e person becoming a traitor “ The governments policy was based on the incredible notion that this group of people, solely on the basis of ancestry, had to be regarded as inherently disloyal to the United States.” (John Tateishi pg. xiv) There were no grounds for evicting the Japanese Americans so west coast politicians and pressure groups turned to racial attacks that questioned the loyalty of the entire Japanese community. These groups spread rumors about sabotage creating fear in the public’s mind, especially in the early months of the war. California State Attorney General Earl Warren stated “ To believe the absence of sabotage by the Japanese population was proof of loyalty was simply to live in a fools paradise “(John Tateishi pg. xv). He believed and tried to convince congress and President Roosevelt that because sabotage hasn’t happened before doesn’t mean it won’t happen now. The Japanese people were in a damned-if-you-do- and -damned-if-you-don’t situation. The loyalty they demonstrated was proof they would be disloyal to the United States. As incredible as the argument was it served as logic for the relocation of the Japanese people. During this time Hawaii was considering relocating it’s Japanese communities but they did not because Japanese Americans were Hawaii’s major work force. As a result Congress started saying that Pearl Harbor would not have been successful without assistance from the Japanese residents in Hawaii. These statements further sharpened the fears of a West Coast invasion and sabotage from West Coast Japanese residents and prompted greater pressure for relocation of Japanese Americans. Americans were afraid that something similar would happen on the West Coast. Public newspapers ran stories about outrage against Japanese Americans by Californians. They wrote stories about how Japanese Americans are responsible for Pearl Harbor. Henry McLemor wrote a column stating “I am for immediate removal of every Japanese. Heard them up, pack them off, and give them the inside room in the badlands. Let them be pinched, hurt, hungry and dead up against it….. Personally I hate the Japanese and that goes for all of them “(John Tateishi pg. xvi). A wave of racism and hysteria swept through the press and radio. People believed that it didn’t matter whether or not the person was a United States citizen if they were of Japanese ancestry they were spies or traitors. General Dewitt, commander in charge of war defense stated “ It makes no difference weather or not a Japanese is theoretically a citizen. He is still Japanese. Giving him a scrap of paper won’t change him. I don’t care what they do with a Jap as long as they don’t send them back here. A Jap is a Jap”(Harry Kitano pg.46) On February 19,1942 President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 for massive evacuation of Japanese Americans. Six days later on February 25,1942 the evacuation started. Nighttime curfews and five-mile travel restrictions were placed on people only of Japanese ancestry. Orders were posted on telephones ordering all people of Japanese ancestry to sell their belongings and report to assembly points on specified days. Most were given two weeks to sell their homes and possessions. Some were given less. Neighborhood people acted as scavengers and offered outrageously low prices for the Japanese homes, businesses, cars, and other personal belongings. They knew the Japanese Americans were being forced to leave so they could

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