Box 20
Restricted
Contains 65 Results:
Letter to the editor of Safety Valve of the San Francisco Chronicle titled "What Price Prejudice" by Joe Grant Masaoka, Regional Representative of the Japanese American Citizens League, 1945 October 9
Carbon copy of a letter found previously in the folder (item 5).
Excerpts of Letter from Sgt. Mik Masaoka to Miss Annie Clo Watson from Tombolo, Italy, 1945 July 25
Carbon copy of a letter found previously in the folder (item 6).
Excerpts of Letter from Sgt. Mike Masaoka to Joe Grant Masaoka from Italy, 1945 September 9
Carbon copy of a slightly different version of a letter found previously in the folder (item 7).
Letter from Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas to Laurence I. Hewes, Jr., Regional Director of The American Council on Race Relations, Pacific Coast Regional Office, 1945 October 29
In this letter, Helen says "I will do what I can on the Japanese matter. I will try to see Harold this week before I start on my talking junket of ten days. I will also see Tex. You put the case very clearly."
Letter from Laurence I. Hewes, Jr., Regional Director of The American Council on Race Relations, Pacific Coast Regional Office to Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1946 February 5
Hewes states in this letter that he is returning Secretary Ickes' letter of November 12, thanks Douglas for her thoughtfulness, and says he is "greatly encouraged at the Secretary's letter".
Letter from Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes to Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1945 November 12
This letter discusses Secretary Ickes' discomfort with forced internment, the treatment of the Nisei, and willingness to support a bill before Congress. Secretary Ickes states in this letter that "We were confronted with the alternative of pushing many of the Japanese out or of maintaining them in what really were concentration camps for months or years to come."
Letter from Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas to Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, 1945 November 3
Carbon copy of a letter which forwards other material onto Secretary Ickes.
Letter from Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas to Laurence I. Hewes, Jr., Regional Director of The American Council on Race Relations, Pacific Coast Regional Office, 1946 January 7
The letter is mistakenly dated and should be dated January 7, 1946. The letter states "Dear Larry: Here is the letter. Return it when you have finished with it. Sincerely yours, Helen Gahagan Douglas".
Editorial: "Not a White Man's Act" from the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona), 1945 April 28
This appears to be the editorial referred to in Ruth Kingman's letter found previously in this folder (item 2).
Letter to the Editor: "Fascism, American Brand" by Patricia McGregor to The Daily Californian (Berkeley, California), 1945 April 26
Letter to the editor discusses terrorism attacks on Japanese-Americans in California.