A letter from Kay Yamashita--recently transferred from Tanforan to the Central Utah Relocation Project--to Joe Goodman and other friends. She describes the new relocation center, which does not appear to be very nice. Kay has been working with…
She says that there is a need for the council and disputes the four claims or arguments for closing the council based on lack of need. She also states that people who are not from the camps might have less of an understanding/ attachment. "We who…
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…
New schools have been opened up to relocating JA students from Camps. Washington DC has abandoned the EDC, and Tomi can come to Phillie. Kay asks Tom and John if they can/would like to host Tomi in Chicago (if they get an apartment) before she…
WRA is to blame for delays in authorization to leave Camps. Kay is still in love with Bob, who is leaving for Minnesota, his home. Kay is a nervous wreck.
Council extended Kay's job to Dec 31st 1944. Kay is offered a job by OPA as a Rent Interviewer, and by the WRA for $1800/yr. She wants something creative and won't accept a job below $1800/yr.
Min plans to see his mother before being shipped out for…
Helen Paul writes a personal letter saying that she doesn't think Kay will be satisfied in the job that she's being offered at the WRA compared to her job at the Student Relocation Council, invites her to stay with her to do more job hunting in…