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Male voice: When you guys went to camp, did the government provide leaders amongst you, or did they appoint somebody?
JA: Well, JACL more or less appointed themselves.
FC: There was a camp administration there. Run the student government, etcetera.
JA: Yeah, and they took upon themselves that they are the leader and they only represented, what, only just 7 or 8 percent of the total Japanese American population.
FC: Were you a member of the JACL at the time?
JA: No.
FC: In Seattle, were you a member of the JACL?
JA: No.
FC: You knew that the JACL had been founded in Seattle?
JA: Oh, yeah. Yes, I knew.
FC: And why weren't you a member?
JA: Well, actually, they were inviting people; I never was invited. And I was too busy, involved in my own thing.
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