United States v. Johnson

McCOLLOCH, District Judge.

There is more involved here than just the individual defendant’s welfare.

Here is a colored man who was brought out from Washington, clear across the country, to work in war industry. He was brought here in 1943 by the Kaiser people and stayed on the job faithfully, so far as we know, until 1945, March of this year,' worked for the Kaiser people all the time and sent half of his wages back regularly, until he lost his employment. He didn’t bring his family with him, and now that the war has ended he has not kept up their support. So these criminal proceedings for…