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Engberg begins her three-page letter stating, "Many of us who are in the business of education are tremendously concerned about 'our' Japanese children and young people." She continues, "We desperately want these people to come through their ordeal as Americans." Although knowing relocation is a tremendous undertaking, certain things trouble her after attending the forum conducted on April 12, 1942 by Tom C. Clark in Los Angeles. Engberg learns, through the forum, that people at relocation centers were being deprived of their "normal methods of earning a living" and being charged for their keep. Also, it was indicated that many Los Angeles teachers and administrators who wanted to volunteer in educating the relocated students were refused and that the overall quality of educational life in relocation centers was unsatisfactory. Engberg describes being put off by Clark's attitude and his use of derogatory terms as "Japs." [This letter is a copy Engberg sent to Remsen Bird.]
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell) 1899-1977 Concentration camps--United States Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945--Education and the war
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