"Enemy alien" classification

doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-101)

Request for Cashman to write a letter to whom it may concern stating that Cashman advised Tsai to withdraw his petition for status change.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-101/

doc Letter from Ernest Cadman Colwell, Dean, University of Chicago Divinity School, to Alien Registration Division (ddr-densho-446-84)

File# AR-5591586: Certifies Tsai's status and vouch for character; Tsai completed Bachelor of Divinity.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-84/

doc Letter from Lt. James T. Watkins, IV (ddr-densho-446-93)

Letter to whom it may concern vouching for Tsai's expertise, aid to US Government, and personal qualities. Tsai has been working for Watkins since May 1944 as consultant and informant, and also as translator since Oct 1, 1944.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-93/

doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (ddr-densho-446-123)

Request for executive action to change status to "friendly alien" based on prior work for U.S. government in order to avoid deportation, to avoid consequences for wife and baby, and to allow Tsai to be considered for employment in the American Consulate in Formosa and Chinese Embassy [typed draft]

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-123/

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/

Hearings before the subcommittee on Immigration and naturalization of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress (ddr-densho-476-3)

doc Hearings before the subcommittee on Immigration and naturalization of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress (ddr-densho-476-3)

On Regulating Powers of Attorney General to Suspend Deportation of Aliens

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-476-3/

doc Alien Registration documents for Yoshio and Hama Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-541)

Caption below photo: Passport applications for Yoshio ad Hama Itahara, of Alameda, CA., February, 1942. The October 24, 1902 date at the bottom probably refers to the date Yoshio and Hama first arrived in the United States from Japan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-541/

doc Documents related to internment of Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi as enemy alien (ddr-ajah-6-659)

Includes letters from Rev. Motoyoshi, his wife Yukiko and community and religious leaders

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-659/

doc Shoji Takeda's Alien Identification Application (ddr-densho-501-398)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-501-398/

doc Tomiju Takeda's Alien Identification Application (ddr-densho-501-400)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-501-400/

doc "Alien enemy" personnel record (ddr-densho-314-2)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-2/

doc Alien Registration Certificate of Identification (ddr-ohs-1-2)

Document issued to Mitsue Yabe.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-2/

av Roger Daniels interviewed by Kent Hori, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1758)

Daniels discusses what may have happened if the Japanese American community resisted evacuation en masse, how Japanese Americans were placed under 4C (enemy alien, undraftable) status and the military's eventual interest in Japanese Americans (particularly Kibei) for intelligence work, the importance of the 100th Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the loyalty questionnaire, the persecution …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1758/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 15 (April 13, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-64)

Selected article titles: "Days Set for Aliens to Comply with Requirements" (pp. 1-2), "Attack Fails to Frighten Family" (p. 3), and "Resettlement Aid Assured Evacuees" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-64/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. III, No. 3 (January 18, 1946) (ddr-densho-284-113)

Selected article titles: "Holland: Relocation Plans for All Free People Made" (p. 1), "Clarify Rules Regarding Alien Registration" (p. 1), "Southern Pacific Railroad Looking for More Workers" (p. 2), and "Student Relocation Council Services Offered Students" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-113/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. III, No. 2 (January 11, 1946) (ddr-densho-284-112)

Selected article titles: "Hearing Registration Still Open-Rothstein" (p. 1), "More Resettlers Sought by Arkansas Plantation" (p. 2), "Many Recent Resettlers Now in Northern Calif." (p. 3), and "Alien ID Card Rules Revoked" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-112/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 16 (April 20, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-65)

Selected article titles: "Myer Speaks to Representative Groups During 4-Day Visit Here: Explains Policies of the WRA" (pp. 1, 6), "Doi Describes Arson Attacks at Court Trial" (p. 2), and "Hospital Opens Japanese School" (p. 5). Page 7 is mislabeled as page 6.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-65/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 22 (June 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-71)

Selected article titles: "36 Leave Tule Lake Center in May; 81 Since January" (p. 1), "May Complete the Irrigation System in June" (p. 1), "Procedure Streamlined: Changes Aid Resettlement of Paroled Enemy Aliens" (p. 2), and "More Sentenced for Violation of Regulations" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-71/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 51 (December 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-109)

Selected article titles: "Final Details of Departure Procedure Set" (pp. 1-2), "Relocation: Preliminary Planning Schedule Met-Holland" (pp. 1-2), "Enemy Alien Contraband Travel Regulations Lifted" (p. 2), and "For Tuleans: Sacramento Fast Becoming Most Popular Destination" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-109/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 17 (April 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-66)

Selected article titles: "Justice Dept.: 18 Transferred to Crystal City" (p. 1), "April: 14 Relocate from Center" (p. 2), "Jury Clears 3 Accused of Raid on Doi Farm Home" (p. 2), and "News of Former Tuleans in St. Louis Received" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-66/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 48 (November 30, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-103)

Selected article titles: "Services to Be Continued After Co-op Closing" (p. 1), "Dept. of Justice: Parole System for Alien Enemies in U.S. Abolished" (p. 2), "To Fingerprint Citizens Going to Japan Dec. 16" (p. 3), and "Philadelphia Receives Its 1000th Resettler" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-103/

doc Message from the President of the United States on the Segregation of Loyal and Disloyal Japanese in Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-356-1037)

Formal message from President Franklin Roosevelt to the Senate regarding Senate Resolution 166 on the segregation of loyal and disloyal Nikkei in camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-1037/

doc Issei's notarized oath (ddr-densho-166-13)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-166-13/

doc Letter to an Issei from U.S. Attorney J. Charles Dennis (ddr-densho-166-14)

This is a response to a letter from Masaye Mayeno, requesting a rehearing for her husband Kunizo who was being held in a Department of Justice internment camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-166-14/

doc Notice to Internees and Families (ddr-densho-356-924)

Notice from Edward Ennis informing internees and their families that rehearings can happen if they submit new and substantial evidence to the Alien Enemy Hearing Board regarding the loyalty of the individual in question.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-924/

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