Korematsu v. U.S.
Reuben Barnes
Henry Stimson Bio
I was born in September 21, 1867 to a very wealthy family in New York; I attended the elite prep school before graduating from Yale University. My mother died when I was eight years old so my sister and I were raised by our grandparents while my dad was gone for most of my life. After graduating from law school I married Mabel Wellington whom I had no children with. In 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt appointed me a post as U.S. attorney in New York; in 1911 I was appointed to secretary of war. Throughout the years I served in World War 1 as an artillery officer and attained the rank of colonel. After Japans invasion in 1931 I issued the Stimson Doctrine which enabled the U.S. to refuse to recognize territorial changes that were executed by force.
However once I received news about the bombing of Pearl Harbor I soon realized I was presiding over a dispute between Justice and War Departments over the fate of the Japanese Americans. At first I was against the mass removal of the Japanese Americans still when I heard continuous rumors of Japanese subs near the coasts and also being communicated with by the Americans. However I did have a change of heart, when there was continuous pressure from both the West Coast politicians and military advisors. This caused my resistance to wear out and I completely changed my perspective on the subject. Soon I was given the good to go on creating a plan for the mass removal of the Japanese Americans.
Even though I understood that the mass removal of the Japanese Americans had constitutional issues involved with it my mind was still changed because there was a probability of Japanese raids in the west coast. So over the next few months I was involved in the debate of the Japanese Americans in Hawaii and from there continued to try and support the relocation of them.
Henry Stimson Bio
I was born in September 21, 1867 to a very wealthy family in New York; I attended the elite prep school before graduating from Yale University. My mother died when I was eight years old so my sister and I were raised by our grandparents while my dad was gone for most of my life. After graduating from law school I married Mabel Wellington whom I had no children with. In 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt appointed me a post as U.S. attorney in New York; in 1911 I was appointed to secretary of war. Throughout the years I served in World War 1 as an artillery officer and attained the rank of colonel. After Japans invasion in 1931 I issued the Stimson Doctrine which enabled the U.S. to refuse to recognize territorial changes that were executed by force.
However once I received news about the bombing of Pearl Harbor I soon realized I was presiding over a dispute between Justice and War Departments over the fate of the Japanese Americans. At first I was against the mass removal of the Japanese Americans still when I heard continuous rumors of Japanese subs near the coasts and also being communicated with by the Americans. However I did have a change of heart, when there was continuous pressure from both the West Coast politicians and military advisors. This caused my resistance to wear out and I completely changed my perspective on the subject. Soon I was given the good to go on creating a plan for the mass removal of the Japanese Americans.
Even though I understood that the mass removal of the Japanese Americans had constitutional issues involved with it my mind was still changed because there was a probability of Japanese raids in the west coast. So over the next few months I was involved in the debate of the Japanese Americans in Hawaii and from there continued to try and support the relocation of them.
Reuben Barnes
Mayor Fletcher Baron Bio.
I was born in Poway, California, on August 13, 1887; I was from a family from the Midwest and I was the youngest out of three children. I attended high school and college in California and in 1925 through 1926 I was the executive secretary of California’s Governor. In 1938 I was elected mayor of ……; when Pearl Harbor was bombed by ………., I tried to reassure the citizens over the radio that there was no threat of an attack on California’s shores, I did not want the public to take any harsh actions towards the Japanese Americans. However due to some following events I began to slowly change my mind, some of the events that occurred were newspaper stories that included Japanese submarines being spotted near the West Coast and meetings with navy and federal officials.
This caused me to consider and be one of the first to call for the incarceration of Japanese Americans, I personally thought that they should have been moved several miles inland and then put to work to help grow food. Thankfully, in my favor the Japanese Americans were given a 48 hour notice on the last day of February in 1942. This also caused the Los Angeles County Board to discharge all Japanese American employees. I instantly followed their footsteps and did the same as they had done, I also chose to inform the public to encourage to tell the Japanese Americans what consequences there would be if they were involved with any sort of sabotage against the US. I decided to help the public spread this by creating propaganda within the city.
I now used my radio show to keep encouraging the mass removal of Japanese Americans, I also proposed a constitutional amendment that would make immigrants not entitled to the US and if they were from a foreign country they would not have the same rights that an American citizen would have regardless of their age or sex. One President Roosevelt signed Executive order 9066 I immediately proposed that the Manzanar inmates had to compete for water supplies, unfortunately I was unsuccessful with this debate.
In 1945 however I was very unpleased to hear that the Japanese Americans were being released and sent back to California. I tried to use my radio station to protest against this event and tell the public that is would be horrible if they returned. I believed that there would be great violence between Japanese and American citizens and that the police department would not be able to support any kind of security. I continued to strongly oppose the Japanese Americans for having their citizenship and thought that is should be revoked and my personal belief was that there could never be a Japanese American and that they can only be Japanese.
Mayor Fletcher Baron Bio.
I was born in Poway, California, on August 13, 1887; I was from a family from the Midwest and I was the youngest out of three children. I attended high school and college in California and in 1925 through 1926 I was the executive secretary of California’s Governor. In 1938 I was elected mayor of ……; when Pearl Harbor was bombed by ………., I tried to reassure the citizens over the radio that there was no threat of an attack on California’s shores, I did not want the public to take any harsh actions towards the Japanese Americans. However due to some following events I began to slowly change my mind, some of the events that occurred were newspaper stories that included Japanese submarines being spotted near the West Coast and meetings with navy and federal officials.
This caused me to consider and be one of the first to call for the incarceration of Japanese Americans, I personally thought that they should have been moved several miles inland and then put to work to help grow food. Thankfully, in my favor the Japanese Americans were given a 48 hour notice on the last day of February in 1942. This also caused the Los Angeles County Board to discharge all Japanese American employees. I instantly followed their footsteps and did the same as they had done, I also chose to inform the public to encourage to tell the Japanese Americans what consequences there would be if they were involved with any sort of sabotage against the US. I decided to help the public spread this by creating propaganda within the city.
I now used my radio show to keep encouraging the mass removal of Japanese Americans, I also proposed a constitutional amendment that would make immigrants not entitled to the US and if they were from a foreign country they would not have the same rights that an American citizen would have regardless of their age or sex. One President Roosevelt signed Executive order 9066 I immediately proposed that the Manzanar inmates had to compete for water supplies, unfortunately I was unsuccessful with this debate.
In 1945 however I was very unpleased to hear that the Japanese Americans were being released and sent back to California. I tried to use my radio station to protest against this event and tell the public that is would be horrible if they returned. I believed that there would be great violence between Japanese and American citizens and that the police department would not be able to support any kind of security. I continued to strongly oppose the Japanese Americans for having their citizenship and thought that is should be revoked and my personal belief was that there could never be a Japanese American and that they can only be Japanese.
Reflection
For this project we were first filled in on what happened after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and how it effected the United States of America, then we learned a little about how it was involved with the trial. Afterwards we were then assigned people that were involved with the trial during that time, once we got our people to act as we needed to research our person so that we knew what they were like and what they did during that time period. The main point for researching their bio though was to have a vague understanding of what they might be asked in court when the exhibition came around. The final part of this project for me was to make questions with my lawyer that would help the prosecution side, once we had done that I had to come up with questions that the defense side might ask me during the trial.
There was a huge part in teamwork in this project because without it a lot of people at the exhibition would have been in a bad situation. Teamwork was big for me because I really had to talk to my lawyer and make sure that the questions he asked me were understandable and made sense. The main thing that we had to work on together was making sure that the questions he asked me benefited the prosecutions side, this was where the whole team had to come together and work with one another. Before the exhibition the entire prosecution side got together and made sure that we could do anything so that we could win, so overall teamwork was a huge part in this project and it really helped us get through it.
Some very large revisions that I made on my written components was that I went back and made sure it did not seem like my person was super racist against the Japanese. This was a very big part for my written part because if one of the witnesses was racist then he would have gotten drilled at the trial and it would have been an easy win for the defense side. Another huge revision that I made to the written part was making sure that I had good proof that what was done to the Japanese was not unjust. This greatly benefited my team because it showed the judges that there was proof and everything i am saying is not gibberish and made up stuff.
My outcome towards this project was that it was super fun and should definitely be done next year again. This project really helped me not understand some of the past and what happened to the Japanese after the bombing but it also helped me understand some current time information. Such information would be learning a little about how a trial would work and what the rules are in a situation that we were in there. Some advice that I would give a person who has my same duties in the future is to make sure that the role they choose is what they really want. Also if they do choose to be a witness then make sure that they really dig deep into their character. (Make sure that the person isn't super racist so that he doesn't get drilled in court).
There was a huge part in teamwork in this project because without it a lot of people at the exhibition would have been in a bad situation. Teamwork was big for me because I really had to talk to my lawyer and make sure that the questions he asked me were understandable and made sense. The main thing that we had to work on together was making sure that the questions he asked me benefited the prosecutions side, this was where the whole team had to come together and work with one another. Before the exhibition the entire prosecution side got together and made sure that we could do anything so that we could win, so overall teamwork was a huge part in this project and it really helped us get through it.
Some very large revisions that I made on my written components was that I went back and made sure it did not seem like my person was super racist against the Japanese. This was a very big part for my written part because if one of the witnesses was racist then he would have gotten drilled at the trial and it would have been an easy win for the defense side. Another huge revision that I made to the written part was making sure that I had good proof that what was done to the Japanese was not unjust. This greatly benefited my team because it showed the judges that there was proof and everything i am saying is not gibberish and made up stuff.
My outcome towards this project was that it was super fun and should definitely be done next year again. This project really helped me not understand some of the past and what happened to the Japanese after the bombing but it also helped me understand some current time information. Such information would be learning a little about how a trial would work and what the rules are in a situation that we were in there. Some advice that I would give a person who has my same duties in the future is to make sure that the role they choose is what they really want. Also if they do choose to be a witness then make sure that they really dig deep into their character. (Make sure that the person isn't super racist so that he doesn't get drilled in court).