Title: "County Officers Ask Alien Ban," Seattle Times, 2/7/1942, (ddr-densho-56-606)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-606

COUNTY OFFICERS ASK ALIEN BAN

OLYMPIA, Saturday, Feb. 7.--(AP)--Banning of enemy aliens from defense areas and freezing of the gasoline tax-allocation system for the duration of the war were suggested yesterday by the Association of County Commissioners meeting here. Resolutions also suggested suspension of the merit-system examinations for state service during the war.

The commissioners voted "full confidence" in President J.H. Robertson of Creston and the executive committee despite the fact that Robertson's suggestion for further reports on the gasoline tax was given no official consideration by the group.

Highway Director Burwell Bantz warned the commissioners to expect a 30 per cent decrease in gasoline-tax revenues during the present year.