Pedro E. Schwartz to Japanese Nationals Letter

Pedro E. Schwartz to Japanese Nationals Letter

Description

Title Proper Pedro E. Schwartz to Japanese Nationals Letter
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1944
General material designation
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Scope and content
A letter, dated June 21, 1944, from Pedro E. Schwartz, Esq., Consul General of Spain (Montreal), to the Rosebery Japanese Committee. Schwartz acknowledges the receipt of a letter dated June 9th, which had a petition addressed to the Minister of Labour for increased maintenance and improved housing. Schwatrz notes that he supports the petition, and that he has forwarded it to the Governments of Canada and Japan. He states also that he is unable to visit Rosebery, but that if any need should arise, he will send F.P. Bernard in his stead.
Name of creator
Henry Wakabayashi is the founder of Pacific Liaicon Ltd., he has helped many major projects such as the Vancouver Sky Train, the expansion of the Vancouver International Airport and the Metro Vancouver drinking water treatment program.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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Pedro E. Schwartz to Japanese Nationals Letter
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