To the (Anonymous) Author of This Editorial: I Dance on Your Grave

Posted on October 16, 2014 by lmharnisch

Oct. 16, 1944, Los Angeles Examiner

Oct. 16, 1944, in the Los Angeles Examiner.

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4 Responses to To the (Anonymous) Author of This Editorial: I Dance on Your Grave

  1. vp19's avatar vp19 says:
    October 16, 2014 at 8:35 am

    Typical Hearst editorial, right down to the frequent ALL CAPS. For all we know, it may have been written by W.R. himself (did it run in his San Francisco and Seattle papers?).

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  2. Benito's avatar Benito says:
    October 18, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    FDR and then California Gov. Earl Warren were on board with this, so it was a bipartisan fail.

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    • lmharnisch's avatar lmharnisch says:
      October 19, 2014 at 7:29 am

      The Times also thought the evacuation was long overdue. The Times editorial page was not much better, writing in December: “We Shan’t Pretend to Like it.”

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  3. Lawrence's avatar Lawrence says:
    October 23, 2014 at 9:09 am

    Substitute “Muslim” for “Japanese” and it rings very contemporary. Sad.

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