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Show West Coast Agitated Over Return of Japanese The West Coast seems to be somewhat agitated over the possible pos-sible return of Japanese, who were removed in the early days of the war and sent into Government relocation settlements. For many years, the race question ques-tion has been somewhat intense along the Pacific Coast. More than thirty years ago, a delicate international issue was raised be. tween the United States and Japan Jap-an by the exclusion laws of California. Cali-fornia. The situation has not improved im-proved much since that time and the advent of war gave impetus to the suspicion with which some of the Japanese were regarded. The Japanese, we understand, have been, for the most part, thrifty, intelligent and well-behaved citizens. The same can ; be said, we presume, about the white residents of . the coastal states. Even so, differences in manners, customs and culture tend to create cre-ate racial friction, anywhere a minority moves in on a majority. The practical difficulties that face the people of the West Coast are not explained away by referring refer-ring to the fundamental riehts of men or the guarantees of the Con-I Con-I stitution. The differences that ex- I ist between races is more funda- I mental than the proclamations of J freedom that have come to men. The question is not one of good Americans against bad Japanese; it involves the slow development of entirely different peoples into a state of mutual respect and es. teem. |