best recruitment film for 1944; it was shown in 16,000 theaters and seen by an audience of 90 million. The American Hospital Association established recruitment centers in all 1,125 participating nursing schools. Using recruiting booths, volunteers disseminated information about the opportunities offered by the CNC to potential candidates. State and local nursing councils, and many other organizations, associations, and volunteers aided the recruitment effort. In the fiscal year 1943—the first year of enrollment—65,521 nursing students registered. In the 1944 enrollment period, 61,471 registered. In the 1945 enrollment period, 3,000 students were admitted to what would be the final class of the program. Minority women The Nurse Training Act of 1943 prohibited discrimination against race, creed, or color. However: The CNC enrollment of each student was recorded on a membership card; however, it did not require the student to list her race or ethnicity. Thus, increasing the difficulty to ascertain the diversity across participating nursing schools. African American African American organizations had actively advocated for discriminatory changes in the American society and in military policies. The non-discrimination provision in the CNC legislation of 1943 had a positive effect on encouraging young African American women to enter the nursing profession. In particular, those women who could not afford to pay for a nursing education. Some 2,000 students attended 20 black institutions, while around 400 students were enrolled in 42 white schools. The African American press helped the CNC in its efforts to recruit black women as did community leaders. Some of these cadets took part in public ceremonies and were the subject of special feature stories released to their local newspapers. In 1940, there were 230 black-owned newspapers in the United States. They were publishing regularly in Baltimore; Washington, DC; Chicago; New York; Philadelphia; and Atlanta. Japanese American The bombing attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 by the Empire of Japan caused hysteria among residents along the Pacific coast where many Japanese Americans lived - including the Nisei generation. The U.S. intelligence found that the majority of Japanese Americans were not security threats and posed no danger to the country. The press, patriotic organizations, and others continued to fuel the fire for their removal from the Pacific coast. On 16 February 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (bowing to political pressure) signed Executive Order 9066; the order caused the evacuation of people of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific coast states. The