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Show Military Necessity To Be Basis For Evacuation ' Omctoi.vg dawn or unlouir.dcd rumors and so-called "'oU'icial iiu..t'iiD-nU" regarding Pacific Coast cvuoua'Uonv Lieutenant. General J. L. De'Witt, Co.n-marding Co.n-marding Ganieral of 'ehe Western l.L'e.'.ke Coimmand and Fourth Army, declared Sunday that die-c-siuas 'as to Alno 'would 'be excluded, ex-cluded, i.'rom wir.ere, land when are nvjlitary decisions which ntait be based on mililtary nfc-cessnty. nfc-cessnty. "Military necessitiy," Baid Geir eral De'WiU, "is .he sole (yardstick (yard-stick ty .h.ich the Army has selec.ed the military areas from ubitia thj exclusion of certain groups iwill 'be requir;d. Public clamor lor evacuationi Xroni non-strategic areas land 'jive insistence in-sistence oi local organizations a...u oj.'iCiaio that vauuees not L,e moved1 into iieir commuo.-ues commuo.-ues car.not and .will not be ih.-.ded, ior conisidera'.don otf caiional security 'must come urst. No one has ibeeini authorised author-ised to speak lor me in connection connec-tion 'Aieh my authority under ,-Jn.e Executive Order, amid all s'.iate.Tjents and predictions coming com-ing it'rom other sources should 'be disregardeldv" The Geineral declared that for two weeks this staff of the Western Wes-tern Defense Cornmainri: and Fourth Army has been engaged ini making 'final studied to determine de-termine 'Jhe areas to be delimited delimit-ed and the mature of the restrictions re-strictions to toe applied. A proclamation proc-lamation setting forth these areas and describing 'Jhieir boundaries boun-daries will 'be released shortly. 1 In commenting upon the various vari-ous aspects of evacuation!, General. Gen-eral. DaWiitt said, "The appropriate appro-priate agencies of t)he Federal ;Governimeint are engaged in ifar-reaeh'inig preparations to deal JwiJh ithe .prablejm and a study is in progress 'by these agencies regarding the protection of pro-"-tpenlry, the resettlement 'amid relocation re-location of those iwlho are af-.feoted. af-.feoted. The completed prepara- 'lions, -will include measures idie-signed idie-signed to safeguard as far as possible property and property j rights, to avoid tJhe depresi'inig jtiifect of forced sales, and gen-iferally gen-iferally to mir.iimiize r.esultinlg ''econiomdc dislooabionls. As soon las 'Jhese tiud'ies -are concludeld 'd'eifimite designatiori of persona Ito ihe affected! 'will Ibe mada." |