in stepped karl bendetsen. -karl bendetsen was sent from washington dc to assist general dewitt.n claimed he knew the japanese mind. he grew up with japanese, so he knew how they thought. and he claimed to be sort of an expert. -he said that japanese americans are an enemy race. and ile the second a third generation have "americanized," the racial strains are undiluted. so therefore, along the pacific coast are potentially 112,000 enemies of the united states. pehe maneuvered dett insen ways tt served his purpose. -when i first saw dewitt early in december, and that he want arpose wasfullcale evacuation.ong, i don't think it ever occurred to him that he would be lowed to give a military order which would say that all the states california and oron and washington are barred to american citizens of japanese ancestry as well as aliens. he didn't move in that direction until he learned by political events, not military events, political events, that he would be supported in such an action. -white american farmers lead a lobbying effort for a rounding up and a removal of this populati