Transcription: The president was an easy sell. For all his championing the rights of the downtrodden, his record on racism was not record at all. He was, it was reported, very vigorous on the question of interning American citizens. On February 19th, the president signed Executive Order number 9066. It was not so much a legal measure as a military order. With brutal swiftness, the entire Japanese community of the West was ordered inland. They were given 48 hours to dispose of their businesses, farms, homes, furnishings and automobiles. They could take what they could carry, no more. They were rounded up and ...
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