Statement by J. Edgar Hoover on the loyalty of Japanese Americans, excerpts from testimony before the House Appropriations Committee on the Department of Justice appropriation bill
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Description
Hoover expresses that there has been no trouble with the Japanese in Hawaii. He speculates why this may be the case, but ends by saying the country is on the alert in case of sabotage or espionage by alien enemy class. 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
Official documents; Excerpts 1 page, typescript application/pdf
World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community Military service--Post-World War II service Geographic communities--Hawai'i World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Events prior to Pearl Harbor
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives;
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