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Letter from Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes to Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1945 November 12

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 5, Item: 15
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_20_5_0015
This letter discusses Secretary Ickes' discomfort with forced internment, the treatment of the Nisei, and willingness to support a bill before Congress. Secretary Ickes states in this letter that "We were confronted with the alternative of pushing many of the Japanese out or of maintaining them in what really were concentration camps for months or years to come."

Dates

  • 1945 November 12

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

Contains handwritten annotations.

Extent

2 pages

Physical Description

Contains handwritten annotations.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections Repository

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