Title: "Japanese Pastor Would Serve at Puyallup Camp," Seattle Times, 4/22/1942, (ddr-densho-56-761)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-764

Japanese Pastor Would Serve at Puyallup Camp

The Seattle Japanese Methodist Church will attempt to prove church services at the Japanese evacuation assembly center at Puyallup, the Rev. T.J. Machida, pastor, said today.

The church has a membership of 700.

Mr. Machida said the congregation has adopted a resolution expressing appreciation of privileges enjoyed during residence in Seattle.

"It is a humiliating experience for anyone to be compelled to live behind barbed wire," the resolution also stated. "It is even more humiliating to have one's essential patriotism doubted."