The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-03
Evacuation Of All
Aliens Is avored

ttunttnted ffen faks onef
spcct the wishes - nine inland
governors Who announced orpc~s-
ton - thelr states h-ooming
dumping grounds for alien
evacuees
Disclosing ire army econ vii
designate additional stratsEIe
arras which certain groae. must
evaetfate. Dewitt replied n critics
II the governments alien contrib
policy and asserted military NJ
ccsslty' must. lake precedence over
civilian wishes
II Vas believed the ncw orders
might affect eoo.oo enemy Aliens
On the w~st eoaxt and Their Amer.
ican-eorn chiidvn. A presidential
proclamation recently authorized
the army to establish defense
sones from which both aliens and
citizens could he barred.
p-Nitts statement Ma. issued
a. Rep. John ~ Tolsn. n. Can't.
chairman ~ tho house committee
studying defense migratory rrn.
hlcms. reported Al Seattle that
nine western governors had an
nouneed opposition Ia having thelr
states mad. dumping grounds
for aliens
Tolan said he had nolled i
states and received nine replies.
The governors represented Artso-
ma, Wyoming. Idaho. New Mexico.
South Dakota. Oklahoma. Nevada.
Montana and Arkansas
Tesiifying before the rolan
committee IN Seattle Saturday
along with other mayors Of West.
ern Washington cities. Mayor
Cain expressed his opposition 10
the principal II mass evacuation.
Mass Evacuation Easy
Mass evacuation" he declared.
is the easy and obvious way.
Seleotive evacuation. 10 he lie.
tcrmined hy proper authorities.
would be difficult. but II should
ho done ss n means Of minimizing
the suffering. which certainly
should he one objective
Economically. my opinion ~
that removal ~ all aliens from
Tacoma would create little hard
shin. but socially II necessarily
would result In moro suffering
than il necessary"
II the aliens were removed from
the puyallup valley, on the other
hand. he declared the economic
problem would be of considerable
size.
suggests Curfrw Method
Cam relayed TO tho Tolan com
mittee members suggestion
made by Tacoma Works Commits.
sioner A. n. Bergersen in a coun-
ell meeting last Friday that Japa
nese In the valley be placed IN a
type Of protective custody under
curfcw rule. 10 keep them In
their homes most Of the time.
Protective measures should be-
taken not only ~ protect US bot
the aliens themselves, he said.
$50 they vii be- able To give =
fun days work when needed"
The mayor remarked ON the
futility Of placing the general
public In the position Of working
for the aliens. by placing them In
concentration camps where their
work would be useless. when thsy
could be producing for the
country
Speaking Of the social problem.
he said
We have a number Of aliens
many OF them Italians and Ger
mans, some whose sons are In the
armed services Their mothers
have been 10 busy raising fsrni-
lies they have had no time 10
become citizens"
should Consider Mothers
Evacuation plans should take
them into consideration. Cain said
He declared the Jspansss prob
lem IN the Puyaliup valley not
nearly ss large as many persons
think.
There are only isi aliens IN
the valley" said Cain. and 3ss
japanese American citizens"
Among other witnesses IN
Seattle Monday were state Sen.
Mary Fsrquhsrson Of Seattle ana
Or. Dolf slmons. = refugee from
the Sazis, They submitted a joint
appeal on behalf Of more than 90
German refugees from Nazl-oceu-