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Statement by the War Relocation Authority responding to a series of articles published in the Denver Post in beginning on April 23, 1943, that charged that "excess stocks of food were being "hoarded" at Heart Mountain," and that incarcerees at the camp were "being "feasted" on food which were not obtainable by the American public generally." Was stapled to chs_ms840_0370 at time of digitization. Document number C-0122-[page number]-BU-COS-WP. Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide.
World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Incarceration camps--Food Nativism Race and racism Journalism and media--Mass media
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