Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-17 | Page 3 | Return of U. S. Japs to Coast Brings Protests from Area

I I 1 III II Return of U. U S. S Japs to Coast Brings Protests From Area I SACRAMENTO Cal Nov No 17 UP Army UP-Army Army announcement I that in a few special merit cases American citizens of Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese ancestry were being permitted to to restricted areas o of the e P Pacific coast brought a rising storm of protest from state I land and land local officials and from vetI veterans veterans' vet- vet I erans' erans groups in several California California California Cali Cali- fornia communities Friday Brig Gen Ray W. W Hays head of the state guard said that if disturbances arose in m n connection with returning Japanese which local authorities could not handle the state guard would step in and enforce the law He said he thought it unwise however for forthe forthe forthe the evacuees c to be permitted to return Gov Earl Warren did not comment comment comment com com- ment Friday on a telegram he received from a Marysville Ca Cal rancher a asking for aid in preventing preventing preventing prevent prevent- ing the return to California of oC Japanese The request was from Arnold Dean and followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed a 3 meeting of the Yuba- Yuba Sutter American Legion where rumors circulated that evacuees would be returned to work on farms The protests followed quickly army announcement that James K and his family would return from Ogden Utah to his farm at Cupertino Cal and notification notification notification cation to the Burlingame chief of police that Frank Fujiwara would take up residence in Burlingame The western defense command announced that the action in the case was in accordance with a standing long-standing policy Cases involving mixed marriage marriage marriage mar mar- direct family connection with individuals in tie the armed services and cases of illness or other specially meritorious cases are covered by this policy the army said the federal bureau of Investigation reported had been exempted from the army exclusion regulation He has not arrived in Burlingame and records indicate that he did not live there before the evacuation Walter Valter Ewing acting supervisor of the war relocation authority in Salt Lake City said the W R A Awas Awas was investigating whether it was responsible for providing transportation transportation transportation trans trans- to the returning Japa Japa- nese He disclaimed knowledge of a reported plan that the W R A was planning a wholesale wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale return of evacuees to the Pacific coast