Hearst Whips Up West Coast Hysteria Against Native Japanese
MARGOLIN, JACOB
LETTERS To the Editor Hearst Whips Up West Coast Hysteria Against Native Japanese From JACOB MARGOLIN To the Editor: The residents of the Pacific coast are not without thwtr fnttite on the...
...Active opposition to the vigilantes hss been led by the Committee for American Principles snd Pair Plsy, of which resident Robert G. Sproul of the University of California and Dr...
...LETTERS To the Editor Hearst Whips Up West Coast Hysteria Against Native Japanese From JACOB MARGOLIN To the Editor: The residents of the Pacific coast are not without thwtr fnttite on the question of racial toleration, but they certainly are not as rabid about the Japanese as some self-styled representatives of western thinking would have the rest of the nation believe...
...It is not too daring to say that before the New Deal, we were a vacuum and our country was in social chaos...
...American fascism and nazHsm) leaks out everywhere in our con-stitutional democracy For what do our boys fight, being killed and Wounded, and made prisoners in Europe, if some of our "democratic'' authorities at home do all they can to preserve among the prisoners the poison which to extinguish we have sent the flower of our youth and enormous wai-equipment over there ? It i* high time that such a stupid and at the same time treacherous toleration of naxi-psnopaganda within our very borders be stopped and suppressed...
...Deal Acts have s* deeply revolutionized our jndustrisl 11 fan sad psiimelaVlfjthe HI* of the toiling people, that it is ridiculous to talk abont the life of the New Deal...
...and even the bitterest enemies of the New Heal will not discredit the great atwinpflshineiits on the part of the New Deal administration...
...The New Deal ha* certainly made concessions to- reactionary elements, and has not contested the slander sad vaimeu* su*eanll*ns, which brought a defeat in many l**aTitiss, bat in th* long run it is for everlasting smooth...
...finch riots could very easily be organized, but these participating hi them Would be strictly on their own...
...is improper, because it is not a passing stirred up movement like the . Technocrats, nor is it an "ideology" or s programatic theory...
...The question, "Is the New Desl dead...
...Hells Me Mew For ami To the Editor: From PAUL BUTKEREIT May the new experiment work wonders and the paper: grow continually with such good information and labor news and principles iri the interest of the -people...
...Fortunately, the irresponsible cam psigm of hatred against* the Japan*** Americans, which Hearst, Urge agricultural interests, old line "native son" WKeabtttmas, and scattered Congressmen and state Assemblymen are trying to arouse now, likewise finds scant support Biased accounts of the Tule Lake disorders, and the permission granted by General Doles C. Emmons, the present Western' Defense commander for a limited number of Japanese Amu leans te r«tsrn to the coast is largely the basis for the attempted hysteria ¦ Thai tiny trickle of Japanese Amer-icans bsek, consisting largely of spouse* *f Caucasians is fantastically reprocessed a* r "dreaded movement...
...Los Angel...
...They would not bo an exprcssttn of public opinion...
...The New Deal, a* a social outlook, is not dsad at all It is very deplorable that fto»**velt has to be at th* mercy of politicians of his Party and even to the luk* warm support of "Labor Chiefs," to say th* toast about John Lawks sad others who bar* antagonised him and have covered the New Deal with shame and disgrace...
...Repeatedly in public hearings, threats have-bam ¦¦and that th* return of Jspoow*yojSjewt i**il"t* vwAsmoe...
...Fiemin*ton...
...its constructive effects are felt in every move of our war effort...
...Says New Deal As Social Ourlook Is Not Dead From J. ZIMRING To the Editor: m '* Despite the enemies of the New Desl who conspired to kin it, the Mew Deal fc a living social factor moor Hfe...
...Japanese went about their business as before...
...the New Deal has apph*4 tea pti*ci-ptos and fundamentals of various theories aiming to, improve tjs^CUBMtttesn* . of th* unsjerprivBeged nispjaa, 'The Wagner Act, and* oepar...
...It is s vast outline of social reforms put in practical Hfe...
...ever sine* the Mew Deal, order and plan has taken the place of rugged individualism...
...We must realize that the New Deal i* manifold, not confined to any group, or class, or a term in the White House...
...There were no throat slitting*, no lynching*, no pogroms...
...and Its asneueuwif irresponsibility of the upper class*, sad lM*^*MMMNMM(i tef ^MpfMJ^My aflsMmWSThe New fJeanHMet Becurity Act has so vastly become a part of us, thst whether the hhty Deal eJeamnt is in Washington, oe atsPhbii faction, tke New Deal, ss a social factor, is with us and will be so for a long time in the fatore...
...Hails Seger's Article on Nazi Prisoners To the Editor: From ANDREW CORDIAN Gerhart H. Soger's revelations about the edifying conditions in camps of Gorman war-prisoners deserve the widest attention, in this time, where totalism (i.e...
...We believe in th* potentiality and resourceful**** ef the American people to further to* New Deal...
...N. J...
...The temporary at bsrkaof the New Deal only shows that no movement for social progress is ushered in and can move on without opposition...
...President Roosevelt and his aesett-ates sre more concerned in a peaceful home front for -the eeadect of the war effort, and for th* eventual day of victory ever the aggressors...
...Th* New Deal may ultiaiatel} slign those groups in our Society who are keenly inter—ted in th* maintenance of th* act* and legislation which th* New* Deal ha* sponsored, snd which it is yet aVklhwd to accomplish...
...The action whk h resulted in th* removal of over 100,000 Japanese Americans and aliens, was not made in response to popular demand, but entirely on the authority of the then chief of the Western Defense Command, General John J. DeWitt...
...Al thssgh not a single recorded instance of sabotage has been committed since Pearl Harbor, and General Emmons at** feci* they ere no menace, the return is pictured by the hate mongers as PJoeing th* entire western ares in ¦ faajsaedy...
...If there over was a time whgn one might hsve expected violence against the Japanese, R was immediately After Pearl Harbor, when the treacherous attack caused so much bitterness, and yet there were virtually no cases of assaults on them...
...I never heard of any...
...Robert Milliken, Nobel prize winner are members, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and the American Civil Liberties Union...
...However, wa believe that the masses and social-minded people, will continue to support the endeavor of thee* who have initiated the movement of the New Deal...
...Contrary to the impression which these professional patrioteers appear to have created, it is extremely doubtful whether the Japanese would have been moved at all, if it had depended on the civilians...
Vol. 27 • January 1944 • No. 3
