The Japanese American National Heritage Coalition sent letters to Presidential candidates McCain & Obama, asking if elected, will they implement the grant program authorized by Public Law 109-441 in their FIRST presidential budget submitted to Congress.
9/23/08
9/4/08
World War II Propaganda
What is Propaganda?
Take a look at this You Tube educational video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwlOwaz2Lqk
PROPAGANDA FILM ON RELOCATION
Have you seen some of the propaganda films about the relocation of people of Japanese ancestry living in the western states? If you haven't, here's a chance to view one of those black & white films, courtesy of You Tube. You can view it on your computer. Turn up the volume on your speakers.
U.S. Propaganda Film on Relocation
http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-kv3Hdo1Eg
History Of World War II The Japanese Paranoia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNlpwhM6
War Relocation Authority Documents
DOCUMENTS FROM PHILEO NASH
Phileo Nash was the Special Assistant to the President & Administrative Assistant to the President
Memorandum: J. A. Ulio to the Provost Marshall General & the Director, Special Service Division, S. O. S., Jan. 20, 1943. Papers of Philleo Nash.
[(Major General) J. A. Ulio (James Alexander Ulio) was the Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, 1942-1946.]
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/54.pdf#zoom=100
Report: Japanese-Americans in Relocation Centers, March 1943. Papers of Philleo Nash.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/32.pdf#zoom=100
News Release Statement: Dillon S. Myer, May 14, 1943. Papers of Philleo Nash.
[Dillon S. Myer was the Director of the War Relocation Authority (WRA)]
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/59.pdf#zoom=100
Memorandum: Nisei Assimilation, July 21, 1943 Papers of Philleo Nash.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/20.pdf#zoom=100
News release: 45 American soldiers.. Sept 7, 1944. Papers of Philleo Nash.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/40.pdf#zoom=100
News release: More than 400 Japanese Americans..., Sept. 8, 1944. Papers of Philleo Nash.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/41.pdf#zoom=100
War Relocation Authority (WRA) Documents
DOCUMENTS OF DILLON S. MYER
Dillon S. Myer was the Director of the War Relocation Authority (WRA)
News Release: Work of the WRA, An Anniversary Statement by Dillon S. Myer, March 1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/16.pdf#zoom=100
Letter: Dillon S. Myer to the Secretary of War, March 11, 1943; atachment, Secretary of War to Dillon S. Myer, May 10,1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/2.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Dillon S. Myer, Director, WRA, March of Time, June 24, 1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/8.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Constitutional Principles Involved in the Relocation Program, statement by Dillon S. Myer before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, July 7, 1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/3.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Evidences of Americanism Among Japanese-Americans, statement by Dillon S. Myer before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, July 7, 1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/9.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Dillon S. Myer over the NBC network, July 15, 1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/10.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: The Truth About Relocation, by Dillon S. Myer to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Aug. 6, 1943.
Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/24.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: The Facts About the WRA, by Dillon S. Myer, to a meeting of the Los Angeles, CA. Town Hall, Jan. 21, 1944.
Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/27.pdf#zoom=100
Speech:Relocation Problems & Policies, by Dillon S. Myer to the Tues.Evening Club, Pasadena, CA., Mar. 14, 1944. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/5.pdf#zoom=100
Memorandum: Director [Dillon S. Myer] to the Secretary [of the Interior], [April 29, 1944]. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/36.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Racism & Reason, by Dillon S. Myer to an interfaith meeting sponsored by the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles & Fair Play, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 2, 1944. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/42.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: A Tenth of a Million People, by Dillon S. Myer to the Des Moines Adult Education Forum, Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26,1944. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/43.pdf#zoom=100
Memorandum: A Message from the Director of the WRA [to evacuees resident in relocation centers], Not dated, c. Jan. 1945. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/57.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Problems of Evacuee Resettlement in CA, by Dillon S. Myer, Eagle Rock, CA, June 19, 1945. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/12.pdf#zoom=100
Letter: Dillon S. Myer to S. Hideshima, July 14, 1945. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/51.pdf#zoom=100
Memorandum:Dillon S. Myer, A Message to American Soldiers of Japanese Ancestry, Aug. 1945. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/52.pdf#zoom=100
Memorandum: To Members of Congress from the 3 West Coast States, Not dated, c. 1946. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/17.pdf#zoom=100
Letter: J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, to Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Rep., April 24, 1946; with attachment, draft of a bill to create an Evacuation Claims Commission. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/56.pdf#zoom=100
Dillon S. Myer was the Director of the War Relocation Authority (WRA)
News Release: Work of the WRA, An Anniversary Statement by Dillon S. Myer, March 1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/16.pdf#zoom=100
Letter: Dillon S. Myer to the Secretary of War, March 11, 1943; atachment, Secretary of War to Dillon S. Myer, May 10,1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/2.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Dillon S. Myer, Director, WRA, March of Time, June 24, 1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/8.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Constitutional Principles Involved in the Relocation Program, statement by Dillon S. Myer before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, July 7, 1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/3.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Evidences of Americanism Among Japanese-Americans, statement by Dillon S. Myer before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, July 7, 1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/9.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Dillon S. Myer over the NBC network, July 15, 1943. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/10.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: The Truth About Relocation, by Dillon S. Myer to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Aug. 6, 1943.
Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/24.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: The Facts About the WRA, by Dillon S. Myer, to a meeting of the Los Angeles, CA. Town Hall, Jan. 21, 1944.
Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/27.pdf#zoom=100
Speech:Relocation Problems & Policies, by Dillon S. Myer to the Tues.Evening Club, Pasadena, CA., Mar. 14, 1944. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/5.pdf#zoom=100
Memorandum: Director [Dillon S. Myer] to the Secretary [of the Interior], [April 29, 1944]. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/36.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Racism & Reason, by Dillon S. Myer to an interfaith meeting sponsored by the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles & Fair Play, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 2, 1944. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/42.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: A Tenth of a Million People, by Dillon S. Myer to the Des Moines Adult Education Forum, Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26,1944. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/43.pdf#zoom=100
Memorandum: A Message from the Director of the WRA [to evacuees resident in relocation centers], Not dated, c. Jan. 1945. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/57.pdf#zoom=100
Speech: Problems of Evacuee Resettlement in CA, by Dillon S. Myer, Eagle Rock, CA, June 19, 1945. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/12.pdf#zoom=100
Letter: Dillon S. Myer to S. Hideshima, July 14, 1945. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/51.pdf#zoom=100
Memorandum:Dillon S. Myer, A Message to American Soldiers of Japanese Ancestry, Aug. 1945. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/52.pdf#zoom=100
Memorandum: To Members of Congress from the 3 West Coast States, Not dated, c. 1946. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/17.pdf#zoom=100
Letter: J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, to Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Rep., April 24, 1946; with attachment, draft of a bill to create an Evacuation Claims Commission. Papers of Dillon S. Myer.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/56.pdf#zoom=100
Historical Documents
DOCUMENTS ON RELOCATION
The Relocation of Japanese Americans.
War Relocation Authority May 1943
War Relocation Authority May 1943
http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/AmRad/relocationjapanese.pdf
Community Government in War Relocation Centers
http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/AmRad/communitygovernmentwar.pdf
MILTON S. EISENHOWER
Milton S. Eisenhower was the First WRA Director
Memorandum: Milton. S. Eisenhower to Congress, April 20, 1942; forwarding Informal Report of the WRA.
Papers of Harry S. Truman: U.S. Senator & Vice President.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/pdf/6.pdf#zoom=100
9/1/08
Postcard to Poston
Postcard from Pasadena, California
To: Dr & Mrs. A. K. Sugino
Blk 11-8-B
Poston, Arizona.
Postcard recently sold on EBay.
PLEASE! If you have anything like this, do not give it away.
The Poston Restoration Project would greatly appreciate any Poston artifacts for our future museum.
Contact: diannerd79 (at) yahoo (dot) com
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