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41 48? • <br /> €�11, IFSBNUARO 27th,1942. <br /> The Regular Administrative Session of the City Council was held at 10 Ali <br /> : February 27th,1942,Mayor Spencer in the Chair,Commissioner Williams present end <br /> • <br /> Edwards absent et roll call. <br /> k I•t Minutes of Feb.26th,1942 reed and approved. <br /> Moved by Williams,seconded by Spenoer to eutnoriae City Clerk to purchase <br /> filing oabinet for Tire Rationing Hoard. berried. <br /> ILEPTEo from Headquarters Western Defense commend and Fourth Army Presidio <br /> of SanFrancisco,Calif.,as follows: <br /> , OFFICE OF THE 0062hUTDINC CENTRAL <br /> ?. I.,,I (W1,0) February 23,1942. <br /> ,f Honorable Mayor Prank S.Spencer, <br /> •"� Commissioner of Public Works, <br /> Everett,Washington. <br /> • Deer Mayor Spenoer: <br /> I have been directed by Lieutenant General S.L.DeWitt to <br /> knowledgethe receipt of and to reply to your letter of Februfe <br /> • ,.: 19,1942,concerning protection of the pity of Everett later system. <br /> • <br /> Under existing oiroumatanaes it is imperative that diversion of <br /> • Army military force.on Combat Zone duty be held to a minimum end <br /> that such troops be not used where protection aan be afforded by <br /> local or State forces. <br /> some paragraphs from a War Department letter,dated September 23, <br /> 41,pertinent to the subject of oteotion of non-military in- <br /> stallations important to National defense,are quoted below for <br /> 1your information: <br /> '4. The War Department policy,of long standing,in this matter <br /> C: <br /> is being adhered to. The policy hes been expressed es follows: <br /> :/he true rule to be followed is that the public military <br /> i:.; power of the United States should be in no onscsub- <br /> ctituted for the ordinarypolice powers of the <br /> States <br /> and should be aled into service only when the state, <br /> .I having <br /> wthSdisorder ncatreateii.tiunable <br /> to e wihhnetTheen <br /> 0 I etitutlonal obligation of the government of the United <br /> I'f 1States is a guaranty oondltionad upon the primary exercises by <br /> by the States of their full power for the preservation <br /> I,: of their own domestic peace. The responsibility for the <br /> preservation of property,be it federal,state,municipal, <br /> ';, or private,rests first upon the local governments,then <br /> upon the state,and only devolves 0100 the Federal Govern- <br /> ment when all other forces of the locality or state have <br /> been exhausted or have been found insufficient to meet <br /> the emergency." <br /> !f <br />