Show REPORT SENT T K It Deals DeaS With Vexed Question of In Call Japanese Cal foria fornia Schools NUMBER EXCEEDINGLY GL Y SMA SMALL L LS S School hool Boards Action Largely Influenced by Activity of League Work ot of Malit 01 O pt of State In O or Fair 1 D c president w to Congress the reo re I OY t ot Secy or on the situation r TOt Francis Francisc J tho In San s c 0 rIo message and report tot tol 10 OF and House of at o tb s sI t I enclose herewith for tor yur the report made to nio mo per perU toe the by b Beey eC Metea Metcalf on U the thc In S San tl wn tOD Tho report deals lh three the ex cx ot of dudon ot of the e tram from Francisco schoola seconds tho San Francsco te ot Of Japanese restaurants and acts of at violence th the VERY VEnY SMALL to the mater matter X cal call your ur Ji to the very smal small reca ot of children who nt at hool to the as to the tho thoI rod schol Ind good be I ot Of these Japanese e children In tiit and to the tact that owing scattered throughout the t the requIrement for Cor them al all to tor top to to ne school Is impossible or of r p and means that thuy tIui can not hare chool Lt iet me mc point out that there would be no o thle froni the tho lion Uon to excluding any an c on the scora acom of t tIBe age IBe It 13 nt not desirable that Ill men should go to school chool with The rho only point is Ie the tho ot of the children The lon of c attend Ine ic tbt public SChOOlS In San has government nUIL The ery wa vel y ted that suit be br to jest lra t Ibe e ot of the ho act In but my ver very earnest ho e lh ton 1 such suit wl win not b be necessary comity the cit i that as a matter ot of cl mater s t w ot of San Francisco wi will to toe ite e these young Japanese Mid wi p them to toI I to 10 luc tko the schools VIOLENCE floe rhe queston as to the violence the Japanese Is most mOlt admire admirel l put by Secy and I have hae I to add to his statement I lun iun confident that tS as Secy Met alt lays says th the overwhelming sentiment 01 state of at California Is for tOI low law and eec anti and for tor the protectIon ot of the tho Jop zee ele In their persons and eec property Beth tb the chief of oC police eec th the net act netI I T mayor or of San Francisco S that everything possible woud ouid be don done t tu protect the tho I In te the city I authorized antI and directed cy to state that It If there thero ta m failure to protect persons and amid property then the entre power powel ot of the tho thoI I government within the Ills 01 1 the Con Constitution would he be used usel and vigorously to enforce the tho of oC our treaty the supreme lw liw ot of the land which treaty guaran guaranteed teed d to Japanese residents everywhere the Union tul foul and port perfect ct protection J r their and property Ind and to toM hs M end everything In my power would t done don antI and ni all the tho forces Corces of oC the Unit 4 States both bolh civil and military which I could lawfully employ would be I cal call especial attention to toe the e concluding sentence ot of Secy Met ts lairs report of at November 26 2 1900 Te The White House December 18 11 1906 November 26 he 1 President I have the Iho honor to submit the tho tot tol In Ia m my previous report I said nothing to t t the causes cause leading up tip to the tho ac acton actu ton tu of 01 the tho school board In passing the tho ot of Oct act U 11 and tl the ot of lh ch aeton action upon children ot of to the city ot of San Francisco to ulen the tho public schools I f that ht city A report on this mater matter 1 lii nt not be made and after the tho local public sentiment I Il tta recent disturbances disturbance J 2 tt Ith regard t to the tho Japanese an cc ac IUM tont wi be 10 given first Of t th the boy It maintained by the Cooks and union of of San Ban Francisco Japanese restaurants doing I S In that city In and second ot of tie several eases cases of oC assau assault t or Injury b upon the persons or property ot Japanese a anle resident residents ems t that M for tor several years the I rd t f education ot of San Frncisco Francisco ben considering the tho advisability I c ml establishing separate rO for inee Japanese and Korean Korem children tl on MW May 6 1905 passed tho follow lt t RESOLUTIONS That the beer ot of educe on Is d In Its to ot of separate und o pupils not nt o l f fo or the purpose o of at relieving the tho thoI e gUton present prevailing In InI I a mr but also for tor the higher I that at atI atOUr OUr children not bo be boTo ce ceat ced I in n M any whore where their To h may be wih with pupils ot of the Mon Monn n ra 10 And o 1 O t 1 ii the bord board the tho g resolution ol d That In accordance with t X 1662 ot of th school r 7 1 of Je principals are shoot here hereL c e to len ion 11 all Chinese Chines Sap Jap Saphi hi L f Orean children to the tho orion orlen t tle p b c shrol situated on the fion ot Clay ty street between Powel Powell Ind Ot ott II 1 i streets l t tf on amid after EXCLUSION EXCLUSION le Th no action ct r on ot of the board In the I IL pas f th or of May 6 1903 1103 t L ree cL ii 1106 1 undoubtedly t by the activity ot of al Korean n nt t tre C In lon formed for tor the fie POe f 1 C of f securing the by Ik nr e e 0 of the Unie United ot of a athe iUn ex the provisions ot of the ex cx de ep at C 10 so II as to ton toTe and K COrean Te ee n I league C CUD a a lJ In the state stahl ot of California C ot of which membership Is said to ho bo In the city or of San Ban Francisco The Tho membership I almost entirely ot of members of at lab labor r organizations S Section ctol 2 artl cio cle 2 of oC the tho constitution ot of the tho l league Is II a The Tho league II its such shall hal Iol not aly atoy measure of oC discrimination any Chinese or Kor Koreans nOI now or hereafter In tM the United States Slate Yet on Oct fl 1901 nt at t a meeting of at atthe the league held hek In San Frn 18 as reo re rePorted ported In the tho San l Francisco Chronicle or of Oct 23 1 a resolution was adopt e Cd by the league lenue instructing Is Its tivo committee to appear before lh the board ot of education ant and petton petition for tor sop sell crate Grote schools for Cor the tho chit dren of oC San Francisco o Prior to the tho tUon action ot of the tho league the tho board of education as I a am received many protests from Crom citizens of San Ban FranCisco whose children Yore attending the public schools against Japanese beIng to those schools These protests mainly against boys and amil men Inca ranging from 16 to 22 21 23 Ind acid 21 11 years ot oC Igo ago attending the grales graces and sitting beldo little girls and boys bOYd or of eight years ot of ago When these became known to Japanese residents I Am that tta foro ot of the tho older pupils left lett the primary 11 mary grades J PANES PUPILS On the tho dl day when the thu order ot of Oct l 11 Into effect viz Oct Oc U 15 tholo there were attending the public schools of oC the tho cl city ot of San Francico Francisco 93 13 Japanese Pupils These pupils vero distributed among 23 schools ot of the tho prImary grades are aro eIght grades In the tho public schools of at Sun San grade being the tho lowest und and thu eighth the tho for tor tu eighth grade going into Inlo the high school or Of this total ot of ill 03 pupils 68 61 wore hor horn hornin In 25 II Iii the tho Unite Those hOln hollo 11 In the tho United or of couse course under section 1 1 of XIV ot of the tho Constitution of at time tho United States Stales be citizens ot of the tho United State Md ant of at the state they reside and as such MICh to 10 tto In laws ws ot of the tho naton nation as wel veil as ot of the state AG S OF The Iges ages of oC the tho pupils attending the tho public schools on the day when the tho or er went Into effect ranged from Cram 7 to 20 years A list or of pupi attending the tho schools which list gives the tho name or of each pupi pupil ocumo ot of school ue ago ot of grade place ot of birth Ild sox sex Is hereto attached and marked 1 Exhibit It A I It wi will ho observed that those bor born In the Unite United State occupy about the Iho scone samo Position In the different grades ralles IS as American children or of the sm same age while those thorn born In iii Jalan Japan are very much older I It wil bo be rooted noted that the tho Japanese students ero dis distributed among the tho grades us as follows J Japanese o Native Grade OralIe lanc bom Ilor born No Age No Ago Age 1 20 1 1 21 1 1 1 19 2 IS 15 5 17 3 1 3 15 l 1 U 24 Seventh 2 17 I I 0 I 3 16 2 15 Sixth t I 2 20 1 i 1 iI I 1 ID 1 I 12 1 1 18 4 17 n 16 r xH r J 15 2 IS 1 n 1 U I 1 1 fourth UI 19 1 I 1 13 1 t IT ITIs 1 Is 18 1 1 1 15 1 I 1 Ir 11 r J 1 tl II 3 10 Third hh S 1 10 10 I 1 a 1 m S 3 1 1 7 1 7 S St t 7 Second 1 10 1 1 12 M 1 1 10 I K 4 R I 7 First rt 7 1 11 I M K 1 8 7 2 6 The rile number of oC schools In San Han Fran fron froncisco Francisco cisco prior to Apri April 18 was iO 76 Ot Of this number 28 25 primary or grammar r schools and 2 high schools were Ij by fre lire and 1 high chool was destroyed by earthquake leaving 4 43 s Apri April IS 18 27 temporary structures have been erected m making the total number ot of school buildings at the present time 72 A map mal Rho showing wing the tho location ot of the public schools In San l Francisco o attend attended Id ed by Japanese pupils up to the time the order of oC the board went Into elect effect Is herewith and marked Ex Exhibit Exhibit hibit w n p 1 17 The porton portion o of the map marked I ot oft with Ith red nit Ink indicates Indicate the bund burned section ot of aoi Froncisco THE OmE ORIENTAL TAL SCHOOL The school the school chool sll set apart for tor the Chinese Japanese and Korean Koren children Is In the burned see ton lion There Is only one Japanese etu dent Ilent attending thIs school at the pres rat ent time and there thre eve oro no Japanese children attending any ot of the other pub lc lie chool I visited the oriental school In company with the Japanese consul and found It to favor favorably ably wih with many ot of the tho now new temporary structures erected In the el city The cour course ot of Is exactly time the some Mme ns at Joe he other public schools competent teachers are for Cor dut duty 11 in this NearlY al nil ot of the pupils attending this school have havo to tobe ho be taught the English language An examination ot of the tho map attached hereto ivill 1 at on ince CD show that It wi will bo be absolutely Impo impossible for Cor child Ten ren residing In the remote section ot of the city to attend the oriental school chool The Tue conditions In San Francisco are such owing to the the great thoU that It would not be possible elen oven ton for grown children living at remote dil dis to this school I It time the nc ac action ton tion ot of board then and It if no schools school I are provided In addition to the tho ono one mentioned I It that a number of at children will bl be pr prevented freon attending the public and wi will have to resort to ato instruction SENTI T OF 01 STATE tE I found the In the state very en strong against Japanese young men attending the tho primary primal Irr grades dl Many ot of tho th people were outspoken In their condemnation ot of this elura course 1 say sayIng In Ing that would take exactly the sanie samo stand against American young men ot of ages attending the tho mor mary grades I am frank trank to My ay that tha tide objection seems to he be a most read rea one Al All ot of the politIcal partes In the tho state have in their plat pInt for forms planks plank In favor or of Japanese and l e exclusion on MArch i 7 1005 the tho state legislature pasel I a joint resolution urging that be taken by treaty or otherwise to unit diminish the future immigration ot of Japanese States Slates Into the United SAN sA FRANCISCO PRESS The press of oC San Francisco generallY upholds the tho action ot of the tho board ot of education Of OC the attitude tl e ot of the moro more violent und and radical th pers it Is unnecessary ar to speak further peri thorn 1 to sa say that thal their tone tono I h the tho usual sual tone or of hostility to Mongol hordes and the tho burden ot of their clail claim Is that ae ar no flO b better ter titan than Chinese and that the same reasons which die tte tat to tho th of tho he I f C tor the exclusion ot of time Japanese as asel sehl el Thu hu temper and tone ot of thou Iho more newspapers rs 11 may better he bo b by nn an epitome of their cc ar practically 1 is ns as follows The ot of California are a state And not 1 A federal Institution The Tho state has the tue power to abolish tho those so schools entirely and the federal would have no right to tn lift Ia its voice In protest Upon the thc other the tho state statu may extend the tho privileges of I its schools to aliens upon such terms as It ittle the tle state many elect and nd the federal government has no right to Il its irs In this I regard Primarily und and e es the schools nr are designed for tor the tho education ot of the citIzens ot of the thu state The Tho state Is Interested In the education ot of Its oWn citizens alone It not for tor a 1 moment ibis expensive In Institution to educate for tor and alens aliens who would carr carry to their countries the Crul fruits 1 ot of such auch edo edu caton cation Therefore It if I it should be held that there thelo was n a discrimination operatIng Ing In violation of the tho treaty wih Jap Japan Japan an In the thu states treatment of at Japanese or oven even If IC ICa Ifa a new treat treaty with Japan should b ho which would on be behalf half ot of Japanese subjects the most this could would ho bp m ont l bY by cluse the tho state whIch would then exclude from the tho UI ot of Is its public schools ni all alien len ot of every no no and aM 1011 limit the tho rights ot of tree treo education to children ot of It its own citi citizens zens for Cor whom the Is primar 1 al cud maintained amid ond It If tM state should do this the federal govern goern men meet could 10 not moot complain since no treaty trealy right could be violated when tIm ot of JaJan Japanese so were treated pro re as the children or of ni alt nations The II In the tho stata Is further In e especially In labor circes circles by the report on the tho conditions In the tho hawaiian Islands ne as contained In DUI 66 ot of the he bureau ot of labor deport depart deportment meat ment ot of commerce and labor claim Is made that labor hal has been almost entirely driven from the lid Ha islands and that the Japanese af are gradually forcing even the thc small WillIe traders out ot of business FOREMOST EDUCATION Many ot of the foremost educators In inthe the tho state on tM the other hand hanl are arb strongly opposed to the acton action of at th the Sun San Francico Francisco board ot of education Japanese are oro admitted to the tho city ot of California on art institution main maln tamed Ind amid supported b by tim the state i They are alo also admitted to and gladly i welcomed welcome nt at Stanford universIty San Francisco I so tar far as known Is tM the only I city which has dIscrimInated against Japanese n I talked with i number ot of prominent labor men an anthey anthey they ni cli said that they had n no ton lion to Japanese children attending th the primarY grades that the they wanted Sap Jap anese children nW now In thin the United States to have tho same school privileges 18 cc ot of other nations but that the they were unalterably to young ln pin th the primary grades The objection to e men nen ot at attending Th tending the primary could very readily b lo met mcl by 1 a simple rule rulo limit Ilg lug the ot of al all children ren attending Iho those o grades Ali 1 ot of the teacher teachers wih with whom I talked tOlke while In San fp kf In the highest terms of oC the tho Sap Jap anese children that they were anse the very rY of at their pupils cleanly 1111 In their p persons |