Evening star., 1942-01-29

tens Of thou
Henr, NeLensrs. sands Of Japa-
nese In California? Nothing.
The only Japanese apprehended
have been the ones the r. B. I. actu-
ally had something on. The rest Of
them, 30 help me, are as free as
birds. There isn't an airport in
California that isn't hanked by
Japanese farms. There is hardly an
air field where the same situation
doesn't exist. They run their stores.
They clerk IN stores. They clip
lawns. They are here, there and
everywhere.
You walk up and down the streets
and you bump into japanese In
every block. They take the parking
positions. They get ahead Of you
in the stamp line at the post ofice.
They have their share Of seats on
the bus and streetcar lines.
This doesn't make sense, for half
. dozen reasons. How many Ameri-
can workers do you suppose are free
to roam and ramble in Toxic?
Didn't the Japanese threaten to
shoot on sight any white person who
ventured out-of-doo In Manila?
Why Be So Polite?
So, why are We 20 beautifully
courteous7
I know this is the melting pot Of
the world and all men are created
equal and there must be no such
thing as race or creed hatred, but
do those things 90 when a country
is fighting for its life? Not In nv
book. No country has ever won a
war because Of courtesy and I trust
and pray We won't be the first one
to lose one because Of the lovely,
gracious spirit.
Everywhere that the Japanese
have attacked to date. the Japanese
population has risen to aid the at
tackers. Pearl Harbor, Manila.
What Is there to make the Govern
ment believe that the same wouldn't
be true in California; Does 1t feel
that the lovely California climate
has changed them and that the
thousands Of Japanese who live in
the boundaries Of this State are Ill
staunch and true Americans7
am for immediate removal Of
every Japanese on the West Coast
to q point deep in the interior. I
don't mean a nice part Of the in
terror either. Herd 'em up. pack 'em
on and give EN- the inside room in
the badlands. Let EN- be pinched,
hurt, hungry and dead up against 1t.
Hardship on Many Conceded.
Sure, this would work an unjusti-
fed hardship on so per cent or 90
per cent Of the California japanese.
But, the remaining 10 or 20 per cent
have it In their power to do dam
age-great damage to the American
people. They are a serious menace
and you can't tell me that an in
dividual's rights have any business
being placed above nations safety.
II making one million innocent
Japanese uncomfortable would pre-
vent one scheming Japanese from
costing the life OF one American
boy. then let the million innocent
suffer.
In an earlier column I protested
against American soldiers In Homo
lulu giving . military burial to q
Japanese soldier. There were some
readers who kicked me around in
letters for such an attitude. There
are sure to be some Americans who
will howl and scream at the idea Of
inconveniencing Americas japanese
population in order to prevent sabo-
tage and espionage.
Critics Invited to Howl.
Okay. let them howl. Let them
howl timber-wolf type. Our Gov
eminent has told us we face war.
About war. It has told US that we
are up against the toughest days in
our history. 1t has demanded Of
US sacrifice and sweat and toll and
all Of the other Of Mr.. Churchill's
graphic words.
That's all right, we will answer.
But let us have no patience with
the enemy or with any one whose
veins carry his blood.
Let us in this desperate time put
first things first. And, who is to
say that to the men and women
Of this country there is anything
that comes above America?
Personally, I hate the Japanese.
And that goes for all OF them.
Let's quit worrying about hurting
the enemy's feelings and start do
ing 1t.
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