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Committee for the Return of Confiscated German and Japanese Property records
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Title: Committee for the Return of Confiscated German and Japanese Property records
Date (inclusive): 1954-1962
Collection Number: 63002
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and German
Physical Description:
33 manuscript boxes
(13.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence, press releases, position statements, legal briefs, notes, newspaper clippings,
and printed matter.
Creator:
Committee for the Return of Confiscated German and Japanese Property
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1963.
[Identification of item], Committee for the Return of Confiscated German and Japanese Property records, [Box no., Folder no.
or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Committee for the Return of Confiscated German and Japanese Property sought the complete restitution of private German
and Japanese property confiscated by the United States Government during and after World War II. Located in Washington, D.C.,
between April 4, 1954, and December 31, 1962, the Committee distributed information, prepared reports and studies, solicited
public support, initiated legislation, and lobbied in Congress for its proposals.
Members of the Committee's executive board were Frederick J. Libby (Chairman), James Finucane (Executive Secretary), Dr. Charles
S. Collier, Bishop Wilbur E. Hammaker, Dr. Goetz A. Briefs, Dr. John A. Scherzer, Conrad J. Linke, Mike M. Masaoka, and the
Honorable Francis B. Sayre.
This collection contains minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence, press releases, position statements, notes, and printed
matter created and accumulated by the Committee for the Return of Confiscated German and Japanese Property. Correspondence
includes biographical data, copies of public statements, and legal briefs. A major portion of the correspondence deals with
confiscated German property; correspondence filed under Mike Masaoka, the Washington representative of the Japanese-American
Citizens' League, concerns Japanese property. Also includes office files of the Committee consisting of minutes of meetings,
press releases, position statements and reports, form letters, government documents, correspondence, notes, and printed matter.
Includes newspaper clippings concerning confiscated property, reactions to proposed legislation, activities of the Committee,
and annotated printed material, consisting mainly of government publications.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States