Title:
Postcard from [Paul H. Kusuda] to [Afton] Nance, 1942 Nov 28
Creator:
Kusuda, Paul H., 1922-
Subject:
"Nance, Afton Dill "
Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Description:
Typed postcard from [Paul H. Kusuda] to [Afton] Nance, 1942 Nov 28.
November 28, 1942 Dear Mrs. Nance:-- This is in reply to your letter of November 21 in which you referred to the furlough
workers. It was good to hear the other side of the picture. My brother was fortunate to hit upon a fairly good boss. His
only criticizm was that the boss was “tight”—tighter than the rest of the bosses around the place where he worked. He went
to Idaho so he was lucky. Apparently, the workers faredbetter in Idaho than in Montana. I wonder why this was. The conditions
were much better in Idaho,--the wages were a little better, the housing was a little better, and the bosses were a little
better. (continued from other postal) In many places, there were “No Japs allowed” signs and stuff. In other places,
rank discrimination was shown. However, on the whole, the workers fared much better than they actually expected and they
came back much heartened and less gloomy as to the future. Many of the workers (including my brother) intend to go back to
work in the spring. There were some cases where the Nisei fought with Nisei in saloons and in cafes, but such occurences
were kept out of the newspapers (thank God) so actually, public opinion did not soar too highly about the misconduct of a
very few of the dumb types of laborers. These cases were isolated ones, but, I hope that they don’t happen any more. By
the way, I read the letter to Shizuo Hori. He enjoyed it as much as I do always. Paul H. Kusuda P.S. I forgot to sign
my latest letter to you. Sorry!
Publisher:
Japanese American National Museum
Date:
1942 November 28
Type:
text
Format:
2 postcards ; 9 x 14 cm.
Identifier:
JANM_010
2001.175.35
Language:
eng
Relation:
Coverage:
Manzanar (Calif.)
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Postcard from [Paul H. Kusuda] to [Afton] Nance, 1942 Nov 28