United States. Congre.

Committee on tost

Office and Civil Service, Lubcommittia on Retire
ment and Employee Benefits

CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR JAPANESE
AMERICANS INTERNED DURING WORLD WAR II

POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE

DAVID N. HENDERSON, North Carolina, Chairman
MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Vice Chairman

DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey

ROBERT N. C. NIX, Pennsylvania
JAMES M. HANLEY, New York
CHARLES H. WILSON, California
RICHARD C. WHITE, Texas
WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan
WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri
PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado
WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida
GLADYS N. SPELLMAN, Maryland
STEPHEN L. NEAL, North Carolina
HERBERT E. HARRIS, Virginia
WILLIAM M. BRODHEAD, Michigan

PAUL SIMON, Illinois

NORMAN Y. MINETA, California

JOHN W. JENRETTE, JR., South Carolina
STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New York

EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, Illinois
ALBERT W. JOHNSON, Pennsylvania
JOHN H. ROUSSELOT, California
ANDREW J. HINSHAW, California
JAMES M. COLLINS, Texas
GENE TAYLOR, Missouri

BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York
ROBIN L. BEARD, Tennessee
TRENT LOTT, Mississippi

DAVID N. HENDERSON, North Carolina EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, Illinois

(Ronald P. McCluskey, Assistant Counsel, Room B-345 (d), Rayburn Building-Ext. 56831)

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CONTENTS

Statement of

Yanak, Frank, San Francisco regional director, Civil Service Com-
mission, accompanied by Dianne Fong, secretary----
Ushio, David E., national executive director, Japanese American Citi-
zens League, accompanied by Don Hayashi__

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Furiya, Muts, member, Committee for Internment Credit, San Fran-
cisco, Calif., accompanied by Toshi Yoshida, William Kyono, John
Yasumoto, Edison Uno, and Dave Minamide.

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Kubokawa, Charles-

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Prepared statements presented by

Zewe, Edward C., president, Mare Island Navy Yard Association, Val-
lejo, Calif__

Dunlap, John F., member of the California State Senate____

Nilan, Patrick J., legislative director, American Postal Workers Union,
AFL-CIO

Statistical data presented by the Committee for Internment Credit_.
Summary of recommendations___

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