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.”
Story from The Missoulian, Missoula, Montana, Feb. 2,
1942
