Show Safeguarding Our War Zones AT AT T last it seems that the government is going going going go go- ing to take the positive action so necessary necessary necessary sary to protect the nation from fifth column atta attacks ks on our west coast President Roosevelt's order empowering the war department to prescribe certain military areas and bar any and all persons from them gives us the means to deal with witha a dangerous situation It will make possible the evacuation of Japanese German and ItalIan Italian Italian Ital Ital- ian aliens and suspected citizens from vital vital- War areas It is an absolutely necessary move because because because be be- cause no matter how loyal the majority of born American-born individuals of axis nationalities ties may be it is impossible for the authorities authorities authorities ties to tell the difference between a l loyal yal 1 and a disloyal by the color of his hair The only safe way to handle this problem is to tobar tobar tobar bar aliens and citizens whose status is questionable questionable questionable ques ques- from key military areas areas and and loyal Americans who must realize the danger as mach much as anyone else should and we ie we believe believe believe be be- lieve will see the logic and accept the necessity necessity sity city of that decision As to any question of the legality of the move move from the standpoint of interference with the rights of citizens there should be none In time of war the nations nation's safety must take precedence over normal guarantees of 4 4 civil rights The right of all citizens citizens to enter enterk k military areas is greatly restricted now and the necessity of that restriction is In case of an attack on this nation or imminent danger of attack there would be no question as to the right of the authorities to move all citizens out of specific areas Proper handling of the problem as it applies applies applies ap ap- plies to the Japanese on the west coast does not mean however that all Japanese must be moved far inland There are plenty of areas t in the three Pac Pacific ic coast states in which there are no important military installations or war plants Japanese moved out of military zones could live and work there without endangering the nations nation's security in any way Efforts of some California groups to have all aU of that states state's approximately Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese aliens and citizens moved inland looks like an effort to solve that states state's years-old years Japanese problem under the guise of a war wark k safety measure Well we dont don't believe any of the inland states will take very kindly to the ther idea Certainly Utah wouldn't want nearly r Y Japanese arbitrarily moved oved into the I 1 state And anyway it would be a costly business business busi busi- ness ess which is entirely unnecessary The program now being placed in effect will adequately safeguard the Pacific coast from any fifth column menace menace if it is is' car carr car r ried Tied through with vigor and dispatch car 1 |