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doc Letter encouraging activism in response to the exclusion order (ddr-csujad-45-92)

A letter asking the reader to write letters to government officials, Henry L. Stimson, Charles M. Bonesteel, and Dillon S. Myer to protest the continued incarceration of Japanese Americans. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-06_002

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 32 (April 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-124)

Selected article titles: "National Director of WRA, Dillon Myer, Pays Visit. Two-day Center Tour Conducted" (p. 1), "Statistics Show Midwest Living Expense Lower. Cost of Living in Kansas City, Indianapolis and Denver Lower" (p. 1), "Insufficient Work Reported by Boys in Idaho Related" (p. 1), "Colorado Accepts Farm Laborers" (p. 1), "Relocation is an Opportunity Says …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 23 (November 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-187)

Selected article titles: "Block Managers Hear Thanksgiving Message" (p. 1), "Evacuation of Citizens Violates Article 14 of Constitution -- Day" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer Releases Detailed Report on November Segregation Center Incident" (p. 1), "Explain Sale of Milk in Center" (p. 1), "Relocation Attache Seeks Suggestions" (p. 2), "Seek Translators for Coastal Duty" (p. 3), "Scientific …

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIII No. 20 (June 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-648)

Selected article titles: "Units 2 and 3 to Close. Residents Expected to Relocate by October 1" (p. 1), "Dillon S. Myer Discusses Myths About Evacuees in Speech at Occidental College in Los Angeles" (p. 1), "Evacuees Claiming Their Property at Warehouses Must Take Credentials" (p. 2), "Union Insurance Company will Insure Evacuees" (p. 2), "Philippines GI's …

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 31 (February 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-144)

Selected article titles: "Inductees Must Register: To Arrange for Transportation" (p. 1), "Thirteen Local Repatriates Head for Tule Lake" (p. 1), "Interior Department Takes Over WRA, Roosevelt Orders" (p. 1), "Arts Council Denounce Depraved Act of Japanese Fascists" (p. 2), "Dillon Myer Comments on WRA Transfer to Ickes" (p. 4), "Biddle Urges 'Open Rule' on Disloyal …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 88 (March 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-173)

Selected article titles: "Avoid Last Minute Rush... Register Now Nisei" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer... WCCA Clothing Allowances" (p. 1), "Sugar Company Agent Is Here" (p. 1), "Ward I Crocheting" (p. 1), "Aliens in Blocks 34, 35, 36 to Register" (p. 1), "Registration Report Given" (p. 1), "Resettlement Field Office in Operation" (p. 1), "Property Office Will …

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doc Jap 'Revenge' Feared for Tule Lake Incident (November 14, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-982)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 14, 1943, pp. 1, 16

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doc War Relocation Authority administrative notice on payroll allotments for war bonds (ddr-densho-381-19)

Acting Director, Leland Barrows, encourages War Relocation Authority staff to meet payroll allotment goals for war bonds. Included in the notice are copies of letters from H. Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a list of participation numbers.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 2 (July 14, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-28)

Selected article titles: "442nd Combat Team Will Return to U.S." (p. 1), "All Relocation Centers Will Be Closed by Dec. 15, Says WRA. Dillon Myer Advises Residents of Camps to Complete Plans For Resettlement by Sept. 1" (p. 1), "WRA Offers Proof Tenney Spread Lies About Evacuees" (p. 3), "Cancel Special Rail Coaches For Evacuees. Military …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 29 (December 15, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-193)

Selected article titles: "Nurse Tells of Forming Home Nursing Aides" (p. 1), "Aliens Eligible for Short Term Leave" (p. 1), "Complete Plans for Apprenticeship Here" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer Answers to Dies Sub-Committee on Tule Trouble" (p. 1), "Merritt Tells Important Event of Week; Weather" (p. 1), "Intelligence Service Needs Translators" (p. 1), "Give Information on …

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. II No. 51 (June 26, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-74)

Selected article titles: "MI School Will Accept Recruits" (p. 1), "Seattle Group Wires Regrets" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer Presents Factual Talk on WRA to Radio Public" (p. 1), "Curfew OK'd. Supreme Court Hands Decision" (p. 1), Relocation to Chicago Area Halted, 10 Days" (p. 3), "Rain Proves to be Lifesaver" (p. 3), "Minority Rights Group" (p. …

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XIII No. 21 (June 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-347)

Selected article titles: "Denver Post Articles Denied by W.R.A. Officials in D.C. John Baker, Reports Chief, States Report Misinterpreted" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer Attacks Dies Committee" (p. 1), "Relocation Center Treatment Revealed by Frisco Paper" (p. 1), "New Supplement Expedite Indefinite Leave Clearance. Project Issue Leave Clearance to Applicants with Offer" (p. 1), "Inheritance of Tuberculosis …

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Letter from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher, Manzanar High School, to Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, Marcy 23, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-76)

doc Letter from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher, Manzanar High School, to Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, Marcy 23, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-76)

Letter to the War Relocation Authority from Harry Bentley Wells conveying the good character of Masaye Nakahira with regards to her request to leave Manzanar. Wells discusses her participation and preparation for the class she was attended as well as her thorough "Americanization." Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9076. See this object in the California State …

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XII No. 4 (April 25, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-297)

Selected article titles: "Dillon Myer Voices New Hope to Relocate 40,000 by End of This Year Despite Obstacles. W.R.A. Director Retains Faith in Mighty Task" (p. 1), "Human Element Involved in Relocation of People" (p. 1), "Evacuees Leaving Center Urged to Better Relation" (p. 1), "W.R.A. Strives to Expedite Leave Program" (p. 2), "Whither 82,000 Evacuees? …

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doc Segregation of Persons of Japanese Ancestry in Tule Lake Relocation Center (ddr-densho-493-35)

16-page pamphlet authored by the War Relocation announcing the segregation of "disloyal" Japanese Americans at Tule Lake and the displacement of "loyal" Tule Lake residents to other camps, based on responses to Question 28 of the loyalty questionnaire. Pamphlet explains who will be segregated based on their answers; which people will receive a hearing prior to …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 92 (November 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-88)

Selected article titles: "Urgent Call for Farm Volunteers: Varied Crop Must Be Saved for Winter Consumption - Kallam" (p. 1), "Family Wanted for Outside Work" (p. 1), "Nat. Director Myer Pledges WRA Policy" (p. 1), "Higher Education Teachers Sought" (p. 1), "Hi School Returns" (p. 1), "An Editorial: Johnny Doughboy and You" (p. 2).

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 32 (August 7, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-140)

Selected article titles: "WRA Pushes Resettlement Win Segregation. Center Calm as Details Announced" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer to Address Residents Thursday" (p. 1), "Heart Mountain Gets 'Nod' from Time and Liberty" (p. 1), "Evacuee Attitude 'Bottleneck' in Resettlement, Says Official" (p. 1), "No Guarantee Segregees Able to Go to Japan" (p. 2), "Editorial: A Distinguished Friend …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 5 (August 7, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-30)

Selected article titles: "California Chinese Americans Ask Fair Play for U.S. Nisei" (p. 1), "Leupp Not Prison Or Concentration Camp, Says Best" (p. 1), "Plan Exchange of U.S., Japan Nationals Soon. Repatriation Ship Will Take 1500 Persons To Porguguese India" (p. 1), "Evacuee Property Problems Considered by Dillon Myer During Los Angeles Visit" (p. 2), "Evacuees …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 20 (May 20, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-20)

Selected article titles: "Canadian Nisei Seek Federal Bill of Rights" (p. 1), "JACL Joins Three Groups in Brief Upholding Court's Decision Outlawing Land Law" (p. 1), "21 Reluctant Nisei Witnesses May Face Contempt Charges. House Un-American Activities Group Asks Prosecution" (p. 2), "Mass Exodus of Japan-Bound Tourists, Visits by Nipponese Artists Drain Hawaii Purses" (p. 3), …

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doc Letter to D.S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority (ddr-csujad-51-3)

A handwritten letter from J. Flores to Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority. Flores is responding to a reference request (hslb_lbph_0061) from the War Relocation Authority about his Japanese American neighbor, Shigetoshi Sugiyama, who had applied to leave the incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_lbph_0062

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 33 (October 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-77)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Army Seeks Nets" (p. 1), "Spike That Rumor" (p. 1), "Block Managers Hold Meeting" (p. 1), "Family Arrives From Tanforan" (p. 1), "Beet Furlough Work Cuts Down Manpower Twenty-five Per Cent" (p. 1), "Welcome Dillon Myer" (p. 1), "Housing Problems Tackled" (p. 1), "Greyhounds to Chase Rabbits" (p. 1), "Publicity and the …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 103 (June 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-348)

Selected article titles: "War Service to Reconsider Selective Service Classifications" (p. 1), "Shortage of Workers Effects Residents" (p. 1), "Residents Urged to Notify Free Press" (p. 1), "Instructions Given Residents Leaving on Special Buses" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer Makes Inspection Tour" (p. 1), "Proposals to Naturalize Loyal Asiatics Up Before Congressional Subcommittee" (p. 1), "WRA Removes …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 34 (October 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-78)

Selected article titles: "National W.R.A. Director Arrives. Dillon Myer Here Touring Center" (p. 1), "Governm't Body Finishes Charter" (p. 1), "Three Held by Military Police" (p. 1), "Last of Furlough Volunteers Leave" (p. 1), "Three Experts Survey Guayule" (p. 1), "Co-op Records to be Audited" (p. 1), "With the Idaho Expeditionary Force" (p. 2), "'No Beauty …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Newsletter, October 2, 1962 (ddr-sjacl-1-55)

Bulletin covering the following topics: Alien Land Law Committee needs support of ALL members, appeal to 1,250, 000 voters, Committees in Spokane, Puyallup Valley, White River. Four main committees-Endorsements, Finance, Public Relations and Speakers Bureau; recap of Convention, Dillon S Myer, WRA Director, Speaker at Issei Banquet; initial meeting of National Jr JACL, 32 years after …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 18 (June 21, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-93)

Selected article titles: "Farm Program For 1944-5 Set. Early Summer Harvest Yields 25,000 Pounds of Vegetables, S. Kamaya Reveals; 660 Acres Now Planted" (p. 1), "Quarterly Census Set For June 30" (p. 1), "Evacuee Land Owners Warned of Campaign. Dillon S. Myer Instructs Residents of Escheat Proceedings Now Being Conducted By Pacific Coast States" (p. 1), …

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