JO: I didn't hear anything about draft resistance particularly except in a general way when five individuals from Amache refused to go to their induction. And in the process, they made some outlandish statement that they were disloyal to the United States. Of course, I didn't believe that they were disloyal, that they were just frustrated. And about the same time, thirty at Minidoka opted to renunciate, I guess, their citizenship in protest. And I didn't think that was a proper way to go about their grievances. So on February 28th I wrote the editorial, "Let Us Not Be Rash." It was carefully written and I hope I sent the proper message. It became the most scrutinized, most analyzed, most debated editorial of World War II. We have evidence that it was brought up before various branches of the government and that they all drew their own conclusion.

JO: Heart Mountain didn't enter the picture for the reason that they had organized against the loyalty questionnaire the year before. And there were matters that were still simmering at the time. They were probably the last group to enter the draft picture. On Friday of the week that I published the first editorial, I was approached by a representative of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. And as a result, on Monday I wrote a second editorial announcing the formation of the Fair Play Committee and what their purpose and their goals were.

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