Word: nisei
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Japanese now in Government custody, we must realize, says McWilliams, that by rooting them out of "Little Tokyos" in three states we have helped to break the influence of the Issei (first generation) on the Nisei (second generation). McWilliams agrees with Milton Eisenhower (former director of the War Relocation Authority) that "from 80% to 85% of the Nisei are loyal to the United States." They must be treated accordingly...
Ickes' Nisei...
...investigating (through FBI, Army Intelligence, etc.) the Harold L. Ickeses finally got some hired hands for their Maryland farm: American-born Japanese from an Arizona relocation camp. The young wife of the curmudgeon Secretary (see p. 102) had taken care to ask the neighbors how they felt about having Nisei in their midst, got two reactions: 1) approval, 2) inquiries about the chances of getting the same sort of help...
...Nisei Plight...
...ever since we were first confined, and have had to supplement our diet with purchases from the outside, of meat, butter, eggs and fruit, which have never been adequate. It might interest you to know that our supper tonight consisted of a bowl of sweetened bean soup, which most Nisei do not like, two pieces of vinegared beets and two slices of pickled radish. Tea and rice completed the meal...