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Statement on testimony of Harold. H. Townsend before the House of Representatives Subcommittee of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, May 26, 1943

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Title: Statement on testimony of Harold. H. Townsend before the House of Representatives Subcommittee of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, May 26, 1943
Creator: United States. War Relocation Authority: publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1943-05-26
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Rights Information: Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has been transferred to California State University, Northridge.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: This document contains the statements of Harold H. Townsend before the house of representatives sub-committee of the special committee of Un- American activities. There is scarcely a page of this testimony that does not contain one or more false, misleading or exaggerated statements.
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: Government records; Testaments
27 pages, typescript, 8.5 x 11 in.
application/pdf
Identifier: WRA_01-03_02
csun_wra_0011
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/8370
Language: English
Subject: Geographic communities--Arizona
Place: Los Angeles, California
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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