What to Do With Japs Agitates Entire N.W.

The problem of Japanese residents and their activities in the Pacific Northwest continued to agitate officials and private citizens today.

In Tacoma, six Japanese were arrested last night in the waterfront area, a Federal Bureau of Investigation announcement said, but five were released. Special Agent Howard Fletcher said one man was kept in custody because of his connections with Japanese organizations. He declined to give names of any of those arrested.

At Wenatchee, L.O. Melton, spokesman for certain employes of the Great Northern Railway Terminal, said 85 workers at a mass meeting had demanded immediate removal of Japanese workmen now in employ of the railroad.

Melton said ten Japanese in this area had been laid off by the Great Northern December 8 but had been rehired.

Ouster of Aliens Demanded

The Klickitat County Civilian Defense Council at Goldendale adopted a resolution urging removal of all enemy aliens from the state. Copies of the resolution were sent to Gov. Arthur B. Langlie and members of the congressional delegation.

Aroused by reports that Japanese from British Columbia coastal areas were arriving at Kamloops, in the interior, and attempting to buy land there, the council of the Kamloops Board of Trade telegraphed Prime Minister Mackenzie King expressing opposition to "infiltration of any person of Japanese origin or enemy alien except under strict government supervision." Earlier, the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Legion had adopted a resolution calling for internment of all male Japanese of military age.

The Cashmere Post, American Legion, today joined the large group of Legion posts, which have approved resolutions urging internment of all enemy aliens on the Pacific Coast in inland concentration camps.