Responses of non-Japanese Americans

The reactions of non-Japanese friends, neighbors and classmates were mixed. Some turned their heads and refused to recognize their former friends. Others believed the government propaganda and became outright hostile. Still others helped their Japanese American neighbors by storing belongings and driving them to the places where they were to be picked up. Perhaps only a handful of people understood the true implications of the course of events.

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doc Editorial: "What of the Japanese Who Are Americans?" (ddr-densho-68-55)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-55/

doc Editorial: "Many Who Mourn" (ddr-densho-68-9)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-9/

doc Editorial: "A Happy Milestone" (ddr-densho-68-98)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-98/

doc Editorial: "Patience" (ddr-densho-68-30)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-30/

doc Editorial: "Unwise" (ddr-densho-68-60)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-60/

doc Editorial: "Paul Is Gone" (ddr-densho-68-88)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-88/

doc Editorial: "Not Another Arcadia" (ddr-densho-68-7)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-7/

doc Editorial: "We Answer a Challenge" (ddr-densho-68-91)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-91/

doc "The Senator is Right; So Were We" (ddr-densho-68-78)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-68-78/

doc Letter denying exemption addressed to Sarah E. Pyatt from Captain Herman P. Goebel, Jr. (ddr-one-3-14)

Return letter and envelope to Sarah "Sade" Pyatt from Captain Herman P. Goebel, Jr. of the Western Defense Command and the Fourth Army informing her that her request for the Kidas to be exempted from Executive Order 9066 has been rejected.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-14/

doc Letter requesting exemption addressed to Lieutenant General J.L. DeWitt from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt (ddr-one-3-13)

Letter to Lieutenant General J. L. DeWitt from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt (the letter is unsigned) asking for an exemption from Executive order 9066 for Miyuki "Kay" Kida. For response see ddr-one-3-14.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-13/

doc Petition (ddr-one-3-11)

Typed petition asking for an exemption from Executive Order 9066 on behalf of Kenjiro, Kay, and George Kida living in White Salmon, Washington. Signed by 67 members of the White Salmon community.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-11/

doc Letter requesting exemption addressed to Lieutenant General J.L. DeWitt from J.A. "Al" Johnson (ddr-one-3-12)

Copy of a letter sent to Lieutenant General J. L. DeWitt by J. A. "Al" Johnson. Asks for an exemption for the Kida family from Executive Order 9066 and attests to their loyalty to the United States.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-12/

doc Letter encouraging activism in response to the exclusion order (ddr-csujad-45-92)

A letter asking the reader to write letters to government officials, Henry L. Stimson, Charles M. Bonesteel, and Dillon S. Myer to protest the continued incarceration of Japanese Americans. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-06_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-45-92/

img G.S. Hantf, a barber in Kent, Washington (ddr-csujad-7-14)

G.S. Hantf, a barber in Kent, Washington, who opposed the return of the incarcerees to their homes after the war, March 2, 1944. Photo shows him pointing to a sign "We don't want any Japs back here -- ever!" See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f14

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-14/

img Sign on a barbershop door in Parker, Arizona, "Japs keep out you rats" (ddr-csujad-7-2)

Barbershop in Parker, Arizona, with sign "Japs keep out your rats." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f02

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-2/

doc Northwest Enterprise editorial: "Let Us Keep Our Record Clear" (ddr-densho-35-153)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-153/

doc Northwest Enterprise editorial: "They'll Keep The Faith: Japanese Courier" (ddr-densho-35-167)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-167/

doc Northwest Enterprise editorial: "Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness" (ddr-densho-35-168)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-168/

doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 6 June, 1942- December, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-6)

Volume 6 divides into six sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: Section 1 presents archival documents from June 1942 that show the first major modifications of relocation policies and depict the resistance by Western Defense Command to any amelioration of the condition of the Japanese Americans. Section 2 contains selected …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-372-6/

doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 5 May, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-5)

Volume 5 divides into two sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: The first half of volume 5 includes archival documents from May 1942 which show the Army making California and the other West Coast areas "free" of Japanese, as first the Assembly Centers and then the Relocation Centers began to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-372-5/

doc Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on January 30, 1942 (ddr-densho-356-763)

Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on January 30, 1942. Topics covered in the meeting include: ideas to support the Japanese American community as it faces discrimination, how to use media to lessen confusion between state and federal orders, working with California's Norther Civil Rights Committee, and questions about who would assist the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-763/

doc Interpreter Releases Vol. XVIII No. 57 Series C: The Foreign Born in U.S.A., No. 13 Supplement No. II (ddr-densho-356-840)

Supplement to Interpreter Releases Vol. XVIII No. 57 Series C: The Foreign Born in U.S.A., No. 13. Supplement includes three press releases by the Attorney General from between December 10, 1941 and December 14, 1941.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-840/

doc Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 17, 1941 (ddr-densho-356-759)

Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 17, 1941. Topics covered in the meeting include: Japanese travel restrictions, public school reactions, summary of conference with State Employment Department on employment of Japanese Americans, financial issues facing Japanese nationals due to the war, situation facing Italian and German immigrants, and community responses to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-759/

doc Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on February 6, 1942 (ddr-densho-356-765)

Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on February 6, 1942. Topics covered in the meeting include: public support for German immigrants, and updates to restrictions on Japanese Americans in California, plans to help effected Japanese Americans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-765/