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1945 10 26, Letter from Raymond Booth of the Council for Civic Unity to Clarence Picket of AFSC
Describes housing crisis in Los Angeles, eviction of Filipinos and Mexicans and others from Bunker Hill for highway contstruction and urban renewal projects, and the incoming of 1200 Japanese evacuees each week to Los Angeles. Booth recommends…
1945 Summary of Housing Report on San Francisco by Council for Civic Unity
Describes population increases (white, black and other minorities) in San Francisco during the war years and the intensified housing shortage. The 6,000 Japanese people who were evacuated would face this housing shortage too if they were to return…
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 3 5, AFSC on the Resettlement of Japanese Americans
Margaret E. Jones (AFSC) Letter, 2 pages.
1942 Evacuation Report from San Francisco, #2
AFSC Report on the evacuation of Japanese Americans in San Francisco, 3 pages.
1942 5 26, Betty Baker, Japanese Evacuation Report #4
AFSC Report on the evacuation of Japanese Americans in San Francisco, May 26, 1942, by Betty Baker, 2 pages.
1942 4 3 Letter from Booth to Eisenhower
Personnel search Letter to War Relocation Authority official in SF. Letter to WRA official, Milton S. Eisenhower in San Francisco. Seems to be about filling the position of Consulting Psychologist, since one guy is leaving to go to France.
1942 2 4 Letter from Booth to Pickett
Letter talks about the growing hysteria in Los Angeles and the meetings between top officials. Some law enforcements officials are asking for the removal of all people of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific Coast. Booth considers all of the leaders to…
1942 8 5, Letter from Cary to Duveneck
Letter about the role of protest
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.
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…
1942 9 9 Letter from Duveneck to Cary
Duveneck discusses Lincoln Kanai's case and his request for habeus corpus, and his imprisonment for six months for violating the freezing act. Duveneck also responds to Cary's question about the role of protest, and if cooperating with the…
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.
