The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-04
DEWITT ISSUES PROCLAMATION
Clears Way for Evacuation
OF Enemy Aliens, japanese
Citizens in Western States
TACOMA In PROHIBITED ZONE

be concerned with five classes Of
persons. namely:
CLASS All persons suspected
OF espionage. sabotage. NTH
column or other -ibversive activity.
CLASS f-Jspsne.e aliens Of
whom there are more than SO. 900
CLASS s-Amerioan.born Jsps-
nese. Of whom there are an est
mated 10000.
CLASS German aliens.
CLASS s-ltalian aliens.
Dewitt said persons in class !
were being spprehended daily BY
the FBI and other intelligence
services. The evacuation pro
gram itself does not concern with
them.
Continuing Process"
Evacuation from military areas
will be a continuing process. -
Dewitt said. Persons in classes
2 and (alien and American
born Japanese will be required
by future orders TO leave certain
critical points within the military
areas first.
These areas will he de-
fined and announced shortly.
After exclusion has been com
kA
strategic areas. gradual
program Of exclusion from
the remainder OF military
area No. will he developed"
When that work is completed.
Dewitt said. German and Italian
aliens would be next in line for
evacuation. However. German
and Italian aliens 20 years Of age
or over will not be required to
move except when individually
suspected" Also exempted will
be the families including parents
wives, children. sisters and
brothers OF Germans and Italians
in the armed forces" unless such
removal is required for specific
reason.
Order Affects Many
The order affected approx
mately 100000 enemy aliens sand
10000 Americana born japanese.
California alone has $4,000 alien
and American-born Japanese.
Oregon and Washington have
1900.
Tacoma has q total of $50 Japa-
nese: OF these 542 are American
born and. thus. citizens. Average
length of time the 3l7 Tacoma
alien japanese have been in this
country is 80 years and their
average ages between As and so.
OF the American born Japanese
Tacomans, so per cent Of them are
under the age of 81. Half. or
more, of all the Tacoma japanese
are women.
Tacoma in Military Zone
The Puyallup valley contains
544 japanese. most Of them en-
gagged in truck farming. Ameri-
can-born japanese in the valley
number 1863 persons.
Tacoma IL In military rome
A-1-the prohibited zone
which roughly follows q line
connecting Sumas, Belling-
ham, Burlington. Arlington,
Everett. Snobomish, Fall City.
Enumclaw, Buckley. kapow-
sin, Mckenna, Tenino. Cen
tralia. kelso, Vancouver and
down into Oregon.
All territory vest Of that lin
is described as zone Al In mill
tary area No. ]. The line fol
lows. roughly. the base Of tn
Cascade mountains and embraces
virtually all farming areas ives
OF the Cascades.
Here's Restricted Zone
Military zone B-the restricted
zone"-is the area lying to Tn
east and north within militar,
area No. l. Zones A to A-ee
inclusive. are hydro-electric plants
dams. reservoirs. telegraph am
telephone offices. armories. radi'
beam towers. brosdcssting sta
tons. railroad roundhouses, ga
lines and highway and railroad
bridges.
Specified as zone AS was tn
hydro plant Of the Puget Scum
Power & Light Co. at Electron
near Kspowsin. All other nesrb!
vital plants are located within
zone Al.