Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-07-21 | Page 3 | Teaching Jap-Americans Judo Draws Ire of Representative

Teaching Jap-Americans Jap Judo Draws Ire of Representative WASHINGTON July 21 UPa- UPa UP terming expenditure of public funds funds for teaching Japanese judo at war relocation centers indefensible indefensible inde- inde Representative R. R S. S D. D contends such practices practices tices ices should be discontinued a member of the Dies committee Investigating the Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese problem said In a statement published in the Congressional Record Wednesday that war relocation relocation relocation relo relo- cation authority officials informed the he several hundred dollars monthly Is being spent for such purposes o Other t the h e r personal conclusions said he reached as a result result result re re- sult of the subcommittees subcommittee's hearings hearings hear- hear ings were One There One There should be early and orderly segregation of disloyal and alien Japanese from loyal citizens of Japanese ancestry within war relocation camps Two Two Two-A A more satisfactory and effective program for classifying loyal citizens of Japanese ancestry ancestry ancestry ances ances- try as such prior to their release to private employment should be Instituted Three Three Relocation Relocation centers can be made a highly significant factor factor factor fac fac- tor In the Americanization of all evacuees in such centers If properly properly properly prop prop- erly used said the the project project centers may go far toward dissipating dissipating dissipating any potential racial problem problem problem lem which might otherwise develop develop develop de de- after the war with regard to citizens of Japanese ancestry Four The Four The W R A has not been unduly extravagant In Its use of foods and materials at the centers enters said he believed the JapI Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese were being amply but not I lavishly fed and that housing conditions were too meager rather rath- rath er r than too expansive Five Five Evidence Evidence In war department department department depart depart- ment files show many loyal Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese serving with the U. U S. S armed forces and bear e eloquent testimony testimony testimony mony to the fact act that real Americanism Americ Americanism Ameri Ameri- c has a fervent appeal for many of Japanese ancestry