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Show -5- erious )robelsm, of course , arise over the tendencies in-lerent in t!e elocation ~ rograo. Is it likely to result in per~ anc1t ser;reg tion in che post-·~ra.J· period? Co.n the relocated Japanese survive economically after the emergency? ~n ' t the reloca~~ on pro0 r .. m serve to emphasize, that is, to magnify, the 'minority., question? ,hese dangers are, of course , quite obvious they should not.. be minimize • But tr1cre are ~3ome r itigating c0nsidera tions. It io possible, for exrunrle , thvt .. tor their move-nent from the rece ) tion center to the resettlement· reu (in some c ..... ._sc s t ,10 rece tion center 'liTill be a permanent relocation project; the Japanese can be divided u, into smaller units of a hundred or so fcri1ilies a~d relocated again; or self-hel~ units may be permitted t.o branch off from the parent ·community. ~ ost of the sites selected to date are remote from any la1.. ge settlement . On the vrhole , this is desirable; the Japanese will not immediately e11ter into competition with non- Japanese groups . ~hey may possibly arouse the antagonism of other groups by being pro vided Jith better services. They are likely, for example, to have better hospital facilities, a better milk supply, than the "natives11 in Ariz" ona and Idaho . But one must remember that the Japanese by and large, are well educated. The governr:1ent is not colonizing an immigrant group, but relocating one familiar with American institutions and capable of minimizing sources of friction and misunderstanding. In the relochtion projects , much 1and labor can be devoted , at least at the outset, to construction work; land subjugation, building irrig3tion laterals and canals, and so forth . But after the :irst year (for these large resettlement units can accomplish much with oodern machinery in a short period of time) it Jill be necessary to devise other '!Jork project . It is here that the ~m.A has a re--1 opportunity. It should provide not r.1erely routine or common place jobs but devise a unique type of work for the Japcnese--somethi1g that uill eriable the evacuees to ~ake a s~cial contribution to the rror effort. :f they are given this O')portunitJ , ti1en , through an effective public relations program , much ill- feeling and possible hostility can be mitigated The opportunities in this field are unlimited; the Ja:)anese ca'1 be used in translating , in radio and other t;)es of ropaga.nda, and in the manufacture of uany articles of special importc.nce . In the last analysis it is t e impending manpower s1ortage hie 1 offers the best guarantee of a sound relocation )rogram. r:'his s31ortaze is like to reach such proportions the 1~ t ion uill insist t'1e Japanese be givc.1 important, as distinguished from makes shift, types of uork. One other importa·1t assumption, it s~ems to me, should be made . n1c Japc;.nGse are be-Lng evacuated, not because they are suspect en masse t: l!e contr ry h"'s, in fact, been r.Jublicly stated by res1)onsible Federal |
