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CHARLES, PASHAYAN, JR.
j7th dlsthict. california
129 Cannon Building
Washington. D.C. 20515
(202) 225-3341
COMMITTEE ON
INTERIOR AND INSULAR
AFFAIRS
committee: on
post office and civil
SERVICE
CONGRESS OP THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 17, 1984
Mr. Robert Sullivan
2902 West Main Street
Visalia, California 93291
Dear Mr. Sullivan:
i if~» '' — ^rs V- r -
l^l u L^k
a
Thank you for your recent letter expressing your support for the
payment of compensation to Americans of Japanese ancestry who were
interned during World War II as recommended by the Commission on Wartime
Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
In 1980 the Congress authorized the Commission to investigate the
internment and relocation of civilians by the Federal government during
World War II and to recommend what compensation, if any, should be paid
to the Japanese-Americans and citizens of the Aleutian and Pribilof
Islands. The Commission recently released its report entitled,
"Personal Justice Denied." In this report, the Commission concluded and
recommended a one-time per capita compensatory payment of $20,000 to
each of the approximately 60,000 surviving Japanese-Americans and $5,000
to each of the few surviving Aleuts.
Congressman Jim Wright introduced legislation on October 6, 1983,
to grant a one-time per capita compensatory payment of $20,000 to each
of the surviving Japanese-Americans and $5,000 to each of the surviving
Aleuts. This legislation, H.R. 4110, has been referred to the House
Committee on the Judiciary for review.
The Commission formed its recommendations on the results of their
considerable study of the damages and losses suffered by the relocated
people. While the Commission has not directly addressed the question of
how it arrived at the figures of monetary redress, it believed that
these amounts are quite conservative.
An independent accounting firm has estimated that, as a result of
the exclusion and detention, in 1945 dollars, the Japanese lost between
$108 and $164 million in income and between $41 and $206 million in
property for which no compensation was made after the war under the
terms of the Japanese-American Evacuation Claims Act of 1948. The
Commission concluded the amount paid under this Act, $38 million, was
far below what would have been full and fair compensation for actual
economic losses. The Act gave persons of Japanese ancestry the right to
claim from the government real and personal property losses that
occurred as a consequence of the exclusion and evacuation. These claims
were decided individually. The Commission reported that awards settled
PLEASE REPLY TO:
D WASHINGTON OFFICE
□
HOME OFFICE.FRESNO COUNTY
G HOME OFFICE KINGS COUNTY
D HOME OFFICE TULARE COUNTY
1702 EAST BULLARD AVE. SUITE 103
BD4 NORTH IRWIN
SSI WEST CENTER STREET
FRESNO CALIFORNIA B3710
HANFORD CALIFORNIA B3230
VISAUA CALIFORNIA 6*291
(20B> 4B7-6500
120B) 5B2-2696
(20B> 627-27O0
D HOME OFFICE KERN COUNTY
201 HIGH STREET
DELANO. CALIFORNIA »13IS
(BOB; 721-7371
Object Description
| Title | Congress Letters |
| Description | Various activists mail congressman in regards to the upcoming vote for redress to Japanese Americans. |
| Subjects | Redress and reparations |
| Type | image |
| Genre | Correspondence |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Hirasuna Family Papers |
| Collection Description | 8 items |
| Project Name | California State University Japanese American Digitization Project |
| Rights | Rights not yet transferred |
Description
| Local ID | csufr_hfp_1323 |
| Project ID | csufr_hfp_1323 |
| Title | Page 1 |
| Creator | Pashayan, Chip:author |
| Date Created | 1984 - 01 - 17 |
| Subjects | Redress and reparations |
| Type | image |
| Genre | Correspondence |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Hirasuna Family Papers |
| Collection Description | 8.35 x 10.91in |
| Rights | Rights not yet transferred |
| Transcript | CHARLES, PASHAYAN, JR. j7th dlsthict. california 129 Cannon Building Washington. D.C. 20515 (202) 225-3341 COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS committee: on post office and civil SERVICE CONGRESS OP THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 17, 1984 Mr. Robert Sullivan 2902 West Main Street Visalia, California 93291 Dear Mr. Sullivan: i if~» '' — ^rs V- r - l^l u L^k a Thank you for your recent letter expressing your support for the payment of compensation to Americans of Japanese ancestry who were interned during World War II as recommended by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. In 1980 the Congress authorized the Commission to investigate the internment and relocation of civilians by the Federal government during World War II and to recommend what compensation, if any, should be paid to the Japanese-Americans and citizens of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands. The Commission recently released its report entitled, "Personal Justice Denied." In this report, the Commission concluded and recommended a one-time per capita compensatory payment of $20,000 to each of the approximately 60,000 surviving Japanese-Americans and $5,000 to each of the few surviving Aleuts. Congressman Jim Wright introduced legislation on October 6, 1983, to grant a one-time per capita compensatory payment of $20,000 to each of the surviving Japanese-Americans and $5,000 to each of the surviving Aleuts. This legislation, H.R. 4110, has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary for review. The Commission formed its recommendations on the results of their considerable study of the damages and losses suffered by the relocated people. While the Commission has not directly addressed the question of how it arrived at the figures of monetary redress, it believed that these amounts are quite conservative. An independent accounting firm has estimated that, as a result of the exclusion and detention, in 1945 dollars, the Japanese lost between $108 and $164 million in income and between $41 and $206 million in property for which no compensation was made after the war under the terms of the Japanese-American Evacuation Claims Act of 1948. The Commission concluded the amount paid under this Act, $38 million, was far below what would have been full and fair compensation for actual economic losses. The Act gave persons of Japanese ancestry the right to claim from the government real and personal property losses that occurred as a consequence of the exclusion and evacuation. These claims were decided individually. The Commission reported that awards settled PLEASE REPLY TO: D WASHINGTON OFFICE □ HOME OFFICE.FRESNO COUNTY G HOME OFFICE KINGS COUNTY D HOME OFFICE TULARE COUNTY 1702 EAST BULLARD AVE. SUITE 103 BD4 NORTH IRWIN SSI WEST CENTER STREET FRESNO CALIFORNIA B3710 HANFORD CALIFORNIA B3230 VISAUA CALIFORNIA 6*291 (20B> 4B7-6500 120B) 5B2-2696 (20B> 627-27O0 D HOME OFFICE KERN COUNTY 201 HIGH STREET DELANO. CALIFORNIA »13IS (BOB; 721-7371 |
