report 1 said nothing as
to the causes leading up to the action of
the school board IN passing the resolution
of October II, and the effect of such action
upon Japanese children, residents of the
city of San Francisco, desiring to attend
the public schools of that city. A report
on this matter will now be made, there
fore: and after describing the local public
sentiment concerning the recent disturb
anceS with regard to the japanese, an &C
count will be given, first, Of the boycott
maintained by the Cooks and Walters
Union of San Francisco against japanese
restaurants doing business in that city, and
second, of the several cases of assaults or
injury inflicted upon the persons or prop
erty of japanese residents.
1T seems that for several years the board
of education of San Francisco had been
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of establishing
separate schools for Chinese, Japanese and
Korean children, and on May 6, 1905,
passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That the board of educa ton
is determined in it's efforts to effect the
esta blishment of separate schools for Chi
nese and Japanese pupils, not only for the
purpose of relieving the congestion al pres
ent prevailing in our schools, but also for
the higher end that our children should
not be placed in any position where their
youthful impressions may be affected by as
ISOLATION with pupils of the Monaghan race
following resolutions:
- Resolved. That in accordance with
article X, section 1862 of the school law Of
California, principals are hereby directed
TO send all Chinese, Japanese or Korean
children TO the oriental public school. sit
uated on the south side of Clay street be-
tween Powell and Mason streets, on and
after Monday, October 10, 1906
The action of the board in the passage
of the resolutions of May 6, 1905, and Octo-
Der IL, 1906 was undoubtedly largely in
fiuenced by the activity of the Japanese
and Korean Exclusion League, an organi-
cation formed for the purpose of securing
the enactment by the Congress of the
United States OF a law extending the pro-
visions of the existing Chinese exclusion
act so as to exclude Japanese and Koreans.
state of California of $500 three-fourths
of which membership is said to be in the
city OF San Francisco. The membership is
composed almost entirely of members of
labor organizations. Section 2 article 2,
of the constitution of the league is as fol-
lows:
e The league as such shall not adopt any
measures of discrimination against any
Chinese, japanese or Koreans now or here
after lawfully resident in the United States
Yet, on October %, 1905 at a meeting
of the league held in San francisco, as
reported in the San Francisco Chronicle of
October %. 1905, resolution was adopted
by the league instructing its executive COM
mittee to appear before the board of edu-
cation ana petition TOT separate SCHOOLS LOT
the Monaghan children of San Francisco
Prior to the action of the league, the
beard of education. as l am informed, re-
ceived many protests from citizens of San
Francisco, whose children were attending
| the public schools, against Japanese being
permitted to attend those schools. These
protests were mainly against Japanese boys
and men ranging from is to %, % and "A
| years of age attending the primary grades
| and sitting beside little girls and boys of
seven and eight years of age When these
complaints became known to Japanese resi-
dents, ] am informed that some of the older
pupils left the primary grades.
''On the day when the order of October II
went into effect, viz, October Is, there were
| attending the public schools of the city of
| San Francisco 93 japanese pupils. These
pupils were distributed among % schools
| of the primary grades. There are eight
! grades in the public schools of San Fran
! cisco, the first grade being the lowest and
| the eighth the highest-graduates of the
| eighth grade going into the high school.
| OF this total of 93 pupils, IS were born in
| Japan and % In the United States. Those
| born in the United States would, of course,
| under section / of article XIV of the Con-
! stitution OF the United States, be citizens
| of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside. and such subject
to the laws of the nation as we'll as of the
state.
The ages of the pupils attending the
public schools on the dag when the order