The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-23


zenith of a series of questions and
answers on the evacuation claims
lsw prepared by EDWARD J. En-
ms. IACL Anti DISCRIMINATION
onlmitIee special counsel, and
released by The Washington Of
iice OF the JACL Ado as pub
&c service. Ilis series Is based
n actual questions asked OF this
nee.
ANY reader who mas general
questions relating to the law IT
silt or To proccdUrai matters IL
invited to address letter with a
stamped, self addressed return
1nvelope TO The Washington o.
fec. JACL Anu-Discrimination
Committee, Evacuation Claims
section. 300 fifth Street North
asst, Washington z, ID. c. Ques-
tI0ns oi general interest may De
produced in this series without
personal Identification.
mo questions nIvclving the le-
.aIity OF value Of specific claims
VI be answered.J
l. q. In April 1941 we planted
three acres of strawberries on
half shares. The following year,
on February II, 1912, we eyacu-
ated and left everything behind.
Between April I941 and Febru-
airy 10, 1912 my wife and l emp
Ioyed other labor and took care
of the strawberry patch. Wages
for such work at that time was
fotty cents an hour. If we were
20 add up the number Of hours
we put i'm taking care of this
patch ION which we collected no
proceeds), il would amount to
about $3.50. Can we claim this
amount as evacuation loss? The
yield from one acre of strawberries
is about 1000 crates. The market
price of Strawberries averaged
s100 per crate, but at the begin
ming of the season in May 1912,
he price was between S1.35 and
81 80 per crate. If we had been
able TO sell the crop from the
.hree acres, 1t would have been
worth at the very least S1,400 per
acre. Since we were evacuated on
February II, 1912, we were unable
to pick the crop. which would
have been ready for harvesting
from about April 20.
A. In April 1941 you planted three
acres of Strawberries which would
nave been picked in April 1912, ano
hen marketed, but you were pre-
ented from doing this by the eva
auation. You ask whether your claim
should be on the basis of the sale
lrice of the strawberries approx
nately $4,000, OF on the basis of
wages for the work done at forty
cents an hour. Your claim should be
for the price of the crop less eXpen-
ses you would have had TO pay from
OH would have had to pay from
he time of your evacuation to the
ale of the crop. In case like this
t would seem that your loss is not
he value of the services you eX-
lcnded, but the value of the crop
Inch you produced by the expen-
iture of services In other words,
{ you had lot of expenses and
produced nothing of value to be
destroyed by the evacuation you
ad no loss which was the reason-
Die and natural consequence of
he evacuation. But if you had a
aluable crop, produced at very
lttle expense. ana IL was lost as q
esult of the evacuation, you have
4 claim for the value of the crop
2. Q. In 1886 I bought farm
for about $4,000. During the So
years of farming had paid
$1,000 in interest and $1,000 in
principal. When evacuation came
I hired an attorney TO take full
charge of my property. Before we
left fO- the assembly center. we
found an American family to
operate the farm. This farmer
could not keep up his payments
SO my lawyer had to find another