Internment of Japanese-Americans in early 1942...
Item # 726009
January 04, 1942
SECTION 4 ONLY of the New York Times, Jan. 4, 1942
* Internment of Japanese Americans beginning
* World War II - WWII - Robert F. Whitney
The back page of this section has a editorial by Robert F. Whitney with heading: "ONLY 2,971 ENEMY ALIENS ARE HELD" with photo of Francis M. Biddle. (see images)
Complete section 4 only with all 8 pages, rag edition, minor spine wear, nice condition.
background: The transition in Robert F. Whitney’s reporting between January and May of 1942 serves as a bone-chilling case study in the fragility of civil liberties, revealing how quickly a "measured" democratic society can pivot to state-sponsored xenophobia. In January, Whitney’s journalism presented a surgical, law-abiding government detaining only a few thousand suspects; yet, a mere 120 days later, his prose evolved into a clinical justification for the wholesale disappearance of 110,000 souls. This shift highlights a terrifying historical "vanishing point" where the media stopped being a watchdog and started acting as the PR wing for military overreach. For any collector or historian, these documents are not just ink on newsprint—they are the smoking gun of a manufactured narrative, proof of how easily the press can sanitize the stripping of constitutional rights under the guise of "logistical necessity."
* Internment of Japanese Americans beginning
* World War II - WWII - Robert F. Whitney
The back page of this section has a editorial by Robert F. Whitney with heading: "ONLY 2,971 ENEMY ALIENS ARE HELD" with photo of Francis M. Biddle. (see images)
Complete section 4 only with all 8 pages, rag edition, minor spine wear, nice condition.
background: The transition in Robert F. Whitney’s reporting between January and May of 1942 serves as a bone-chilling case study in the fragility of civil liberties, revealing how quickly a "measured" democratic society can pivot to state-sponsored xenophobia. In January, Whitney’s journalism presented a surgical, law-abiding government detaining only a few thousand suspects; yet, a mere 120 days later, his prose evolved into a clinical justification for the wholesale disappearance of 110,000 souls. This shift highlights a terrifying historical "vanishing point" where the media stopped being a watchdog and started acting as the PR wing for military overreach. For any collector or historian, these documents are not just ink on newsprint—they are the smoking gun of a manufactured narrative, proof of how easily the press can sanitize the stripping of constitutional rights under the guise of "logistical necessity."
Category: World War II
