Santa Cruz Public Libraries' Local History

by Rechs Ann Pedersen, Internet Librarian

"...the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage.." (Executive Order 9066)

"This is no time for expansive discourses on protection of civil liberties for Japanese residents of the Pacific coast, whether they be American citizens or aliens." Editorial. (S.C. Sentinel-News. February 19, 1942 [M] p.1.)

"He pointed out that the Japanese race is completely unassimilable with the white race and that this nation would be better off without them." Editorial. (Riptide. April 3, 1942 p.2)

"Remember also -- persecute these people for the accident of birth -- establish a precedent and the cold heavy hand of persecution and intolerance may one day rest on your shoulder because your name is Smith or Jones -- or because you are Protestant or Catholic or Jew -- white or Negro -- and the persecutors will use this incident as a precedent." Letter to the Editor by John L. McCarthy. (Watsonville Register-Pajaronian, March 9, 1943. p.6)

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