Correspondence to the Nisei and B.C. Security Commission

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Item is a single sheet of paper in poor condition with correspondence on both sides. One side contains a correspondence from the Nisei Mass Evacuation Group to the Nisei. The correspondence explains the situation with the request for Mass Evacuation in Family Groups. Unfortunately, the request was denied by the Security Commission but they were able to learn that the Commission hopes to settle more family groups over time. On the reverse side of this paper is a copy of the correspondence sent by the Nisei Mass Evacuation Group to the B.C. Security Commission. The Nisei Mass Evacuation Group points out that the members of their community has complied with all previous orders, however unreasonable they may have been but they are refusing to comply with the order that calls for the breakup of their families. As a result, the Nisei Mass Evacuation Group provides reasons for refusing to comply with the order in hopes of obtaining the rights for mass evacuation in family groups.

Masanobu Kawahira was born to Torazo Kawahira and Yukino Naka, immigrants from Iyeimura, Ibusuki gun, Kagoshima ken. Torazo immigrated in 1907 on the vessel Shawmut, at the time his listed occupation was a miner. Torazo worked in a variety of seasonal occupations such as fishing and logging. In 1920, he was living with friend Iyemon Yanomichi at #220- Main Street prior to returning to Japan to marry Yukino. When they returned in August 1921, Yukino was pregnant and Masanobu was born a few months later on December 20, 1921 at 241 Hastings Street.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

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