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Show . ; a. f ‘ ; — WASATCH COUNTY COURIER APRIL -18, 2001 Tokyo to the Japanese ‘embassy in | eS Tan German and Italian Americans of whom approximately 11,000 and 10,000 Washington. Other segments give an interesting view of contemporary . . ‘respectively were interned during the Cn e revolver, fifty cartridges, one .22 -cal- _iber rifle, four blasting caps, three pounds of black powder, three feet of fuse, and two reels of 8 millimeter film situation on the West Ringle written for the Chief of Naval Operations on January 26, 1942, bee 4 Se drich -teered for service in the United States — armed forces and served with honor in PRICES ON MORE BRANDS ay CS Paxman AXE 7 RD _ was coming up and California wasakey _ more than three percent or about 3,500 Japanese-American citizens and aliens state. Straining for votes, for both candidates, Governor Dukakis and Vice Président. | Bush, told the JACL [Japanese American Citizens League] Any size listed P175/80R13 | alien-born Japanese by a almost 3 to 1. the American political power born residents “the large state of California, sent out word that he would sign the reparations bill.”(113) David Lowman’s book tackles knowingly do nething whatever to the head injury of the United States, but at the rights in a war-challenged democracy. same time would not do anything to This on the problem is an of individual important the injury of Japan. Also, most of the because, in the final analysis, every American could find herself or himself placed in a group—based on race, well national origin, religion, sex, occupa- observation - work for Japanese interests if givena | convenient opportunity.” (316) In his assessment, Ringle found _“’,.the entire ‘Japanese Problem’ has — been magnified out of its true propor- tion, place of residence or any number tion, largely because of the physical — through the denial of the constitution- characteristics of the people; that it is no more serious than the problems of the al right of individual due process was in the long run, looking back on the German, Italian, and communistic por- events of 1941 and 1942, much a fundamental threat to America and against whom restrictions should be applied. The threat to America more ‘severe than the potential for sabotage | which never materialized. That, near- basis of the individual, regardless of citi- ly four decades later, the United States and its leaders can question the war-time decision If offer an apology and modest compen- sation to those who were in the relo- restrictions on travel, loss of employment, and other forms of anti-Japanese discrimination, “...there will most cer_ tainly be outbreaks of sabotage, riots, cation conditions would hold. assessments, speaks more tice of democratic unfounded concerns ideals than about. denying honor to our stillrevered war time _leaders. a more reasonable approach. would have Reviewed by Allan Kent Powell, been the internment of individuals on a who holds a Ph.D. in History from the case by case basis. This was the prac- University of Utah. The author of three books on World War II, he is a historian tice in Hawaii where less than 2,000 of the 158,000 island’s residents of Japanese ancestry were taken into cus- tody. 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Although the report units like the all Japanese-American 44ond Regiment, which was highly dec- — was not the “final and official opinion of — orated for its distinguished combat. | the Office of Naval Intelligence” its - record in Italy and France. _ Finally, while seeking to preserve transmission to the Military Intelligence the honor of America’s war time leaders Division and the Department of Justice in their decision to inter West Coast resfive days before President Roosevelt | signed Executive Order No. 9066 indi- - idents of Japanese ancestry, the author brings into question the honor and cates that the Office of Naval Operations credibility of those American leaders, wanted to make sure that Ringle’s opinincluding President Ronald Reagan, ions were given. consideration before who passed and signed the 1988 Act. | the President made his decision. Lowman writes, “A presidential election Cautious in tone, Ringle admitted to a THAN |Your MICHELIN sentiment for the United States among those interned ranged across a wide | spectrum. But for every questionable _ - action there were plenty of examples of patriotism, especially as the sons of interred Japanese-Americans volun- Coast is that of Lieutenant Commander KD. LOWEST ed repatriation to Japan, it is clear that containing photographs of battleships _and fortifications.” (227-28) The most compelling assessment of the Japanese GUARANTEE | to members who were sent to special internment camps for trouble makers, along with those who refused to swear _ loyalty to the United States and request- ) on their shirts, gave “banzai” send-offs keys, one small radio transmitting set, one microphone, one .38 caliber | flashlights, four large searchlights, three telegraphers’ ' bands, cut their hair short like the Japanese soldiers, painted Japanese - patriotic emblems with the Rising Sun ~ T T Tn TT] an relocation CPT the | within | eras, twenty-three States Y United | camps. Citing the actions of members of Hokuku Seinen Dan, who wore head- Poymer 1942 Ae 7, om February _- Heber City 110 South Main— 654-3262 FINANCING AVAILABLE ON APPROVED CREDIT © 90 DAYS SAME AS CASH! ‘Bate sscit | ar Tae A AE David Early Tires * Taking li of Customers! ' on eer Angeles ae Los yielded the following: “seven radio sets capable of receiving short-wave, one radio oscillator, four boxes of assorted radio equipment, two cam- wy _ war out of nearly five million aliens who had been registered and fingerprinted in the United States under the Alien December 1941 memorandum “...that Registration or Smith Act passed by it did not seem necessary to me to grab a lot of aliens at the present time, - Congress in June 1940. In the appendices to MAGIC, the that we have the so called ‘bad’ aliens locked up.”(225): FBI searches of » publishers deal with the question of Japanese-American loyalty to the forty-six homes of Japanese aliens in J. Edgar Hoover concluded in a 22 Sn assessments and activities. |
