Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to Martin Dies, Chairman, Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities, June 2, 1943
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Myer, Dillon S. (Dillon Seymour), 1891-1982: author
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Letter from Dillon S. Myer to Martin Dies responding to "a number of statements by representatives of the Committee on Un-American Activities which have a direct bearing on the work of the War Relocation Authority." Myer writes: "The statements have been so misleading to the public, and so fraught with errors and half-truths that I am impelled to record my comments for your information." The statements mentioned are regarding "the presence of organized and dangerous pro-Japanese elements in the West Coast population prior to the outbreak of the war," a comments made by Chief Investigator Robert E. Stripling that "spies and saboteurs are being release from the relocation centers," and that "evacuees in relocation centers are provided with foods of kinds and quantities not available to the general public." Document number C-0335-[page number]-BU-WP. Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide.
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Correspondence 2 pages, 10.5 x 8 inches, typescript application/pdf
World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Incarceration camps--Food World War II--Leaving camp--'Resettlement World War II--Propaganda--U.S. Government Propaganda Nativism Race and racism
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