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 CIS NO: 84-S521-15
 TITLE: Japanese American Evacuation Redress.
 SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iv+489 p. il.
 DATE: July 27, 1983
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 98-1              SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.hrg.98-485
 ITEM NO: 1042-A; 1042-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.98-485
 LC CARD NO: 84-601904               MC ENTRY NO: 84-11756

 Committee Serial No. J-98-57. Hearing before the Subcom on Administrative
 Practice and Procedure to review findings and recommendations of the
 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC)
 regarding treatment of and possible compensation to Japanese American
 citizens and resident aliens relocated or forcibly interned during WWII.
   Also considers S. 1520 (text, p. 485-489), the World War II Civil
 Liberties Violations Redress Act, to provide payments to Japanese Americans
 and other U.S. residents interned, detained, or forcibly relocated during
 WWII.
   Appendix (p. 417-489) includes submitted statements, correspondence, and:
 -- Sokolski, Henry D. (Univ of Chicago), "Japanese Cases: Bad History,
     Good Law?" June 1983 (p. 435-481).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese Amers and resident aliens relocation and
     internment during WWII, Fed compensation
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ADMINISTRATIVE
     PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE. SENATE; CLAIMS; HISTORY; JAPANESE AMERICANS
     (Relocation and internment during WWII, Fed compensation); CIVIL
     LIBERTIES; WORLD WAR II; SUPREME COURT (Japanese Amers WWII
     relocation and internment, Supreme Court decisions evaluation); CASE
     LAW (Japanese Amers WWII relocation and internment, Supreme Court
     decisions evaluation); RELOCATION; JUDGMENTS, CIVIL PROCEDURE; WORLD
     WAR II CIVIL LIBERTIES VIOLATIONS REDRESS ACT; COMMISSION ON WARTIME
     RELOCATION AND INTERNMENT OF CIVILIANS; ALIENS
 BILLS: 98 S.1520
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.100-383

 84-S521-15 TESTIMONY NO: 1         July 27, 1983 p. 4-108
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BERNSTEIN, JOAN Z. (Chm, CWRIC); accompanied by MACBETH, ANGUS
        (Spec Counsel)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Summary of CWRIC findings, and recommendations
     for redress; absence of justification for relocation and internment
     policies against Japanese Americans.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. CWRIC, "Personal Justice Denied" findings summary, Dec. 1982 (p.
        23-47).
     b. CWRIC, "Personal Justice Denied, Part 2: Recommendations" June 1983
        (p. 48-61).
     c. Arnold, Frank S. (et al., ICF Inc), "Property Losses" chapter 3 in
        Economic Losses of Ethnic Japanese As a Result of Exclusion and
        Detention, 1942-1946, prepared for CWRIC, June 1983, with tables (p.
        80-108).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese Amers and resident aliens relocation and
     internment during WWII, Fed compensation
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): ARNOLD, FRANK S. (Japanese
     Amers WWII relocation and internment, property losses); ICF INC.
     (Japanese Amers WWII relocation and internment, property losses);
     PROPERTY (Japanese Amers WWII relocation and internment, property
     losses); STATISTICAL DATA: GOVERNMENT (Japanese Amers WWII relocation
     and internment, property losses); MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND MODELING
     (Japanese Amers WWII relocation and internment, property losses);
     STATISTICAL DATA: BANKING, FINANCE, AND INSURANCE (Japanese Amers WWII
     relocation and internment, property losses)

 84-S521-15 TESTIMONY NO: 2         S. 1520 Testimony
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     CRANSTON, ALAN ((Sen, D-Calif), p. 109-117)
     LUNGREN, DAN ((Rep, R-Calif); Vice Chm, CWRIC, p. 118-124)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Opposing views on S. 1520.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese Amers and resident aliens relocation and
     internment during WWII, Fed compensation

 84-S521-15 TESTIMONY NO: 3         July 27, 1983 p. 373-416
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     TATEISHI, JOHN Y. (natl redress dir, Japanese Amer Citizens League
        (JACL))
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Endorsement of CWRIC findings and
     recommendations; background of relocation camp closings and JACL efforts
     to obtain compensation for former residents; inadequacy of evacuation
     claims settlement programs pursuant to the Japanese American Evacuation
     Claims Act of 1948 and subsequent legislation.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese Amers and resident aliens relocation and
     internment during WWII, Fed compensation
 DESCRIPTORS: JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE; JAPANESE AMERICAN
     EVACUATION CLAIMS ACT

 84-S521-15 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Additional Testimony
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BAKER, LILLIAN (historian; author, p. 124-351)
     MASUGI, KEN (resident fellow and dir, Bicentennial of the Constitution
        Project, Claremont Inst, p. 351-372)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Disagreement with CWRIC findings and
     recommendations (docs, related material, articles, p. 129-351).
 INSERTION: 
     -- Baker, L., Tule Lake, Calif., War Relocation Authority Center,
        conditions and events, transcript of interview with former Chief of
        Security Harold S. Jacoby, Aug. 23, 1976 (p. 179-246).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese Amers and resident aliens relocation and
     internment during WWII, Fed compensation
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY
     (Japanese Amers WWII internment in Tule Lake, Calif camp, interview
     transcript); CALIFORNIA (Japanese Amers WWII internment in Tule Lake,
     Calif camp, interview transcript); JACOBY, HAROLD S. (Japanese Amers
     WWII internment in Tule Lake, Calif camp, interview transcript); TULE
     LAKE, CALIF., WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY CENTER (Japanese Amers WWII
     internment in Tule Lake, Calif camp, interview transcript)