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American Friends Service Committee — Part 18
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Lnformition wan received in Septonber, 1942, thet the APLC in Seattle,
Fashinstun was tectoy an vetive ort in the dapsnece Relocation sroblens in thet
ares. One of the Leaders of thit organization stated:
“the provlen of the drp~hnerican 4s not solveu, The first erists
ds oassed but the solution is not ta sinut. If ve allow trea to Lecone
forgotten pessle non—in the good hands of the Governaaiteuntil t!
wer is over, the result will be traric. Te ruet pet as wry va o AbLa
of then back in achool and jn jobs or on ferns before the ver Ls over or
ft wtLl be much harder to co co then. Often jobs can be hod or collone
ontrence obtr dobut the locel Americ n Legion or sore.other group
protests and Gaolly it ull, Ceveral hundred have been raloc sted and it
pALL Le several thousitd before the end of tho first year, I tiins."
In a tuenty=trvo page minoogranhed recort of a five mont tri to
the Pactf{te Cost by liowr Le and Wine hb, Morris, tecen at the recvezt of the
Pocifie Covst brimen of tne AFSC, they stated in October, LIAZ tuots
"One or more tlacs wo vialted the folloning easemtly ond relocation
centers for Jazanese evacures: Sento Anita, Peccna, Merced, Tulare,
Tenforan, Puycllup, Tule Lake, Mansanor and Poston."
Tuo writer compares his exporiences with refugees in lussta, Poland,
France, Austria, Servis, and other. pluces with this "strin.e experiance’,
seying, “ilere we wera, soctng nutive AmerLern citizens (70 por cent of tiem)
boing tasde refugery Ly their oon country."
Wethe Evacuation Order from tha ctendpoint of the dJaprnere with
whom to talkad, daa Rachol Issue and has little if any relation to
militury necosaity."
Morris onid he kad lived dn Tokyo, Japan. Ho urged tha Amerioun
Friends Service Comittea to virit the exmis, to ald in sendtag the atucents
to universttles, bo placa re meny da ponaiole tn Jota or s:oncer then for
vor« in varlous coneunities, to sid acull education prograns in the comin,
to wel vs volunteers anc to seu clothing, tn orcer that no susp. stbon might be
mide that the Jasnese vere sacediy, public reltof.
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