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would be of military value in war
These reports, culled by fishermen
industrial employees, tourists ane
farmers in militarily-importan
areas, were immediately sent tc
Toxic in secret code through Japa.
nese consulates.
AS early as 1941, Chairman Dies
said In the report, he had accumu-
lated sufficient evidence on japanese
activities in the United States te
warrant public hearings. But, be.
cause of the strained relations ther
existing between Washington anc
Toxic and the hope then held that
they might be improved, he was
advised by the Justice Department
after 1t had consulted with the
President and State Department, te
abandon them.
Nevertheless, the committee con-
tinued to gather data on Japanese
activities. Shortly before the at
tack on Pearl Harbor, the report
said, investigators learned that the
Japanese on the West Coast were
accumulating large supplies of food
and water, undoubtedly in expec-
tation of some momentous event.
This information was made known
to other branches of the Govern
ment.
Lists Jap Organizations.
The latest Dies report, which fol-
lows one on German activities in
the United States, lists in detail
all the Japanese organizations ex-
listing in this country before De-
cember Z, 1941, together with their
officers, purposes, activities and, in
some cases, notes from their official
minutes. Leaders in the japanese
communities on the West Coast
often were officers in several organ
lzations. and transmitted orders to
them from Toxic.
Most insidious of the groups listed
Is the Black Dragon Society, a band
whose sworn object is the exhalta-
ton OF the japanese Emporer and
the spread of Japan's New Order
throughout the world. 1t operated
In this country primarily through
affiliated youth organizations.
The committee found" the re-
port said, that of approximately
10000 male japanese who resided in
California prior to their evacuation
at least 10000 were members of or
affiliated with youth organizations
operated and directed by the Black
Dragon Society,""
Dedicated to Terrorism.
The group, organized in Toxic in
1870, is dedicated to terrorism. ac-
cording to the Dies report. In its
unsavory history is chain of politi-
cal murders extending from the
assassination of Prince Okubo in
1873 through the wholesale killing
of japanese Cabinet members in
1890 and the army revolt of 1886.
In 1941," the report said, "the
committee began its investigation
into the operations and activities
of the Black Dragon Society. Com
mlttee investigators found qualified
witnesses to testify on the subver-
slve nature of the organization, and
obtained pictures of Japanese
American members of the organiza-
ton in conference with Mitsuru
Toyama (the groups founder) in
Toxic. Committee investigators also
obtained the records of the youth
branch of the Black Dragon Society,
which conducts its activities under
the name of the Butoku-kai Mill
tary Virtue Society.
"One of the concentrated activi-
ties of the Black Dragon Society in
the United States was to keep all
japanese loyal to Japan. Evidence
before the committee reveals that
the Black Dragon Society was in
control, behind the scenes, of all the
important japanese organizations in
the United States, from the Central
Japanese Association down to the
various agricultural associations. It
reveals further that the Black Drag
on Society controlled all vice, gam
bling and narcotic traff1cking in
Japanese communities"
estate Within a State"
The japanese on the West Coast,
the committee found, really consti-
tuted a state within state, taking
their orders from their consuls, who,
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