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TI: Did you or other families ever fear for your safety during this time?

JU: Oh, I think so. We had to be careful. Although back at school, you didn't feel a thing. And I don't know quite why that was true, but one of the reasons I think is that Manual High School in Denver was a very diverse place, and they had more sympathy for you than emotions against you, yeah.

TI: Now, did any of your friends who were not Japanese, did they ever hear about what happened at the church and say anything to you about what happened?

JU: Well, actually, I don't think they did. I don't remember my friends mentioning it much at all. It was sort of an in-church thing. I don't know quite what they would have said. Many would, who had heard about it would come up and said something. Our neighbors in the area, of course, did. But they knew what was going on.

TI: And what was the reaction within the congregation when they found out that the windows were broken?

JU: They didn't, they couldn't believe it, but they expected it. I mean, they could understand what was going on. That's why they had to change the signs on the church.

TI: And I'm guessing you had to do a lot of the clean up either that night or the next morning?

JU: Well, mostly sweeping up, yeah. But I think we had a lot of people come and help from the congregation. And our neighbors, I think our neighbors were very upset with that.

TI: Well, earlier you talked about your father's being connected to all these networks of other churches within the Methodists.

JU: Yeah, that's where...

TI: What was the reaction of the network?

JU: Well, they really were upset, and they immediately started raising funds so that some sort of replacement could be made. Yeah, the ministerial, particularly Council of Churches.

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