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Full title:Gathered in the living room of the Greater New York Relocation Hostel is a group of temporary residents and staff members. From left to right, they are: Mrs. Ralph E. Smeltzer, co-director of the hostel; Warren Nogaki, his mother Mrs. Takeo Nogaki, and his brother Roger, from Minidoka; Rev. Smeltzer, director of the hostel; Mrs. Jisaburo Kasai and Mr. Kasai, Issei from Rohwer, are respectively the hostel's cook and handyman; Pfc. D. L. Smeltzer, brother of Rev. Smeltzer; Sumiye Hiramoto, Rohwer; Yuri Kasai, Rohwer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kasai; and Yasuko Tsutsumida, Gila River. The hostel is operated on a non-secretarian basis by the Brethren Service Committee of the Church of the Brethren. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru New York, New York.
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