The Pittsburgh Press (June 11, 1943)
Japs capitalizing on zoot-suit riots
By the United Press
Radio Tokyo Thursday seized upon the Los Angeles disorders between servicemen and zoot-suited young East Side gangsters to criticize U.S. Armed Forces.
Tokyo, heard by the United Press in San Francisco, blamed the soldiers and sailors for the demonstrations.
Tokyo said:
The fighting started when a group of gangsters beat up several soldiers and sailors for behaving in a loudly manner in all the public places.