Title: "Don't Free Japs, Enforcers Ask," Seattle Times, 6/3/1943, (ddr-densho-56-924)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-924

DON'T FREE JAPS, ENFORCERS ASK

SACRAMENTO, June 3.--(AP)--The Pacific Coast International Association of Law Enforcement Officials yesterday adopted a resolution urging the government to keep the Japanese in relocation centers on the ground their release to take jobs in California might "incite riots which would sorely try the depleted ranks of peace officers."

James S. Egan, chief inspector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C., was elected association president, succeeding T.W.S. Parsons, Vancouver, commissioner of provincial police of British Columbia.

Other officers elected included Martin T. Pratt, sheriff, Multnomah County, Oregon, second vice president; Capt. Shirley R. Marsh, assistant attorney-general, Olympia, Wash., fourth vice president; Carl C. Donaugh, United States attorney, Portland, Or., secretary-treasurer.