As a recount of events unraveling prior to 1942 come to show that there was very little factual evidence to support the “necessity” of interning the Japanese Americans. As stated by the author “J. Edgar Hoover Wrote...that the public hysteria was groundless”.(7) regarding the American’s response toward the Japanese Americans. The author notes that J. Edgar Hoover’s opinion was also echoed by Attorney General Francis Biddle; nevertheless, both J. Edgar Hoover and Francis Biddle’s opinions went un-publicised. The idea that these two heavily influential figures held an opposing position, and went without speaking not only expresses the tepid nature of their concern but also the shear enormity of the social issue at
As a recount of events unraveling prior to 1942 come to show that there was very little factual evidence to support the “necessity” of interning the Japanese Americans. As stated by the author “J. Edgar Hoover Wrote...that the public hysteria was groundless”.(7) regarding the American’s response toward the Japanese Americans. The author notes that J. Edgar Hoover’s opinion was also echoed by Attorney General Francis Biddle; nevertheless, both J. Edgar Hoover and Francis Biddle’s opinions went un-publicised. The idea that these two heavily influential figures held an opposing position, and went without speaking not only expresses the tepid nature of their concern but also the shear enormity of the social issue at