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Attorney Gen. Biddle Clarifies
Govt.’s Stand Alien Situation
Attorney General Francis Bid
dle issued the following state
ment of policy with regard to
the position of aliens now in the
United States. The statement was
prepared, the Attorney General
said, in the hope that it would
help to eliminate uncertainty
and confusion which exists
among alien groups and to make
clear to the public generally the
position taken by the Federal
Government.
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The United States is now at
war. Every American will share
in the task of defending our coun
try. It is essential at such a time
as this that we keep our heads,
keep our tempers — above all.
that we keep clearly in mind
what we are defending.
The enemy has attacked more
than the soil of America. He has,
attacked our institutions, our
freedoms, the principles on
which this nation was founded
and has grown to greatness. Ev
ery American must remember
that the war we wage today is
in defense of these principles. It
therefore behooves us to guard
them most zealously at home.
There are living in the United
States today aliens who make up
only 3 Me percent of our total pop
ulation. These a:iens for the most
part are here legally and are
lovall to this country’s institu
tions. Many of them are “aliens”
in the technical sense of the
word on’y. Four out of five of
them h3\-e family ties in this
country —in most cases. Ameri
crn-born children. Forty per
cent of those eligible for citizen
ship have already taken step® to
become American citizens. A sub
stantial number of our aliens are
ineligible for citizenship either
because they are under eighteen
years of age or became they
bave been here for less than the
two years’ residence required
of citizenship applicants, or for
other technical reasons.
The great majority of our alien
population will continue to b:
loyal to our democratic princip
les if we, the citizens of the
United States, permit them to be.
As a matter of justice and ou‘
cf duty to our country and to
cur own institutions we must,
therefore, foster their lcyaltv
and give it our encouragement,
We must, remember especially,
that most of thoso who came
here from other lands did so be
cause they revere and respec’
the freedoms which America i
able to offer them.
So long as the aliens in this:
country conduct themselves in
acordanee with law, they need
fear no interference by the Dc-i
partment of Justice or by any
other agency of the Federal Gov
ernment. They may be assured,
indeed, that every effort will be
made to protect them from any
discrimination or abuse. This as
surance is given not only in jus
tice and decency to the loyalj
non-citizens in this country but
also in the hope that it may j
spare American citizens in en
emy countries unjust retaliation.1
Inevitably, there are some
among our alien population who
are disloyal. The Federal Govern |
ment is fully aware of the dan-1
gers presented not only by such
persons but also by disloyal cit
izens. The Government has con
trol of the activities of these
elements. At no time, however,
will the Government engage in,
wholesale condemnation of any
alient group.
The Department of Justice be
lieves that an alert and vigilant
citizenry can aid in the defense
of the iration against hostile ele
ments. The Department is con
vinced. however, that it is ag
a:nst the best interests of the na
tion for citizens to attempt them
selves to apprehend or punish
real or fancied v'.o'ators of the
tew. Citizens should transmit all
evidence of hostile activity eith
or to the rearest office of the
F deral Bureau of Investigation
or directly to the Department of
Jur‘ice in Washington.
The Department also urges
,v ‘ States and local authorities
take no direct action against sus
peeled alisneienthr im
pacted aliens in their communit
ies but instead consult with rep
resentatives of the Department
of Justice, which is qualified by
law and experience to handle
any situation threatening the in
terests of the nation.
The defense of our country
will be hurt, not helped, by any
persecution of our non-citizens.
If we create the feeling among
aliens a^d other foreign-born
that they are not wanted here,
we shall endanger our national
unity. Such an impression could
only give aid and comfort to
those enemies whose aim it is to
infect us with distrust of each
other and turn aliens in America
against A.merca. To do this
would be to defeat what we our
selves are defending.
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WINGED SQUADRON PREPARES
FOR TAKE-OFF AT LADD FIELD
Noiselessly, in the strictest sec
recy an entire squadron of Unit
ed States Army fliers is warming
up at Ladd Field, preparatory to
a mass takeoff into Arctic skies,
probably next week.
What will be attached to the
undercarriage of each flying unit
is known only by the command
at the Air Corps’ Cold Weather
Experiment Station — and the
command says: “There is no
news about that.”
One thing is certain—it won’t
be a bomb. That is, unless they’re
putting up bombs now in quin
ine capsules.
Because the squadron which
will soar into the sky is com
posed of censored number of pig
eons, detailed to the Cold Weath
er Experiment Station for cold
weather experimentation.
The soldier birds are recent ar
rivals at Ladd Field from the
Signal Corps school at Fort Mon
mouth, New Jersey.
In command of the detachment
are Privates Thomas Meade and
Edward Vancho of the censored
censored regiment. Neither
Meade nor Vancho is a pigeon
himself, but both were familiar
w'ith birdlife before Selective
Service came to Pittston, Penn
sylvania. and Garfield, New Jer
sev, their home towns.
Alaska’s experimentation with
pigeons in comunication is new',
but advanced. Innovations deve!
oped by the Signal Corps w'ithin
th * past two years will be put
to proof under frigid tests.
"Mobile lofts,” on trailers, will
| be employed in the nigeon man
euvers.
I'se Mobile Lofts
, Use of the mobile loft—a trav
! e’ing pigeon cote—requires spec
ially trained pigeons with super
ior IQ’s, because the homeward
bround birds must learn to look
around for his rolling nest in
stead of mechanically returning
| to the same spot,
j Part of the training will in
I elude being released from an
Army bomber.
How the pigeons will take to
bitter weather is one of the dis
coveries set up as objectives of
‘he experimentation. Pigeoneers
Meade and Vaneho claim their
winged troopers should be able
to stard the cold better than
men, since their body tempera
ture is as high as 107 degrees.
The mobi’e loft, however, will
be heated, and the pigeons may
I use the quarters as a day-room.
1 Once they give signs of complete
| cure of their homesickness for
New Jersey, they will be permit
i ted to .venture from the cote, as
the men do from the barracks.
Meanwhile, the pigeoneers are
working on a device for the heat
ing of the mobile loft, so that the
Army couriers can warm their
tootsies after a hard day on the
wing from Pt. Barrow o Nelt
ushkin.
Planes From
Alaska Could
Blast Japan
BOSTON, Jan. — The bomb
ing of Tokyo by planes shuttling
between certain points in Alaska
and Russia was pictured as a
possibility by a young scientist j
who has spent a dozen years!
studying the topography of Al-1
aska by aerial exploration.
Bradford Washburn, head of
the New England Museum of Nat
ural History, said in an inter
viey he thought it possible for
bombers to blast Tokyo by swerv
ing from a direct course between
the nearest land points enroute.
The Alaska-Russia route he vis
ioned as approximately 1.000
miles shorter than flights from
Hawaii to Tokyo. Wcahcr condi
ions in the North Pacific are not
insurmountable, he asserted, add
ing that the bombing of Jap cit
ies by Alaska-based planes is
even more practical than ferry
ing bombers to England or ship
ping them across tjie Pacific to
Russia for the ultimate purpose
of b asting Japan.
SOME WAR INDUSTRIES
MAY MOVE SAYS FDR
WASHINGTON, Jan. — Presi
dent Roosevelt disclosed that the
question cf moving airplane and
other war industries from vul- j
nerable sea coast points, to the i
interior, is receiving new consid-;
oration.
The President told the news
men that it will be impossible to;
move a whole plant from one
locality to another, but certain
divisions of a factory, however,
he said, might be moved back
from seacoasts at a moment’s
notice.
NOTICE
Pursuant to an order of Court
entered on this 5th day of Jan
uary, A. D. 1942, notice is here
by given that a general term of
the District Court Second Div
ision, Territory of Alaska, will
be held in the Court House at
Nome, in said Division and Terri
tory, commencing at the hour of
ten fifteen o’clock (10:15) a.m. on
Monday, February 9th, 1942. and
to continue thereafter according
to further orders of the Court.
Given under my hand and
with the Court’s Seal affixed this
5th day of January, A. D. 1942.
Aimer Rydeen,
Clerk of the District Court
for the Territory of Alaska,
(SEAL) Second Division.
Publish Jan. 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6.
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WELLES TO HEAD
TRIP TO BRAZIL
WASHINGTON, — The State
Department announced that
President Roosevelt has desig-'
nated Under Secretary of State
Sumner Welles to represent the'
United States at the Pan-Ameri
can war consultation in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting will
bring together ministers of for
eign affairs of the American Re
pub ics January 15.
The State Department said Sec
; retary of State Hull had found it;
impossible to go to Rio de Jan-|
| eiro because of the pressure of j
his duties in W'ashington since
the outbreak of war.
Advisors to Welles at the con
;
ference will include Under Sec
| retary of Commerce Wayne Tay
lor, Vice Maritime Commission
Chairman Edward McCauley, Ex
port-import Bank President War
ien Lee Pierson, Assistant Co
Ordinator of Inter American Af
fairs Carl Spaeth, and Special
Defense Unit Chief Lawrence j
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