| Show WAR relocation AUTHORITY washington A TO ALL PERSONS CM ON SEASONAL LEAVE the war relocation authority has announced its plans for carrying on a program of segregating persons in relocation centers on the basis of national loyalties director dillon S myer issued the following statement of the reasons for segregation the war relocation authority is responsible for the welfare of all the people live in relocation centers the execution of this responsibility is made more difficult by the fact that some of the relocation center residents have indicated that they are neither loyal to this country nor sympathetic to its war aims while the great majority have indicated that they wish to be americans the war relocation authority has an obligation to each of these groups and it also has an obligation to safeguard and further the national interest who after long ana serious deliberations and deliberation the decision has been made that the war relocation authority can best be fulfilled if a separation atlon is made between those who wish to follow the american way of life and those whose interests are not in harmony with those of the united states responsibilities of the the segregation plans call for transferring to tule lake all those persons who are not eligible for leave clearance and for transferring those now in tule lake who are eligible for leave clearance to other centers or permitting them to relocate after segregation is completed tule tale lake will include only people who are not eligible for leave and those who voluntarily go theres there or remain there in order to be with other members of their family who are not eligible for leave the privilege of leave will not apply to people in the tule lake center all other centers will be composed entirely of persons who are eligible for leave As announced by director myer persons who have bave applied for repatriation or expatriation and have not withtheir applications will be designated to live in tule lake center without further formality individual hearings will be held for several other groups including those who refused to register at the time of the general registration in february and march those who refused to answer the loyalty question those no to the loyalty question or who qualified their answers those who answered not who later changed their answers to yes those who had ad applied for repatriation or expatriation but withdrew their applications before julya 1943 those with unfavorable records with the intelligence agencies of the government and those about whom there is other information casting doubt on the loyalty of the indi- drawn vidual these hearings are to be held in order to insure that no one who wants to be an american shall be denied the privilege of living as an american and contributing to the national war effort the hearings to determine who will be segregated already are being held in the relocation centers and the actual movement of people is expected to take place over a period of approximately six weeks starting about september 10 you may rest assured that the decisions as to who should be segregated will |
