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D12299-11
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- 1941-12-12 (Creation)
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Eleanor Roosevelt, as assistant director of the Office of Civilian Defense, came to Tacoma Saturday morning December 13, 1941 to meet with local civilian defense chiefs in Mayor Harry P. Cain's office. Mayor Cain arranged a meeting between Mrs. Roosevelt and a delegation of local, young, American-born Japanese who represented the Japanese American Joint Defense Corps. The delegation included (from l to r) Shigeko Tamaki, Shigeo Wakamatsu, Waichi Oyanagi, and Ted Nakamura. In her remarks to the defense chiefs she had said, " Give American born Japanese, and even Japanese nationals who lived in this country for years, who have children and grand children and who have bought defense bonds - give them every consideration." TPL-7964
Presidents' spouses; Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, 1884-1962; Japanese Americans--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Tamaki, Shigeko; Wakamatsu, Shigeo; Oyanagi, Waichi; Nakamura, Ted;