Title: The Federal Government's Decisions in Suppressing the Japanese-Language Press, 1941–42
Abstract: This study analyzed the federal government's decisions regarding the suppression of the Japanese “enemy language” press in the United States in the early months of World War II. While military officials wanted total suppression, civilian officials insisted on preserving and utilizing the Japanese press to support the nation's war policies, and the inter-departmental Committee on War Information (CWI) decided in favor of the civilian officials’ goals. These officials then considered implementing a foreign-language press control law, but they eventually withdrew the idea. Thus, the Japanese-language press was exempted from total suppression or any other specially tailored legal regulations. However, it was still subject to a lesser degree of control throughout the war by the Army, and the papers, except in Utah, Colorado, and the internment camps, stopped publishing by mid-May 1942.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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