The DirectorsMilton Eisenhower, brother of future President Eisenhower, was the first director of the WRA. He resigned after three months because of what he felt were the serious violations of rights of Japanese American citizens. (Densho)
"His replacement, Dillon Myer, a New Deal administrator from Ohio, was more of a zealot. Myer was not satisfied with merely incarcerating the issei and nisei but felt it his mission to let its individuals “have a chance” to develop a government-approved brand of patriotism." - Akiko Ikichawa |
"It is not the province of the Authority, other than in the orderly evacuation and relocation of the Japanese, to dictate their lives," he said. "They will be encouraged to manage their affairs and their community enterprises to the highest degree." - Milton Eisenhower (Densho)