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Title
Poston Camp hearing bares shameful facts
Date Created and/or Issued
1943-06-29
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. http://library.csun.edu/SCA/Contact
Description
An article from "Los Angeles examiner" published on June 20, 1943. It describes the training of a tactical unit, mob rule and open rebellion in the Poston incarceration camp in Arizona. It also discusses the reasons for these shameful activities to be the lack of central authority to assume responsibility and the confusion among the administration.
The War Relocation Authority (WRA) was created on March 18, 1942, by Executive Order of the President, No. 9102. This new civilian agency was to be responsible for "the relocation (of evacuees) in appropriate places, providing for their needs in such manner as may be appropriate, and supervising their activities." The collection consists of reports, memoranda, news clippings, news digests, statistics, and other documents issued by the War Relocation Authority leading up to, during, and following the period of Japanese American incarceration.
Type
text
Format
Articles; Periodicals
1 page, typescript, 8.43 x 11.01 in.
application/pdf
Identifier
WRA_02-14_02
csun_wra_0061
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/8496
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority
World War II--Incarceration camps
World War II--Incarceration camps--Conflicts, intimidation, and violence
Place
Arizona
Incarceration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)
Source
California State University, Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8jm2cdc/
War Relocation Authority Collection

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