Support from the non-Japanese American community

During mass removal and incarceration, Japanese Americans received outside support and assistance from religious organizations, civil rights groups, and other concerned individuals. The American Friends Service Committee was one of the most active groups to help the Japanese American community during World War II. Committee members donated educational materials to the camp schools and libraries and were influential in persuading the government to allow Nisei to leave the camps for colleges in the interior of the country. Ministers, peace activists and other supporters of the Japanese American community often visited the camps and spoke out publicly against the incarceration. Church groups across the country also organized clothing and food drives for the camp inmates.

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doc Letter from H.L. Stafford, Director, Minidoka Project, to Mrs. Jessie C. Toms, February 11, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1292)

Correspondence from H. L. Stafford, Project Director at the Minidoka incarceration camp, to Jessie C. Toms requesting a character reference for Bob Nogaki Ihara. Includes handwritten notes. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1294

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1292/

doc Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Mary Tsukamoto, November 24, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-35)

Typed correspondence from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary Tsukamoto thanking her for her letter and inquiring about her future plans. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00038

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-35/

doc Letter from Mrs. Jessie C. Toms to H.L. Stafford, Director, Minidoka Project, February 15, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1293)

Correspondence from Jessie C. Toms to H. L. Stafford regarding her reference for Bob Nogaki Ihara. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1295

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1293/

Form letter from Heart Mountain requesting that letters be written to government officials regarding relocating to the west coast (ddr-csujad-55-968)

doc Form letter from Heart Mountain requesting that letters be written to government officials regarding relocating to the west coast (ddr-csujad-55-968)

Form letter requesting that letters be written to government officials regarding rescindment of Exclusion Orders and advocating for permission for Japanese Americans to return to the west coast. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0970

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-968/

Balance sheet of Japanese evacuation: untruths about Japanese-Americans our two Japanese-American policies are the evacuees being coddled?: what race-baiting costs America (ddr-csujad-55-355)

doc Balance sheet of Japanese evacuation: untruths about Japanese-Americans our two Japanese-American policies are the evacuees being coddled?: what race-baiting costs America (ddr-csujad-55-355)

Pamphlet reporting on and critiquing common misconceptions about Japanese Americans, the incarceration, government policy, and the War Relocation Authority. Reprinted from the Christian Century August 18 and 25, and September 1 and 8, 1943. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0357

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-355/

doc Letter from Grace Waegell to "Mama," April 15, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-2313)

Correspondence from Grace Waegell to "Mama" regarding updates about family and friends in the central California area during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2419

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2313/

doc Democracy and Japanese Americans (ddr-csujad-55-344)

Pamphlet describing "evacuation", incarceration, court cases including Wakayama, Korematsu, Yasui, Hirabayashi, and Kanai, and the civil liberties issues surrounding the treatment of individuals of Japanese descent during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0346

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-344/

doc Postcard from Mrs. D.L. Cooke to Sam Tanaka, August 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2014)

Postcard from Mrs. D.L. Cooke to Sam Tanaka in the Jerome incarceration camp including a greeting and update from Cooke. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2117

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2014/

doc Letter from Mark W. Clark, General, U.S.A., Commanding, to Lieutenant Frank S. Okusako, November 8, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-234)

Correspondence from Mark Clark to Frank Okusako regarding Clark's letter of support for Okusako. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0236

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-234/

doc A message for our neighbors on the day of evacuation (ddr-densho-498-1)

A letter of concern, apology, condolence, and love from the Mrs. Woods, Pres. of Oakland Council of Church Women, Lawton Harris, Executive Secretary of East Bay Church Federation, and Robert Inglis, Pres. of East Bay Ministers' Fellowship to Japanese Americans being evacuated from Oakland, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-1/

doc Keynote address by Bob H. Suzuki for Nisei Honorary Degree Ceremony (ddr-densho-446-363)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-363/

doc Letter from Albert W. Palmer to Alien Registration Division (ddr-densho-446-80)

AWP vouches for Ai Chih Tsai and requests that he should be reclassified as a Formosan-Chinese.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-80/

doc Letter from Robert Cashman to Alderman P.H. Douglas (ddr-densho-446-71)

Letter to Alderman Douglas with introduction for Ai Chih Tsai with request for counsel regarding Tsai's status following Pearl Harbor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-71/

doc Letter from Robert Cashman to whom it may concern (ddr-densho-446-72)

Letter to certify that Ai Chih Tsai, Japanese citizen of Formosa, resides in Chicago Theological Seminary dorm, is registered as a CTS student, has been the minister of the Chicago Japanese Christian Church for 2 years, is a graduate of Doshisha University, and Cashman can vouch for Tsai's character

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-72/

doc Letter from Albert W. Palmer to J. Albert Woll (ddr-densho-446-77)

Letter regarding Ai Chih Tsai. ACT is technically an "enemy alien" but as a Formosan, can his travel limitations be lessened (like Koreans)?

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-77/

doc Book of 70th Anniversary of Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-446-455)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the Japanese Christian Mission in North America. This book traces the history of JCC within the larger setting of national and local events, and some of the photos and narratives may be of interest. Ai Chih Tsai was pastor at JCC from 1948 to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-455/

doc Letter from Robert Cashman to Lt. George H. Kerr, Department of War, Military Intelligence Service (ddr-densho-446-75)

Response to Lt. Kerr's letter: Cashman had previously counseled Tsai to maintain his Japanese citizenship; Cashman recommends Tsai's character and recommends him for service. Also includes discussion of Professor Minoru Tabuchi.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-75/

doc Draft letter from Japanese Christian Church to Harrison Anderson (ddr-densho-446-36)

Thank you for the Christian love and generosity that Dr. Anderson and 4th Presbyterian have shown us. (2 of 2 drafts) (Handwritten notes and draft memo to Mr. Koga on reverse dated December 10, 1942)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-36/

doc History of the Japanese Congregational Church 1907-2007 (ddr-densho-446-454)

Summary of the Japanese Congregational Church's history from 1807 to 2007 written by Bisim Lee for its 100th Anniversary Dinner (October 2007)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-454/

doc Letter from E.O. Dorsy to J. Albert Woll (ddr-densho-446-79)

Acknowledgement of receipt of letter to AWP dated December 30. AWP is out of town but will reply when he returns.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-79/

doc Draft letter from Japanese Christian Church to Harrison Anderson (ddr-densho-446-35)

Thank you for the Christian love and generosity that Dr. Anderson and 4th Presbyterian have shown us. (1 of 2 drafts) (signed)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-35/

doc Letter from J. Albert Woll to Albert W. Palmer (ddr-densho-446-78)

Response to Albert W. Palmer: DOJ files say that Tsai is of Japanese nationality and holds a Certificate of Identification (enemy alien). Instructions to contact Alien Registration Division of INS, DOJ in Philadelphia

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-78/