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...investigation" was California's fourth recent legislative romp into U.S.-Jap baiting. It was headed by a ruddy-faced Sacramento attorney, Chester F. Gannon, Legionnaire and key Republican member of the State Assembly. Although Marine Borchers' letter had started the fury, Gannon did not summon him as a witness. Gannon had his own views: "We have been told it would be unhealthy for Japanese-even American-born-to be seen on California streets, and that returning Marines and soldiers would slit their throats...
Trial by Fury. Before Gannon's committee in Los Angeles trooped a succession of witnesses, outdoing each other in wild charges. Hearst's Examiner one day ran 62 inches of testimony, blazoning it high above the progress of the war in Russia, Teheran and Italy. Typical "evidence...
When Investigator Gannon had piled up sufficient horror tales, he summoned white-haired Mrs. Maynard Force Thayer, D.A.R. member and chairman of the offending Pasadena Fair Play Committee chapter. Sample testimony...
...Gannon: "Do you want to champion the rights of a people where different sexes do nude bathing together? . . . Mrs. Thayer, have you ever smelled the odor of a Jap home...
...Archbishops Edward Mooney of Detroit, Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago, Francis J. Spellman of New York, John T. McNicholas of Cincinnati, Joseph F. Rummel of New Orleans and John J. Mitty of San Francisco; Bishops John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, John Mark Gannon of Erie, Karl J. Alter of Toledo and John A. Duffy of Buffalo...