Title: "Japs' Return To Be Orderly, Says W.R.A.," Seattle Times, 12/19/1944, (ddr-densho-56-1085)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-1085

Japs' Return To Be Orderly, Says W.R.A.

The policy to be followed by the War Relocation Authority in reestablishment of citizens of Japanese ancestry on the Pacific Coast, was outlined today in a statement by Robert B. Cozzens, assistant W.R.A. director, San Francisco, announced by the local office of Claude G. Walker, area supervisor.

"Despite the modification of the military order, (providing for return of Japanese to West Coast areas) the W.R.A. expects and hopes that relocation to the Middle West, the East and the South will be intensified in the months ahead," the W.R.A. official stated.

Cozzens said that while full constitutional rights have been restored to loyal citizens of Japanese ancestry and to law-abiding aliens, and many of the evacuees will be free to come back will be only those individuals who have full military approval for freedom of movement.

"Individual exclusion will continue under the control of the military," he said, "and movement of loyal evacuees will be conducted in an orderly manner. No mass exodus from the relocation centers to any part of the country is contemplated."