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American Friends Service Committee — Part 18
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oft was confidentially reported on Ccotobar 25, 1942, bis t a .
gam cave a talk at & loeting of the Friends noar Fort Din, how Jorrey
' ognesrning a recent trip he had mice throuch the Japanere internmont centers
in the United ctatas. He reportedly gtated that hu hed been in varan in
and «new the Ja;aneoa people and ha tlemed the United Staten fer the
presont war with Javan bonsuse they had becn Lenroperly lanedlad by this
‘. country. He allegadly aowke with pruiee of Unetr culture ond of the fine |
way in whieh they condicted thocsclvea in the intarnacnt carps and he 4s gald
to heve intimated strongly, that the Japanoege wore baling alatrested Ln thece
cunns, Pag many unre without proper foud aml water sup, llon, lacked doeent
living conditions ani ware nore er leos trectod in an inconsiderate sanner,"
Ye ta alco rerorted to hava ougnested to tha autlonse, that they aight vory
einily we sone of tha Jepaniaa help because thay were pood workere, knaw
faroing uni could grow alsost anybling.
Informaticn wis received in Leceaber, 1942, that the Priersda |
“Intelligancer of 1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, fanneylyania, nas soliciting
-funde for too defence of Gardon Hirabaysahi, an American of Japanese dascont,
whe vee tried and convictod for disobeying tha Evacuation Orior of the United
Stutes Army. Gorden Hirabaysht ie reported to be a meer of the Society of
Friecds whitch had been datending him. According to this scuree, more money
was needod to bring tae caso to tha Suprese Court of the United Clatos “becauns
tha Amardcan Civil Liberties Union woiah aided preatly in hha defonna had .
Cropped frei th: case beacause thoy have deciced not to clollenge tiny action
of the. Frerident of tha Uplted States as Connander-in-Cidef of the Ansad
Forces.* The conviction fas Inter affirmed by thy United otatos Cupresa Couré,
A momber of tha Acc, who hed recently viaitod Death Valley and >
Manganar to vintt tha Japanossa who were interned thore, is raid to have stated
in Jamury, 1943 thet tha Japanese should te resettled outaide tho cusps ag
Pthe rugzed physical life won't burt than but tha injusticas being done thos
willeesn
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