News of Nisei students attending colleges across Iowa was not received well by state leaders. In February 1943, Senator Charles Findlay proposed Senate Concurrent Resolution 20 (The Findlay Resolution) calling for the removal and return of Nisei students to incarceration camps.

When news of the Findlay Resolution reached Grinnell, faculty and fellow students quickly responded to the anti-Japanese sentiment present in the piece of legislation.

Faculty discussed the Findlay Resolution and adopted a resolution supporting the continued education of Nisei students.

A similar message was written by the student board of religion and supported by the student council.

Faculty and students sent these messages of solidarity to senators and representatives in the Iowa state legislature, congressmen, and President Roosevelt.

Shortly after this pressure, Senator Augustine petitioned the resolution and urged his colleagues to pledge "anew in regard to national and world problems... [as] we believe these rights should be equally share by all men."

Thanks to this petition, the Nisei students to continue their education at Grinnell.