PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-156-323 (Legacy UID: denshopd-p156-00323)

PARENT COLLECTION

Bigelow Collection

DESCRIPTION

Original summary excerpt: No new events were sources of major press attention this week. In terms of number of papers showing interest, the evacuee property situation on the West Coast was most important issue. On March 16, WRA issued an official denial of prevalent reports that large stores of evacuee-owned farm machinery were still undisposed of. This was picked up by AP and printed in eleven Western papers. Several days later, however, fuel was added to the campaign for government seizure of unused evacuee property by a story in the Los Angeles Times and an AP dispatch. These reported, respectively, that the State Department of Agriculture and the War Production Board had found much farm machinery still available. From the newspaper account, it appears that Los Angeles WPB officials are supporting the forces pressing for government requisition of evacuee-owned property.

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Bigelow Family Collection

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