Jap-Americans To Be Called For Induction

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 22.--(AP)--J.A. Byrne, chairman of Selective Service Board No. 190, said today his board is preparing to reclassify for induction into the armed forces approximately 1,000 Japanese-Americans who were formerly held at near-by Santa Anita racetrack when it was assembly center.

The board, Byrne said, registered more than 18,000 Japanese-Americans during July of 1942 at Santa Anita. He told reporters last night that, under instructions of a war department directive, draft questionnaires are being mailed immediately to eligible American-born Japanese, some of whom are still in various relocation camps.

Induction of the Japanese, Byrne added, may preclude the calling of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers for many months.