The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-18
Submitted By President To
Congress Today
Secretary Says Only 03 Japs Attend
Public Schools and Nearly
All Minors. 4
ON BOYCOTTs AND ASSAULTS

Roosevelt submitted to congress
message, in accordance with an off,
cial request, accompanied with the
report of Secretary Metcalf concern
ing the japanese trouble In San
Francisco. The message and report
in part are as follows:
To the Senate and House of Repre-
| sentatives:
| inclose herewith for your inform-,
alton the final report made to me
personally by Secretary Metcah on
the situation affecting the Japanese
in San Francisco. The report deals
with three matters of controversy
first, the exclusion of the japanese
children from the San Francisco
schools; second the boycotting OF
Japanese restaurants, and, third, acts
of violence committed against the
Japanese.
AS to the first matter | call your
especial attention to the very small
number of Japanese children who at
tend school, to the testimony as to
the brightness, cleanliness and good
behavior of these Japanese children
in the schools, and to the fact that.
owing to their being scattered thru
out the city, the requirements for
them all to go to one special school
is impossible of fulfilment and means
that they can not have school facili-
| ties. Let me point out further that
there would be no objection whatever
to excluding from the schools any
japanese on the score of age. It is
obviously not desirable that young
men should go to school with chill
dren. The only point is the exclll-
sion of the children themselves. The
number of japanese children attend
| ing the public schools in San Fran
cisco was very small The govern
ment has already directed that suit
| be brought to test the constitutional
| ity of the act in question: but my
very earnest hope is that such suit
will not be necessary, and that as a
matter of comfy the citizens of San
Francisco viii refuse to deprive these
young japanese children of education
and will permit them to go to the
| schools.
The question as to the violence
against the japanese is most admir-
ably put by Secretary Metcalf. and |
have nothing TO add to his statement.
I am entirely confident that, as Sec
Rotary Metcalf says, the overwhem-
ing sentiment of the state of Cali
| fornia Is for law and order and for
the protection of the japanese in their
persons and property. Both the
chief of police and the acting mayor
of San Francisco assured Secretary
Metcalf that everything possible
would be done to protect the Japan
ese in the city. | authorized and di-
rected Secretary Metcalf to state that
IL there was failure to protect per-
sons and property. then the entire
power of the federal government
within the limits of the Constitution
would be used promptly and vigorous
" to enforce the observance of our
treaty. the supreme law of the land.
which treaty guaranteed to Japanese
residents everywhere In the Union
| fun and perfect protection for their
persons and property; and to this end
everything in my power would be
done. and all the forces OF the United
States. both civil and military, which
could lawfully employ. would be
employed. | caP especial attention TO
the concluding sentence OF Secretary
Metcalf's report of November 26.
1906.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House. Dec. Is. 1906.
Appendix.
November &c, 1905.
The President:
| have the honor to submit the fol-
lowing:
In my previous report I said moth
ing as to the causes leading up to the
action of the school board In passing
the resolution Of October IL, and the
effect of such action upon Japanese
children, residents of the city of San
Francisco, desiring to attend the pub
lie schools of that city. A report ON
this matter will now be made, there
fore; and after describing the local
public sentiment concerning the re-
cent disturbances with regard to the
Japanese. an account will be given.
first, of the boycott maintained BY the
Cooks and Walters Union OF San Fran
cisco against Japanese restaurants
doing business In that city, and, sec
ond, of the several cases of assault or
injury inflicted upon the persons or
s property of Japanese residents.
1t seems that for several years the
5 board of education OF San Francisco
has been considering the ACCESSIBILITY
: of establishing separate schools for
Chinese, Japanese and Korean chill
:. Continued on Page Two.)