{{quotebox-float|The naturalization of Japanese would be most abhorrent to our people, and, of course, be vigorously resisted . . . It is an incontrovertible fact that the Japanese continue ever Japanese, that their allegiance is always to Tokyo, and even in the event of Naturalization, they would continue alien, and their loyalty would ever be, not to the United States, but to Japan.}}
{{quotebox-float|The naturalization of Japanese would be most abhorrent to our people, and, of course, be vigorously resisted . . . It is an incontrovertible fact that the Japanese continue ever Japanese, that their allegiance is always to Tokyo, and even in the event of Naturalization, they would continue alien, and their loyalty would ever be, not to the United States, but to Japan.}}
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This was in contrast to conservative Republicans like Colorado governor [[Ralph Lawrence Carr]] who rejected such bigotry as liberal Democrats and progressives including Johnson during [[World War II]] pushed for internment camps.<ref>Paul, Jesse (December 6, 2016). [https://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/06/ralph-carr-colorado-japanese-internment/ In Gov. Ralph Carr, Colorado has a shining light in the painful history of Japanese internment]. ''The Denver Post''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref> According to Allan Hida, who was interred during the war, such policies by President Roosevelt were because of pressure from progressives like Johnson.<ref>Fryer, Chris (December 9, 2010). [https://www.sacramentopress.com/2010/12/09/allan-hida-shares-experience-with-japanese-internment-camps/ Allan Hida shares experience with Japanese internment camps]. ''Sacramento Press''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>
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This was in contrast to conservative Republicans like Colorado governor [[Ralph Lawrence Carr]] who rejected such bigotry as liberal Democrats and progressives including Johnson during [[World War II]] pushed for internment camps.<ref>Paul, Jesse (December 6, 2016). [https://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/06/ralph-carr-colorado-japanese-internment/ In Gov. Ralph Carr, Colorado has a shining light in the painful history of Japanese internment]. ''The Denver Post''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref> According to Allan Hida, who was interred during the war, such policies by President Roosevelt were because of pressure from progressives like Johnson and the atheistic left-wing Democrat Culbert Olson.<ref>Fryer, Chris (December 9, 2010). [https://www.sacramentopress.com/2010/12/09/allan-hida-shares-experience-with-japanese-internment-camps/ Allan Hida shares experience with Japanese internment camps]. ''Sacramento Press''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>
Johnson died in office on August 6, 1945 and was succeeded by the more [[conservative]] [[William Knowland|William Fife Knowland]].
Johnson died in office on August 6, 1945 and was succeeded by the more [[conservative]] [[William Knowland|William Fife Knowland]].