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Report on the analysis surveys completed primarily in the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys on the different opinions and attitudes from California locals on the return of Japanese Americans to California communities. Attitudes differ widely from citizens opposing rescission and continuing wartime anti-Japanese hysteria to supporting the Japanese American community and fostering understanding and support towards citizens coming back home. Some communities attempted boycott, notably Tulare county which overall had a hostile outlook on rescission, however these attempts were not successful or strong in most communities. Opinions also differed on how to help the Japanese during the housing crisis in California from criticizing the WRA for allowing land, businesses, and housing to be taken from Japanese Americans to letting them continue to stay in incarceration camps until the war ended. 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 Land tenure--Law and legislation--California World War II--Leaving camp--'Resettlement World War II--Leaving camp--Returning home World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority--Community Analysis Section World War II--Propaganda--Media propaganda
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San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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