The oysters thrived and In 2 years had grown to an unbelievable six inches in length. This was the start of an industry which is valued in excess of $100 million annually. Some Japanese immigrants applied their talents to a new trade. that of dairying. By 1920. their dairies were providing half of Seattles milk supply. All of these accomplishments were made by people who faced strong discrimination and many immigration problems. There was the 1907 act later called the "Gentlemens Agreement." the Washington Allen Land Acts of 1921 and 1923. and the Immigration Act of 1924. Then with the coming of World War II came the deplorable act of evacuation and detention in concentration camps of all Japanese. aliens and citizens alike. This shameful episode has been called by Supreme Court Justice Jackson. in his dissent on the Korematsu case. as "a great and evil blotch upon our national history." But finally in 1952. the WalterMcCarren Act gave the Japanese a chance. so long denied them. to become citizens and they did so in great numbers.
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