The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-25


as visited the
country Of their ancestry.
Ex-Italians or Americans Of
Italian descent are a trihe better
off, because it's recognized that a
stable proportion Of their home
folk are altogether out Of SYM
patty with the Axis.
Being a Jap, though, or a couple
of Japs' offspring or grandchild, is
worst Of all. A German or Italian
descendent isn't sufficiently identi-
fable, as Of enemy alien origin, to
be spotted at sight, but a Mon
golian can't get away with ii, ex-
cept, OF course, by proving that
he's a Chinese or Filipino. II he
can do that-gosh!-what pats on
the back!
Now, the truth Is that the per-
centage Of disloyalists in these
Italian, German and Jap classifi-
cations undoubtedly is very small.
Anglo-Saxons Only
A District Of Columbia grand
fury has been investigating the
subject frantically of late and
there isn't an Italian, a German
or a Jap name in the list OF ques-
tionabilities who've been yanked
up, to account for themselves. The
names are Hudson, Baxter. VIM
rod. Stanley. Lyman, Coughlin, ct
cetera. Such monickers as Garig-
uano. Schurz and Kamakura have
not figured a particle. Darned IL
the defeatist agitation doesn't
seem to have been purely Anglo
Saxon.
. That suspects shouldn't be
watched isn't argued.
Nevertheless, it's kinda tough
on a past-generation German to be
looked on as a probable subversive
because he chances to be in the
directory under his grandfather's
designation-or a Japs, even.
l patronize an Italian barber,
and an Italian cobbler fixes my
shoes. I've conversed with 'em
copiously. II anything they're more
violently anti-Axis than anybody
on Capitol Hill. II isn't put on.
It's the genuine article. I'd bet my
last cent on it.
/ had a side-kick, OF German
grandparentage in South America,
during the last war. He'd been an
Oklahoma farmer. and was as
dyed-in-the-woo a Yankee as l
am, but he and his family were
chased into exile because he had
a name with the Reich's brand on
it. And, when it was over. back
they streaked 1t to Oklahoma,
where l suppose they're experience
ing the same old hades. That out
At was az American as George
Washington.
And Japs?
The Case OF Kawakaml
Years ago a Jap named K. K.
Kawakami located In the United
States as a correspondent for Nip
ponese newspapers. He married
here-an American woman. They
had a son, American born and an
American citizen-Clarke Kawa-
kami. A. the Pearl Harbor juno
ture he had the tough .uck to be
Washington representative Of the
Tokyo news agency, Domet. In
stantly he wanted to get into the
U. S army, to fight the Mikado.
And, at last accounts, the Army
wouldn't accept him. as Jap sus-
pect. II makes him sore, and 1
don't blame him. II there's any
doubt about him, he ought to be
given the benefit Of the doubt OF
1t, I'd think.
President Roosevelt evidently
has the right idea on the issue.
His order is to have suspects
strictly investigated but to give
'em clean bills Of health II they're
entitled TO EN-.
Furthermore. he points out that
they may turn out TO be extra
useful at the game Of back-hring
against allen enemies that they
understand better than we do.
Anyway. calling man disloyal
because there's some question on
which he disagrees with you, isn't
logical.
He can be burglar and yet be
nationally loyal.
II he's a burglar. convict him Of
Il. but don't try 10 convict him Of
something entirely different from
burglary.
In other words, don't assume
that dislovalty is the reason for