California State University Japanese American Digitization Project: An ExhibitMain MenuIntroductionBefore the WarIssei and Nisei in the WestExecutive Order 9066Mass removalIncarcerationConcentration campsServiceNisei in the warResettlementReconstructing HomeRedressA nation makes amendsReflectionsMaking sense of it allTimelineGraphic from exhibition poster, "Timeline"Educational Guides and ResourcesRelated ResourcesList of external resources relating to the exhibit topicPrint-ready PostersDownload Print-ready posters for your eventsAbout CSUJADDescription of the CSUJAD Project and call for historical resource donations
Lingering Opposition
12017-02-20T13:54:34-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3140723Anti-Japanese sentiment during the resettlement.plain2017-03-14T17:21:01-07:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
Smith urges President Truman to ask "Edgar J. Hoover [sic] and his organization" to help control "the arsonists and night-riders who are terrorizing the few Japanese Americans who have returned to the West Coast." Smith states that approximately 60,000 of the "110,000" [sic] people who were "evacuated" seek to return to their homes, under pressure from the War Relocation Authority to leave the Camps, and that those returning to rural areas are "having constant trouble" including arson and shooting incidents. Smith also states that there have been few arrests for these incidents, and mentions that [California Attorney General] Robert Kenny has neglected his responsibilities, noting that this is remarkable given that the UNCIO Conference [United Nations Conference on International Organization] was opening just as another arson incident had occurred.
12017-02-20T13:50:57-08:00Letter from Frank Herron Smith to President Harry S. Truman, May 4, 1945 (Cal Poly SLO)1Smith urges Truman to ask "Edgar J. Hoover [sic] and his organization" to help control "the arsonists and night-riders who are terrorizing the few Japanese Americans who have returned to the West Coast." Smith states that approximately 60,000 of the "110,000" [sic] people who were "evacuated" seek to return to their homes, under pressure from the War Relocation Authority to leave the Camps, and that those returning to rural areas are "having constant trouble" including arson and shooting incidents. Smith also states that there have been few arrests for these incidents, and mentions that [California Attorney General] Robert Kenny has neglected his responsibilities, noting that this is remarkable given that the UNCIO Conference [United Nations Conference on International Organization] was opening just as another arson incident had occurred.media/065-1-a-01-01-02.pdfplain2017-02-20T13:50:57-08:00