This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:03:01","links_children":"ddr-densho-1012-17-6","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":166,"namepart":"Roger Daniels"}],"topics":[{"term":"Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- The Japanese American Citizens League","id":"20"},{"term":"World War II -- Mass removal (\"evacuation\") -- Japanese American community responses","id":"52"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Steven Okazaki","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"November 18, 1983","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Roger Daniels narrator","download_large":"denshovh-droger-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-201-472","model":"entity","index":"1 1451/{'value': 1565, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-472/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-201-472/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-201/ddr-densho-201-472-mezzanine-96038d9177-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-201/ddr-densho-201-472-mezzanine-96038d9177-a.jpg"},"title":"\"Seattle Chapter Installs New Officers\"","description":"Pacific Citizen newspaper clipping from March 17, 1951: \"SEATTLE, Wash.--Newly-installed officers of the Seattle JACL joined hands with Pres. 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McCloy and his uniformed staff, were likely targets of a \"how to win friends and influence people\" approach which even included small gifts. Perceptively, no such approach was made to General John L. DeWitt, Colonel Karl R. Bendetsen, or their subordinates. 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