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This correspondence addresses the possibility of moving Japanese Americans to Kansas to serve as laborers. In her letter to Shoeppel, Mrs. Mary Golden of Matfield Green, Kansas, argues that Japanese Americans should not be allowed to work in Kansas because of the way the Japanese military has treated American prisoners of war. In his reply to Mrs. Golden's letter, Governor Schoeppel explains that he is only doing what the federal government asks with regard to the Japanese Americans, and, if required, he will work with the U.S. Government "in utilizing American born Japanese labor on projects or in areas approved by your government, and my government officials." A searchable, full-text version of this letter is available by clicking "Text Version" below.
Date: March 31 - April 4, 1943
11th Grade, Benchmark 2, Race and Ethnic Relations (indicator 7)
Item Number: 217355
Call Number: Governor's Records, Governor Andrew Schoeppel, Box 63, Folder 13
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217355
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (US_Benchmark 2) - Race and ethnic relations (Indicator 7)
Date - 1940s - 1943
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront - Japanese Labor
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Asian Americans - Japanese
People - Notable Kansans - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
Places - Cities and towns - Matfield Green
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Chase
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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