Civil Liberties Union Protests Ouster of Japs

NEW YORK, Feb. 23. -- (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union today protested as "unprecedented and founded on no specific evidence of need" President Roosevelt's executive order establishing military areas from which citizens or aliens may be removed.

The objection was voiced in a telegram by Roger N. Baldwin, A.C.L.U. president, to A.C.L.U. offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles instructing them to "assist in protecting the civil rights of Japanese-American citizens" affected by the order. They were told to cooperate with representatives of Japanese-American organizations in seeking court relief where "injustices appear to be done."

In an accompanying statement Baldwin said the Civil Liberties Union had "not the slightest intention of "interfering with any necessary moves to protect the West Coast areas."