Title: "Mixed Jap-White Families Freed," Seattle Times, 9/4/1942, (ddr-densho-56-843)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-843

MIXED JAP-WHITE FAMILIES FREED

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. -- (AP) -- A few families of mixed Japanese and white blood, thoroughly investigated by the Army, have been released from relocation centers the past few weeks.

Only families with children of mixed blood are given such consideration, the Wartime Civilian Control Administration explained.

A Japanese husband and a white wife, with their mixed-blood children, may be released from relocation centers under Army approval, but may not remain within the Western Defense Command. However, a Japanese woman and a white husband (if he is not an enemy alien) and their children may remain inside this military zone if approved.

Mixed-blood families are few in number, the W.C.C.A. said, because many states refuse to license such marriages. Furthermore, Japanese generally frown on union outside their race.