Title	Justice Dep't lone voice against redress
Matsui Identifier	mats10166
Date	1987-05-09
Description	A House Judiciary subcommittee heard testimony about redress bill H.R. 442 on April 29, 1987. Rep. Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif.) rebutted arguments made against monetary compensation. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) presented the case for H.R. 1631, which would compensate Aleuts for the removal from their homes because of the danger of a Japanese Attack. General Richard Willard stated opposing viewpoints for both H.R. 442 and H.R. 1631 and referred to the 1948 American Japanese Claims Act. Other testimony was given by Rep. Norman Mineta (D Calif.), Rep. Patricia Saiki (R-Hawaii), and Grayce Uyehara, executive director of the Legislation Education Committee of the Japanese American Citizens League and others. Robert T. Matsui quoted in this article.
Publisher	Pacific Citizen
Resource Type	Clippings
Subject	Bills, Legislative -- United States Japanese Americans -- Reparations Legislative hearings -- United States Saiki, Patricia F., 1930- Uyehara, Grayce Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931--Quotations Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations
Source Type	newspaper
Digital Object Source	Doris Matsui Congressional Office
Language	English
Collection	Robert Matsui Legacy
CONTENTdm file name	126.pdf

Justice Dep't lone voice against redress

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