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Letter from D.S. [Dillon Seymour] Myer, Director of War Relocation Authority to Hon. Martin Dies, Chairman of Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities, June 2, 1943

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Title: Letter from D.S. [Dillon Seymour] Myer, Director of War Relocation Authority to Hon. Martin Dies, Chairman of Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities, June 2, 1943
Creator: War Relocation Authority: publisher
Myer, Dillon S.: author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1943-06-02
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information: Materials in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Letter from WRA Director D.S. Myer to Chairman of Un-American Activities Committee Martin Dies. Confronts erroneous statements made by the Committee on Un-American Activities on the work of the War Relocation Authority. Myer corrects false statements including the quality and quantity of food offered to incarcerees and that "spies and saboteurs" are being released from incarceration camps. Myers also urges Presidential action to prevent further incarcerees from leaving camps and urges congress to disregard this demand, stating that WRA camps are equipped with sufficient intelligence to warrant being responsible for the release of incarcerees.
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.
Type: text
Format: Correspondence
2 pages, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier: sjs_fla_0468
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/6296
Language: English
Subject: Race and racism--Discrimination
Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Legal cases
World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority
World War II--Propaganda--Media propaganda
World War II--Incarceration camps--Food
World War II--Incarceration camps--Security
World War II--Leaving camp--Work leave
Source: San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
Relation: California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt987024h5/
John M. Flaherty Collection of Japanese Internment Records

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