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This letter from Edward Franzke, Director of the War Manpower Commission in Kansas, to Senator Arthur Capper, concerns the use of German POWs as farm laborers on Kansas farms. In particular, Franzke is addressing Capper's concern that there will be a shortage of POW labor for farmers in and around Salina, Kansas.
Creator: Franzke, Edward
Date: June 12, 1944
Item Number: 216730
Call Number: Arthur Capper Coll. #12, Box 20 Folder: Prisoners of War
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 216730
Collections - Manuscript - Capper, Arthur
Date - 1940s - 1944
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress - Senate - Capper, Arthur
Military - Wars - World War II
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront - Prisoner of war
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
Places - Cities and towns - Salina
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Saline
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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