Idaho was expected to receive 10,000 Japanese evacuated from the West Coast to be placed in an internment camp. Idaho Gov. Chase A. Clark had opposed the idea, as well as the Idaho Grange and the American Legion, but he was mollified when notified that the Japanese would be under military guard.

10,000 Japs Will Be Interned in Idaho

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

04/12/42

1900.5937