At a hearing in Portland, Oregon of the Tolan Committee, a leader of the JACL pleaded to let people of Japanese ancestry remain in their locales and not be moved. An Astoria, OR official cited possible fifth column activity, and an American Legion official urged the removal of all Japanese to east of the mountains. A Japanese American farmer said he had stopped preparing for spring planting because of the possiblity of evacuation.

Japs in Plea for Leniency

02/27/42

1900.5622