order removed to internment camps. Biddle also designated an additional 59 prohibited zones in the state of California that were to be cleared by mid-February. A memorandum from General John DeWitt, Commanding General of the Western Defense Command (WDC), to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson recommended removing any Japanese and other subversive individuals from the entire west coast. Franklin RooseveltÆs order had established military zones in states like Idaho and Arkansas where those evacuated would be housed under armed guard.
Author Greg Robinson writes in his book By Order of the President, that RooseveltÆs motivation stemmed partly from his own prejudice against the Japanese ôalong with his constitutional philosophy and leadership style.ö Robinson
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