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Show ,,5 discrimination against the- Japanese~Americans and Japanese aliens in Utah , chronologically fro~:the , morning of Dec'ember 7, 1941, ' until January 2, 1944, ~'The!1 ' the authorization for the i.jar Relocation Authority: (WRA) , Center at' Delta, Utah, I'Jas officially ~. " cancelled. By the fourth of january, 1942, Utah's FBI office had arrested 98 Japanese "aliens" . [in manyinstances .this total included American citizens], according ,to ,' Jay C.Ne\'Tman, the 10 . salt Lake Ci ty .FBI director • . .. These people ~'lere arrested for . , many reas,o ns, such as improper registra.t ion or possession'. of ., shortwave radio sets, camerasjor guns~ Possession by an alien of any ~ 6t these items, along with other articles of a more significant nature, such as dynami te ~ blasting caps, secret documents, - . 11 invisible ink,codes, bombs, etc., was banned by the government •. , [There .is" no record of any Japanese alien being arrested for ; ossession of any of the latter articlesJ Once arrested, . these aliens ' were brought before a four-man civilian board in Salt · La~e City to determine whether they should be detained for~ < f ur~'h er . ~rosecu t"~on • 12 . ... ':..~ . ': . : The detention of these ' aliens prodded Utah' sGovernor Maw' -< to say: : ." , ' Hhilewe must deal severe,ly . with tral tors 1fi thin our ' midst; we must at the same time not permit our emotions tOfrevent us from meting out ,justice to ~he innocentJ. J' , . : ., " . lOSalt Lake Tribune, January 4, 1942.~ p • lB. l1Ibid. , ' January 1 ; 1942, p. 1. ,.' .' 12 Ibi d. , ..January . 4, 1942~ p. lB. I, 1Jlbid. , oJanuary 9, 194-2, p. 8. " . |
