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1944 1 2 Letter from Gordon Hirabayashi to Homer Morris of the AFSC
Gordon Hirabayashi who was imprisoned for defying the evacuation orders and was represented in a case which challenged the Executive Order 9066. In this letter, he asks Morris for his opinion on whether or not he should participate in petitioning to…
1944 3 27 Letter from Nason to Myer
Nason writes about the future role of the Nation Japanese American Student Relocation Council. He wants the work to be slowed down and ultimately terminated. While others like Bodine are interested in the Council taking an even more active role…
1944 3 5, AFSC on the Resettlement of Japanese Americans
Margaret E. Jones (AFSC) Letter, 2 pages.
1944 4 14 Letter from Conard to Morris
Letter about a delegation of persons including UC administrators visiting Secreatary Ickes about putting forwards a resolution to make the WRA have a responsibility in resettlment. They group wants this campaign to be quite private, without any…
1944 4 14, Letter from Myer to Nason
D. S. Myer (director of the War Relocation Authority) writes to John Nason (president o the National Japanese Americna Student Relocation Council and preident of Swarthmore College) about what he envisions or proposes for the future of the National…
1944 4 21 Letter from Duveneck to Jones
Duveneck writes about her recent trip to Tule Lake. She wants someone from the Philadelphia AFSC to visit there on an ongoing basis, describes the people working there.
1944 4 29 Letter from Tom Bodine to Swan
Describes conditions in Jerome Camp, in Arkansas. Bodine writes that there are very negative relations between the evacuees and the WRA staff there because of prejudice.
1944 4 7, Memo of Return of Japanese Evacuees to the Pacific Coast
War Relocation Authority policy on closure of internment camps and resettlement of evacuees.
1944 5 22 AFSC San Francisco discussing Japanese American returning to Northern California after camp
Lays out a plan of action to house returning Japanese Americans in hostels, discusses the feelings of black people in the neighborhood about this return.
