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Show 6 This statement indicates a possibility of rising antagonism tO~'lard the Utah ,J"apsmese com.mUnity. An enlightening editorial, in the ' Tribune concerning t ,h ese alien' arrests shOl'Ts little or no prejudice when it says: It is to be hoped that the conflict will soon be over so that all Japanese detained may be given their Ii berty, enabling those w'ho are American born to resume the duties and r~sponsibilities of citizenship. 14 E8,.rever, the editor above does indicate to his readers tha.tthe -.' . term flallen" cali also mean IIAmerican born" or, in other i'iords,U;s,l; ~'-- citizens' 'of Japanese ancestry. .: ~ . -~.'~ ~ ., . Both before 'a ndafter , this time (February, 1942) Utah readers.. ;'lere bombarded wi th , nega ti ve re ports ~nd ne1."S in the Hes t f:J:3.. pers Coast- ~ ! or by the same propaganda \'Thich caused such notablesas ,< General De 1,ol1tt, Commander of the iifestern Defense Command, to say: :: The Japanese race iS'an enemy, and while mal'Y second ' and third generation Japanese born on United states soil, possessed of United states citizenship, have , .' become "Americanized'·, the racial strains are undiluted. 15 Another statement on the same subject was made by the editor of the Los Angeles Examiner, who said, basically, that treachery and loyalty to emperor we,r e:, inherent Japanese traits. 16 '::', . . .i :"', , - It ,seems to have be'en" Qommon practice among many contempo~ary' . '.:; ~.: ." ;-~~~' . .~ '. ~~< /(' ~ ' I,'/es t Coast writers to lump, 'together a11 : peo ple of Ja panesec -a'nces~ ',' ., . , r '.: , " ",: ,. try under the t 'e rm, of alien." This group included those l'lho ,· .w~~~~ . -:' :"". .. ~ . U.S. citizens b~xirtue of being born in ' this country as ' wel~ ~ a~ : .,. :.~ :.• • •, . ,<I 14 I bid., February 15,. . 194-2, p. 4. , • • , • • , :(~::~ ~ . • . ~ t 15U.S. Army, western Defe ~se Command & Fourth Army Final "., Report, Japanese EYacuation from the !d est Coast, 1942 (Washi,pgton, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1943), p. 34. ,' ' C'. ' 16Editorial, page. Los~ngeles: Examiner, Nay 10,,1943~ edi't~t};ra.:i : , , - _.~. '"J.. " ~ _ - , _ .. |
