Topaz Oral History Project miscellaneous interviews: Written accounts

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J. t i ·. t r l t T t ghv 0 f Lut er Ioffm . ~{e 1r1as said to have t n n the staf • Tt w s kno th t he played cards, ' 1 o t nightly ith the head social worker, and that t' e ti e th c closed most camp em loyees ere subject t r, thus 0 reatly and unfairly enhancig.s her prestig£3 as a overnment employee and of course her salary. I did not chec out the · ccuracy of that accusation. Close fri n s in camp? Yes, He exchanged 0 reetings 1-vith _obu ~bata, Doren Boyce, and the camp historian, whose name has slippe my mind, at least once a year ... Je still write at least once yearly to the R0 scoe Bells, the J• Warford Conrads, and the Ralph Barnharts, the Sam Naraharas, the Emil Sekeraks, and the Dave Tatsunas. I do not knovJ 11 hat happened to :9r . George Qchi kubo . He - as a noisy nuisance in camp but I wonder if ever a serious threat to its security . I r as convinced beyond any doubt that evacuation and int:;rnment Trere uncalled for . There was no military necessity. I have never thought there was . By internment time had not tne subversives been rounded up by the F.B. I . ? copaz: I am compelled to admit that I have ngver worked ith a more dedicated ~eoplel Most, if not all of them, were willing to go the second mile in matters pertaining to the peo le under their charge . That ' s as I remember it at 92 years and after two strokes in -~ovember . Should there be yet some unanswered questions, I ' ll try to answer them . Fraternally you s , ~ ~~~ _ scar "'• H oft:m~D.~~ -- -~