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State C.I.O. Asks Jap Evacuation (March 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-678)
Total Evacuation Of Japanese On Coast Advocated. Solons Recommend Action by Army to Protect Vital Defense Centers. (February 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-621)
More Vets Back Alien Removal (March 12, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-684)
Memo to President Roosevelt from Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes (ddr-densho-67-96)
Telephone conversation between Bendetsen and Tate (ddr-densho-67-112)
"Memorandum on C.B. Munson's Report 'Japanese on the West Coast'" (ddr-densho-67-11)
"Memorandum on Summary of West Coast and Honolulu Reports by Munson, etc." (ddr-densho-67-7)
Memo: "Evacuation of Japanese from Hawaii" (ddr-densho-67-48)
C.B. Munson's "Report and Suggestions Regarding Handling Japanese Question on the Coast" (ddr-densho-67-5)
Harper's Magazine article: "Japanese in America: the Problem and Solution" (ddr-densho-67-129)
Letter to Governor Herbert Lehman from President Roosevelt (ddr-densho-67-95)
Memo from J.R. Deane to John McCloy (ddr-densho-67-50)
Memo to John J. McCloy from Dwight Eisenhower (ddr-densho-67-67)
Memo from Dillon Myer to Secretary of War Henry Stimson (ddr-densho-67-78)
Memo: "Summary of Report on Loyal West Coast Japanese" (ddr-densho-67-8)

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doc State C.I.O. Asks Jap Evacuation (March 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-678)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 9, 1942, p. 15

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-678/

Total Evacuation Of Japanese On Coast Advocated. Solons Recommend Action by Army to Protect Vital Defense Centers. (February 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-621)

doc Total Evacuation Of Japanese On Coast Advocated. Solons Recommend Action by Army to Protect Vital Defense Centers. (February 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-621)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 13, 1942, p. 1

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-621/

doc More Vets Back Alien Removal (March 12, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-684)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 12, 1942, p. 3

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-684/

doc Memo to President Roosevelt from Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes (ddr-densho-67-96)

Memo to President Roosevelt from Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. Ickes expresses concern over the hostile situation that has developed in the camps. He attributes this to the poor way the evacuees have been treated. Ickes also worries that thousands of loyal Japanese have recently turned "angry" and suggests better leadership in the War Relocation ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-96/

doc Telephone conversation between Bendetsen and Tate (ddr-densho-67-112)

Transcript of telephone conversation between Bendetsen and Tate. Tate proposes two plans: first, that Justices of the Peace be appointed to each camp to hold trials; second, that they begin censoring the mail. Tate suggests that they even withhold the mail like they do with "military prisoners."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-112/

doc "Memorandum on C.B. Munson's Report 'Japanese on the West Coast'" (ddr-densho-67-11)

Memorandum written by John Franklin Carter. Contains passages quoted from C.B. Munson's report. Munson states that there is no Japanese 'problem' on the Coast, and that Japanese in the U.S. are not any more disloyal than any other racial group from a country with which the U.S. is at war.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-11/

doc "Memorandum on Summary of West Coast and Honolulu Reports by Munson, etc." (ddr-densho-67-7)

Memorandum by John Franklin Carter.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-7/

doc Memo: "Evacuation of Japanese from Hawaii" (ddr-densho-67-48)

Memo from John McCloy to General Eisenhower giving reasons against incarcerating Hawaiian Japanese: lack of materials and shipping, labor shortage that would ensue, and possible tensions between mainland and Hawaiian Japanese. McCloy also worries about the legalities of evacuating Hawaiian Japanese. Suggests that General Emmons should be in charge of evacuating a select number of "enemy ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-48/

doc C.B. Munson's "Report and Suggestions Regarding Handling Japanese Question on the Coast" (ddr-densho-67-5)

Suggestions in this report include accepting nisei into the war effort and defense industries, and putting responsibility for behavior and food production on nisei groups and leaders.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-5/

doc Harper's Magazine article: "Japanese in America: the Problem and Solution" (ddr-densho-67-129)

Harper's magazine article written by an Intelligence officer. He describes evacuation and internment, critiques internment and says that most of the internees are loyal.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-129/

doc Letter to Governor Herbert Lehman from President Roosevelt (ddr-densho-67-95)

Letter to New York Governor Herbert Lehman from President Roosevelt on Italians and Germans in the U.S. In response to a letter from Lehman, Roosevelt assures him that there will be no evacuation of German or Italian aliens/Americans.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-95/

doc Memo from J.R. Deane to John McCloy (ddr-densho-67-50)

Memo from J.R. Deane to John McCloy officially rescinding the previous order to evacuate Hawaiian Japanese to the mainland. This new order states that any person of Japanese ancestry "considered as potentially dangerous to national security" will be interned in Hawaii.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-50/

doc Memo to John J. McCloy from Dwight Eisenhower (ddr-densho-67-67)

Memo to John J. McCloy from Dwight Eisenhower on Hawaiian-Japanese evacuation plans. States that evacuation and detention "in a concentration camp" has been approved, including "enemy aliens" and U.S. citizens.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-67/

doc Memo from Dillon Myer to Secretary of War Henry Stimson (ddr-densho-67-78)

Memo from Dillon Myer to Secretary of War Henry Stimson regarding DeWitt's Final Report. Myer summarizes DeWitt's reoprt, focusing on his justifications of military necessity: illicit communications and ship-to-shore signaling. Quotes parts of DeWitt's report where he discusses the threat of the Japanese on the West Coast. In summary, Myer suggests that the ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-78/

doc Memo: "Summary of Report on Loyal West Coast Japanese" (ddr-densho-67-8)

Memorandum from John Franklin Carter summarizing Curtis Munson's reports regarding the Japanese Americans on the West Coast.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-8/