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Statement signed by 20 officers of the Internal Security Department requesting that Fenton Mahrt, "a man of long police experience" and employee of the WRA, be considered for the permanent position of Chief of Internal Security to head the Internal Security Division. The officers state that they do not consider this document to be a petition or a demand, but instead a statement. Envelope contains the text, "Personal and Confidential." Names: Pedersen, Oscar E.; Stowers, R.; Johnston, James H.; Cook. J.B.; Hamilton, H.E; McGahey, E.G.; Holding, N. ; Weston, Louis E.; Whiturll, M.B.; Luzows, Willhur F.; Lomis, Paul W.; Hawkins, A.N.; William, J.; Strong, W.W.; Bohorium, Joseph; Frost, E.L.; Gordoff, Myron; Downes, James S.; Smith, H.C.; Barns, C. A. The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent history. In 1943, the camp was turned into a segregation center to house "disloyal" Japanese Americans relocated from other camps based on their answers to a confusing loyalty questionnaire. The camp endured martial law from November 1943- Jan 1944 after escalating protests and unrest. The hostile environment of the camp lead to many incarcerees renouncing their American citizenship upon the end of incarceration, a process which took 14 years to reverse if they did not wish to be deported to Japan.
Type
text
Format
Petitions 2 pages, including envelope, typescript application/pdf
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