Plans for a Japanese-American Cultural Center in the Northwest: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Regulation and Business Opportunities of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, Ontario, OR, August 17, 1988, Volume 4 |
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... exhibition commemo- rating the bicentennial of the constitution of the United States . We called it , " A More Perfect Union : Japanese - Americans and the U.S. Constitution , " as you've heard several times today . The show at- tempts ...
... exhibition commemo- rating the bicentennial of the constitution of the United States . We called it , " A More Perfect Union : Japanese - Americans and the U.S. Constitution , " as you've heard several times today . The show at- tempts ...
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... exhibition , we did a great deal of filming and oral history and that sort of thing . That materi- al could be made available to communities who were interested in either using our things packaged , as it were , or in producing their ...
... exhibition , we did a great deal of filming and oral history and that sort of thing . That materi- al could be made available to communities who were interested in either using our things packaged , as it were , or in producing their ...
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... exhibition of local communities , local areas , particular situations . There are so many folks in the Ontario area who have been here for a long time , and really have important stories to tell . Stories that not only have importance ...
... exhibition of local communities , local areas , particular situations . There are so many folks in the Ontario area who have been here for a long time , and really have important stories to tell . Stories that not only have importance ...
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... exhibition halls hast- ily converted into detention camps with barbed wire fences , search- lights , and guard towers . Living quarters consisted of horse stalls , some with manure still inside . People were forced to leave their homes ...
... exhibition halls hast- ily converted into detention camps with barbed wire fences , search- lights , and guard towers . Living quarters consisted of horse stalls , some with manure still inside . People were forced to leave their homes ...
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... exhibition commemorating the bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States . Entitled , A More Perfect Union : Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution , the exhibition attempts to lead museum visitors to a better ...
... exhibition commemorating the bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States . Entitled , A More Perfect Union : Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution , the exhibition attempts to lead museum visitors to a better ...
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AAUW agriculture American Cultural Center Americans of Japanese Argus Observer attractions Baker County Boise Boise Airport Business Development Center California Chairman WYDEN Congressman Wyden Constitution construction CROUCH EASLY Eastern Oregon educational effort Elmo Smith estimated evacuees Executive Order 9066 exhibition facility farm Foundation Free Zone fund George Iseri Hawaii hearing immigrants injustice internment Interstate 84 Iseri JACC Japan Japanese American internment Japanese ancestry Japanese garden Japanese-Ameri Japanese-American citizens Japanese-American cultural center KRYGIER labor Malheur County McLean million multimedia center museum offer Oregon Division Oregon Tourism Division Oregon Trail Oregon Trail National Perfect Union Portland potential President proposed Japanese American region relocation RON WYDEN Sayama serve sister city Small Business Development Smithsonian staff statement subcommittee testimony Thank tion Trail National Monument Treasure Valley Community Trindle Tule Lake U.S. Government United Valley Community College visitors Washington World War II
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Page 15 - Creator with certain unalienable rights" such as "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Page 4 - We will make your prepared remarks a part of the record in their entirety.
Page 48 - didn't care what they did with the Japanese as long as they don't send them back here. ... It makes no difference whether the Jap is a citizen or not.
Page 48 - It involved residence in 15 temporary detention camps scattered throughout Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington. They were mostly county fairgrounds, race tracks and livestock exhibition halls hastily converted into detention camps with barbed wire fences, searchlights and guard towers. Each camp held about 5,000 detainees, except for the Santa Anita Race Track near Los Angeles, California which held over 18,000 and Mayer, Arizona which held only 247. Living quarters...
Page 52 - Act are to — 1. acknowledge the fundamental injustice of the evacuation, relocation, and internment of United States citizens and permanent resident aliens of Japanese ancestry during World War II; 2. apologize on behalf of the people of the United States for the evacuation, relocation, and internment of such citizens and permanent resident aliens; 3.
Page 17 - ... forces during World War II; and (D) traditional village lands on Attu Island not rehabilitated after World War II for Aleut occupation or other productive use; (6) discourage the occurrence of similar injustices and violations of civil liberties in the future; and (7) make more credible and sincere any declaration of concern by the United States over violations of human rights committed by other nations.
Page 13 - Horovitz' statement may be found in the appendix.] Chairman Wyden. Doctor, thank you very much.
Page 48 - Executive Order 9066 broadly authorized any military commander to exclude any person from any area. The presidential order did not mention any specific group, nor did it provide for detention. However, there was an understanding among high officials that the authorization was to be used for the purpose of removing and incarcerating the Japanese Americans.
Page 17 - ... forces during World War II; (C) community property, including community church property, taken or destroyed by United States forces during World War II; and (D) traditional village lands on Attu Island not rehabilitated after World War II for Aleut occupation or other productive use; 6. discourage the occurrence of similar injustices and violations of civil liberties in the future; and 7.
Page 50 - II, the 442nd became famous a* the most decorated unit of its size and length of service in American military history.