AMERICAN-BORN JAPS

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1943, Page 1

AMERICAN-BORN JAPS

.. SCHEMES FOR CIVIL SETTLEMENT. (Rec. 9.5) WASHINGTON, May .12. American .citizens of Japanese descent who spent nearly a year, in relocation camps after removal from the West Coast are'now being systematically moved into essential jobs, even war industries, according to a report of the Office' of War Information. . Investigations are being made into the behavior and attitude of all males in camps. Those regarded as satisfactory are entitled to resume normal life when they obtain employment. Investigation is also being made of communities where those released propose to live, in order to ensure that their presence is not the result of disturbances or danger to the Japanese themselves. The Senate Military Affairs Committee approved the sub-committees’ recommendation for prompt abolition of all ton relocation centres, which arc described as trouble breeders. The sub-committee was told that the War Department would not oppose a return to the Pacific Coast of special categories of Japanese, such as the wives and children of Japanese and American soldiers, but the War Department thought the general resettlement of Japanese on the coast unwise.