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Plight of West Coast Japs Weighed by Supreme Court By the Associatsd Press conference room yesterday for|turn to Calfornia or several other. West Coast States. But she refuses the Government since Pearl Har- "Does that imply." demanded bor-the constitutionality of evac- -Chier Justice Stone, "that she will citizens oI Japanese ancestry. in another" Solicltor General Charles Fahy Ave hours of argument and fred cumstances involved in the cases. pointed questions frequently at at-|in the light of sacrifices made by legal points involved in appeals] the war. Asks Sacrifices Be Welghed of a young man born in Oakland,' "Many persons have' been re. Tolasr ,acramento. Fahy said."Hundreds of thousands The man, Fred T(Korematsu,|already have been casualties. Thos.. nr who have been injured, tempora- resulted in his being placed in a|withy the great hardships millions. war relocation authority center at|of our people have already endured. Topaz, The woman, Miss. |in this war." Jtah. He argued that after the attack declaration that she has the right always been the Government's plan. to go wherever she pleases.. to restdre evacuees to full liberty as soon as circumstancs permit, and Loyalty Not An Issue stated the people concerned hadg pan "fair and decent. elther to.the United States, and that there was no evidence involv- ing any Japanese-American citizen! in espionage or sabotage on the OrK West Coast. The cases arose from a proclama- 37573 Ition by Lieut. Gen. J. L. Dewitt ex- cluding persons of Japanese an- NOT [cestry from certain West Coast OCT 21 1944 areas. Attorneys for Korematsu argued that neither Congress nor! the President intended such action! |and sald that only in Nazi Ger-! many couid a similar "imprison- ment program" be found. Coungel for Miss Endo con- tended that the only legal sround fr. her detention was "implled uthority" said to be conferred by ongress and the President.. He. td she had been told she may Clipped from the NASHINGTON POST; 1O-13-44 page l7