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Description
Daily press reviews primarily regarding Japanese Americans compiled by War Relocation Authority from May 29 to July 1, 1942. Topics and titles include: shortage of workers on beet fields, incarceree buying $4,000 worth of war bonds, discrimination of Mexican-American and Japanese American field workers and farm labor shortage, gambling charges at various Assembly Centers, education for incarcerated Japanese American students, editorial article calling for all Japanese to be deported, preparing incarceration camps for habitation, dust bowl at Manzanar, "Asks public to watch for Japanese as spies," denying citizenship to Issei, Manzanar incarcerees voting during election, strike at Santa Anita Assembly Center over being served sauerkraut, "Union Opposes Jap Miners," appointing Joseph H. Smart as Heart Mountain Relocation Center director. The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Geographic Communities--California Race and racism--Discrimination Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Work and jobs Industry and employment--Agriculture World War II--Incarceration camps--Conflicts, intimidation, and violence Community activities--Weddings World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--The journey World War II--Propaganda--Media propaganda
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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