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Show -9- l~st in fact if not in n~1e. To realize this end, however, the evacuation program should be modified in some respects. I think the case of university students, for example, needs to be reviewed and reconsidered immediately. Japanese students, citizens and aliens, should have been permitted to finish their present school terms in junior colleges, colleges, or . universities. Provision should be made, moreover, for their transfer to }~idwestern or Eastern universities in the .~.all. In those cases where parents as a. result of evacuation are unable to advance money for travel, tuition, or sustenance, it seems to me equitable that the war Relocation Authority assume the expense. Certainly it would be indefensible to deprive these youngsters of the right to a college education. Because the evacuation program is being carried out as a military gesture, it will not be possible to realize all that might be hoped for out of it in the way of sound social planning. Sociel ends must naturally be reconciled with military considerations; desirable objectives must be imperfectly realized because of the urgent nature of the program itself. Hevertheless, the ~.rru has indicated t _at it does aopreciate what can and should be accomplished in the field of resettlement. In announcing the policy of the WRA on selecting sites, Mr. ~izenhower has pointed out the governing con~iderations: all reception centers must be located on public lands so that improvements made at public expense will not pass into private ownership. This policy would not be a serious limitation were it not for the fact that the JRI· apparently intends to utilize only those sites already publicly owned--which does narrow range of possibly desirable locations. Then, too, in an effort to minimize the problem of military surveillance and protection, large settlements are being planned. This is unfortunate since it tends to ~olate the resettlement project from the community. In any case, the projects will range from 5,000 to 10,000 occupants. Each center must provide opportunities throughout the year for the emplo~ent of the evacuees. ork opportunities ~~11 be of three types: public work, such as land subjugation; food product ion; and the product ion of war g ods. Here, again, the policy announced represents a compromise, but--all ~ngs considered--not a bad one. To date, a number of permanent sites have been selected. One project will be located on a tract of 68,000 acres of government land in Jerome County, Idaho, designed to accommodate 10,000 evacuees; another on an 8,000 acre trace in the Tule Lake Reclamation District in Northern California, also designed for 10,000 evacuees. In arizona the ffiA has leased a large section of land fro~ the Indian Service, on which the Japanese can ~reduce gegetables from some 8,000 acres already under irrigation. At the Parker Center, near Parker Dam, water and raw land are available to develop 90,000 acres of new production. |
