{"language": "en", "segments": [{"text": " [...]", "start": 0.0, "stop": 29.98, "id": 0}, {"text": " the when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor our West Coast became a potential", "start": 43.18, "stop": 48.88, "id": 1}, {"text": " combat zone living in that zone were more than a hundred thousand persons of", "start": 48.88, "stop": 53.76, "id": 2}, {"text": " Japanese ancestry two-thirds of them American citizens one-third aliens we knew", "start": 53.76, "stop": 60.68, "id": 3}, {"text": " that some among them were potentially dangerous most were loyal but no one knew", "start": 60.68, "stop": 66.9, "id": 4}, {"text": " what would happen among this concentrated population if Japanese forces should", "start": 66.9, "stop": 71.24, "id": 5}, {"text": " try to invade our shores military authorities therefore determined that all of", "start": 71.24, "stop": 76.8, "id": 6}, {"text": " them citizens and aliens alike would have to move this picture tells how the mass", "start": 76.8, "stop": 82.62, "id": 7}, {"text": " migration was accomplished neither the army nor the war relocation authority", "start": 82.62, "stop": 87.32, "id": 8}, {"text": " relish the idea of taking men women and children from their homes their shops and", "start": 87.44, "stop": 91.98, "id": 9}, {"text": " their farms so the military and civilian agencies alike determined to do the job", "start": 91.98, "stop": 96.76, "id": 10}, {"text": " as a democracy should with real consideration for the people involved first", "start": 96.76, "stop": 102.0, "id": 11}, {"text": " attention was given to the problems of sabotage and espionage now here at San", "start": 102.0, "stop": 108.14, "id": 12}, {"text": " Francisco for example convoys were being made up with insight of possible access", "start": 108.14, "stop": 112.9, "id": 13}, {"text": " agents there were more Japanese in Los Angeles than in any other area", "start": 112.9, "stop": 119.52, "id": 14}, {"text": " nearby San Pedro houses and hotels occupied almost exclusively by Japanese were", "start": 119.52, "stop": 125.62, "id": 15}, {"text": " within a stone throw of a naval air base shipyards oil well", "start": 125.62, "stop": 131.92, "id": 16}, {"text": " Japanese fishermen had every opportunity to watch the movement of our ships", "start": 131.92, "stop": 137.9, "id": 17}, {"text": " Japanese farmers were living close to vital aircraft plants so as a first", "start": 137.9, "stop": 144.74, "id": 18}, {"text": " step all Japanese were required to move from critical areas such as these but of", "start": 144.74, "stop": 150.04, "id": 19}, {"text": " course this limited evacuation was a solution to only part of the problem the", "start": 150.04, "stop": 154.94, "id": 20}, {"text": " larger problem the uncertainty of what would happen among these people in case of", "start": 154.94, "stop": 159.3, "id": 21}, {"text": " a Japanese invasion still remain that is why the commanding general of the", "start": 159.3, "stop": 164.64, 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their parents, most of whom are American citizens and their grandparents", "start": 464.48, "stop": 469.2, "id": 68}, {"text": " who are aliens immediately wanted to go to work at Manzanar they built a last", "start": 469.2, "stop": 474.56, "id": 69}, {"text": " house and began rooting guaiuli cuttings the plants when mature", "start": 474.56, "stop": 478.26, "id": 70}, {"text": " will add to our rubber supply", "start": 478.26, "stop": 479.78, "id": 71}, {"text": " at Parker they undertook the irrigation of fertile desert lands meanwhile in", "start": 489.86, "stop": 496.14, "id": 72}, {"text": " areas away from the coast and under appropriate safeguards many were permitted to", "start": 496.14, "stop": 500.68, "id": 73}, {"text": " enter private employment particularly to work in sugar beet fields where labor", "start": 500.68, "stop": 505.38, "id": 74}, {"text": " was badly needed now this brief picture is actually the prologue to a story that", "start": 505.38, "stop": 512.16, "id": 75}, {"text": " is yet to be told the full story will begin to unfold when the raw lands of the", "start": 512.16, "stop": 517.66, "id": 76}, {"text": " desert turn green when all adult hands are at productive work on public lands or", "start": 517.66, "stop": 523.06, "id": 77}, {"text": " in private employment it will be fully told only when circumstances permit the", "start": 523.06, "stop": 528.66, "id": 78}, {"text": " loyal American citizens once again to enjoy the freedom we in this country", "start": 528.66, "stop": 533.12, "id": 79}, {"text": " cherish and when the disloyal we hope have left this country for good in the", "start": 533.12, "stop": 539.66, "id": 80}, {"text": " meantime we are setting a standard for the rest of the world in the treatment of", "start": 539.66, "stop": 543.86, "id": 81}, {"text": " people who may have loyalties to an enemy nation we are protecting ourselves", "start": 543.86, "stop": 548.52, "id": 82}, {"text": " without violating the principles of Christian decency we won't change this", "start": 548.52, "stop": 552.96, "id": 83}, {"text": " fundamental decency no matter what our enemies do but of course we hope most", "start": 552.96, "stop": 557.96, "id": 84}, {"text": " earnestly that our example will influence the Axis powers in their treatment of", "start": 557.96, "stop": 562.3, "id": 85}, {"text": " Americans who fall into their hands", "start": 562.3, "stop": 564.72, "id": 86}]}