President of the United States

Describes the background and nature of the U.S.'s program for relocating Japanese Americans initiated in early 1943, a few months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Official publication by the War Relocation Authority describes its policies and procedures established as of May 1943. It addresses center policies on leave, work placement, travel and subsistence, food, lodging, health services, clothing allowances, community government, education, internal security, consumer enterprises, center-produced newspapers, legal aid, public assistance grants, recreation, religion, burial and cremation, property assistance, contraband, voting rights, income tax liability, and repatriation.