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Letter, Governor Homer Adkins To Mr. Edward J. Meeman
Letter, Governor Homer Adkins To Mr. Edward J. Meeman
Japanese American internment in Arkansas
This letter, written by Governor Homer Adkins, was in response to a letter from Edward Meeman, editor for the Memphis Press-Scimitar. Meeman had previously written to Governor Adkins asking if the Y.W.C.A. could hire a young interned Japanese-American woman as an arts and craft teacher for their camp in Hardy, Arkansas. Governor Adkins' response explains that the rules do not allow internees to leave the internment camps, which is for everyone's protection. He says he has refused all requests for employment of Japanese Americans outside the camps.
Letter, Edward J. Meeman To Governor Homer M. Adkins
Letter, Edward J. Meeman To Governor Homer M. Adkins
Japanese American internment in Arkansas
Edward Meeman, editor for the Memphis Press-Scimitar, writes to Governor Adkins asking if the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) could hire a young woman from the Japanese interment camp by the name of June Yamagachi because the Y.W.C.A. was having a hard time finding a teacher for their camp in Hardy, Arkansas, for their arts and crafts department.
Letter, P.A. Lasley To Governor Homer M. Adkins
Letter, P.A. Lasley To Governor Homer M. Adkins
Japanese American internment in Arkansas
Governor Adkins had asked Attorney P.A. Lasley to review the Notice of Jurisdiction filed by Dillon Seymour Myer, War Relocation Authority Director (W.R.A.) claiming jurisdiction over land. In this letter, Lasley states that he is of the opinion that the Governor should sign the documents and concede authority and responsibility of the land occupied by the W.R.A. to the Federal government.
Letter, E.B. Whitaker To Governor Homer M. Adkins
Letter, E.B. Whitaker To Governor Homer M. Adkins
Japanese American internment in Arkansas
Letter from E.B. Whitaker, field assistant director for the War Relocation Authority, informing Governor Adkins that the gentleman, Mr. Venner, was misinformed about the War Relocation Department hiring outside labor to "cut right-of-ways" within camp grounds and that interned Japanese Americans were working within camp boundaries.
Letter, Governor Homer Adkins To F.J. Venner, Winters Handle Company
Letter, Governor Homer Adkins To F.J. Venner, Winters Handle Company
Japanese American internment in Arkansas
Governor Adkins is writing to acknowledge a letter written by F.J. Venner of the Winters Handle Company. Adkins informs Venner that the State Director of the War Relocation Center, E.B. Whitaker, is in charge of the interned Japanese Americans in Arkansas. He states that the position of the Governor's Office is that all internees remain in the camps at all times and that he has no knowledge of any Japanese Americans working outside the camps in Arkansas.