Oath administered to newly-appointed Oregon Alien Enemy Hearing Board members including Linfield President William G. Everson (as board chairman) on Jan. 5, 1942, in Portland

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Oregonian, Portland, Jan. 6, 1942

Capital Journal, Salem, Feb. 23, 1942

News-Review, Roseburg, 25, 1942

PHOTO: Newly-Appointed Alien Enemy Hearing Board Sworn In – United States Attorney Carl G. Donaugh (extreme right) is administering the oath to members of the board when they assembled Monday at the federal court house. Left to right, A. E. Reames, Medford attorney and ex-United States senator; Bishop Benjamin D. Dagwell of the Episcopal diocese here; Dr. William G. Everson, president of Linfield college, McMinnville, who is chairman of the group; State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott; A.E. Clark, Portland attorney, and Donaugh. Oregonian, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1942.

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Mail Tribune, Medford, Jan. 6, 1942

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Oregon Journal, Portland, March 12, 1942

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Photocopy of a page from declassified report (Feb. 12, 1942) detailing the reasoning behind the recommendation that Dr. Keizaburo Koyama be interned as an alien enemy. This page concludes the decision to intern Dr. Koyama as an enemy alien since his involvement with organizations like Sokoku Kai and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce may lead to him show disloyalty to the United States. The letter was signed by Carl C. Donaugh, United States Attorney, William G. Everson, Chairman, Alfred E. Clark, and Leslie M. Scott, Member of the Board.

Source:
Densho Digital Depository
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-156/

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Linfield student Mitsue (Endow) Salador was studying to be a teacher in 1942 when she had to report to the Portland Assembly Center

Capturing Linfield’s disappearing history

Linfield Magazine Spring 2019

https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2020/01/linfield-student-mitsue-endow-salador.html

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During World War II, Mary Kazuyo Wakai was one of two Linfield students forced to leave the college

Linfield Magazine Fall 2019

https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2019/12/during-world-war-ii-linfield-students.html

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Some sources say the Oregon Enemy Alien Hearing Board led during World War II by Linfield College President William G. Everson played a:

• “role in the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, despite a lack of evidence against them.”

• “significant and often adversarial role in the incarceration of Japanese Americans and other ‘enemy aliens’ during WWII, rather than being a mere formality.”

An Associated Press story in the Jan. 6, 1942, Medford, Oregon, Mail Tribune says the board’s job was to “make recommendations when there is a question whether an alien is dangerous to public safety.”