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Mr. Gwynne. Did he make any findings of facts which attempted to
justify his making a mass order?
Mr. Myer. Yes, he did.
Mr. Gwynne. Where are those? Could they be put in the record too?
Mr. Iyer, Well, I could suggest that you call upon the War Department
to do that. It was their responsibility. I do not have those findings
immediately before me but I did prepare a report which indicated the type
of findings in each of the orders. There were certain findings, and he
issued them.
Mr. Gwynne . How long after the area was taken over by the War
Department was it before they issued these orders?
Mr. Myer. I think the order carrying out mass eviction was issued
in February, sometime between the 15th and 20th, and the order issuing
the first eviction notice was March 2, asking for voluntary evictions, and
during the period from March 20 to the latter part of March, about 8,000
people moved voluntarily on his request.
Mr. Gwynne. To where did those people move?
Mr. Myer. They moved into the Mountain States, some in the Eastern
part of California, and Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington. They
scattered all over the country.
Mr. Gwynne. Were they allowed to go wherever they wanted to go?
Mr. Iyer. Yes, sir; they were.
Mr. Gwynne. And could any person have moved from California to the
State of Iowa?
Mr, Myer. That is right; to any state.
Mr. Gwynne. They picked their own place?
Mr. Myer. That is right,
Mr. Gwynne. How much time was given them, to do that?
Mr. Myer. Well, I think it was about three weeks from, the time the
order was issued until the time of the so-called "freeze" order went in
effect. These people naturally began to run into difficulties as they moved
out into the hinterland because of the misunderstanding and prejudice and
they were met with road blocks here and there and in the small communities
that they moved into it looked like it would cause much trouble, and so
on March 25 was issued the "freeze" order, effective March 29-, and all moving
after that was done area by area under special orders issued from time to
time over a period of three months.
Mr. Gwynne. How did they do that? Would they take a certain
community and fix a period of time in which all the people must move?
Mr. Myer. That is right.
Mr. Gwynne. How much time would they give ordinarily?
Mr. Myer. Well, as I remember it generally about 10 days or two
weeks in some cases, perhaps a little longer than that from the time the
order was issued. They established so-called stations where people would
come and register for movement. They also established assembly centers
into 'which these people were processed. Most of these people were set up
at race tracks and places where facilities were available and in temporary
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Object Description
| Title | Hearings and Reports on the Evacuation Claims Bills |
| Description | The Committee on the Judiciary from the House of the Representatives presents a report on the evacuation claims bills. |
| Subjects | Redress and reparations |
| Type | image |
| Genre | Reports |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Hirasuna Family Papers |
| Collection Description | 111 items |
| Project Name | California State University Japanese American Digitization Project |
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| Local ID | csufr_hfp_1464 |
| Project ID | csufr_hfp_1464 |
| Title | Page 24 |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Date Created | 1947 - 05 - 28 |
| Subjects | Redress and reparations |
| Type | image |
| Genre | Reports |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Hirasuna Family Papers |
| Collection Description | 8.30 x 13.68in |
| Rights | Rights not yet transferred |
| Transcript | Mr. Gwynne. Did he make any findings of facts which attempted to justify his making a mass order? Mr. Myer. Yes, he did. Mr. Gwynne. Where are those? Could they be put in the record too? Mr. Iyer, Well, I could suggest that you call upon the War Department to do that. It was their responsibility. I do not have those findings immediately before me but I did prepare a report which indicated the type of findings in each of the orders. There were certain findings, and he issued them. Mr. Gwynne . How long after the area was taken over by the War Department was it before they issued these orders? Mr. Myer. I think the order carrying out mass eviction was issued in February, sometime between the 15th and 20th, and the order issuing the first eviction notice was March 2, asking for voluntary evictions, and during the period from March 20 to the latter part of March, about 8,000 people moved voluntarily on his request. Mr. Gwynne. To where did those people move? Mr. Myer. They moved into the Mountain States, some in the Eastern part of California, and Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington. They scattered all over the country. Mr. Gwynne. Were they allowed to go wherever they wanted to go? Mr. Iyer. Yes, sir; they were. Mr. Gwynne. And could any person have moved from California to the State of Iowa? Mr, Myer. That is right; to any state. Mr. Gwynne. They picked their own place? Mr. Myer. That is right, Mr. Gwynne. How much time was given them, to do that? Mr. Myer. Well, I think it was about three weeks from, the time the order was issued until the time of the so-called "freeze" order went in effect. These people naturally began to run into difficulties as they moved out into the hinterland because of the misunderstanding and prejudice and they were met with road blocks here and there and in the small communities that they moved into it looked like it would cause much trouble, and so on March 25 was issued the "freeze" order, effective March 29-, and all moving after that was done area by area under special orders issued from time to time over a period of three months. Mr. Gwynne. How did they do that? Would they take a certain community and fix a period of time in which all the people must move? Mr. Myer. That is right. Mr. Gwynne. How much time would they give ordinarily? Mr. Myer. Well, as I remember it generally about 10 days or two weeks in some cases, perhaps a little longer than that from the time the order was issued. They established so-called stations where people would come and register for movement. They also established assembly centers into 'which these people were processed. Most of these people were set up at race tracks and places where facilities were available and in temporary 24. |
