The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1952-02-02
.JACL Offers
To Help Evacuees
Meet Deadline

| "hOtiiiNo yin, -. u, reD.
(JACL ADC)--As a public service
to aid evacuee claimants who have
lost duplicate copies of their origi-
nal claims forms as filed with the
Department of Justice to meet the
March Is administrative deadline
for the submission of COMPROMISE
settlement offers. the WASHINGTON
office of the IACL Anti-Discrinn'-
nation Committee announces that
IT will secure photostatic comics NJ
such claims AT cost unon the re-
nuest of those DESIRING this special
service.
In establishing this snecial SER
vice fhe WASHINGTON 1ACT, office
made It clear that II is not naces-
sarv for claimants TO check the in
formation submitted IN their COM
rronnise offers with their lost du-
riicate claims forms If thew are
reasonably cortain that the infor-
rnation in the COMPROMISE forms
ore accurate.
On This matter. the JACL ADC
Quotes from q Department of .Tus-
tire memorandum which hos boon
sent out to those claimants who
L. 4. L
vide them with dunlicate cories.
eff Won have requested n cow Of
or information contained IN. a
statement of claim on file IN thiS
derartment. we reoret thot we can
not cornlv AZ the present time BE-
cause of the large number of such
reunests and the limited rnannow-
or that can be utilized for this nur-
nose. However. II the claimant re-
calls that the representations made
in the statement were tr1Ie tn the
best of his recollection at the time
1t was siened b. him. it NAV be in
corporated in the compromise af-
fidavit form bv reference. The
following or similar language writ
ten in the srace provided for the
answer to question IT th). will be
sufficient for this purpose:
See nv statement of claim filed
with the ATTORNEY General before
Ian. 2 1880 for description Of the
propertv that was lost or damaged
as a consequence of nv evacuation
or exclusion from a military area.
Such statement was true to the best |
of my recollection when I signed
it.
when this or similar LANGUAGE
is set forth in the affidavit form"
the Justice Department memoran-
dun states "the original statement
of claim will be examined and If
if it is found to be insufficient for
compromise purposes. the claim
ant will be informed of items Of
claim in question and afforded an
opportunity to supply supplemental
information. In the event that the |
total amount of the claim has been
forgotten it will be satisfactory to
qualify the answer to question
of the affidavit with, for example. |
the word about or to omit the a
mount entirely and to write in I
don't. remember. In such event,
in answer to question 6, the words |
'three-fourths of the amount of !
my claim may be written or an a
mount may he set forth, as claim
ant desires"
Because a number of claimants |
have not been satisfied with the
governments suggestion and have
written to the Washington JACL
ADO office requesting at least pho
tostatic copies, Mike Masaoka, ma
tional legislative director of ADO, |
announced that his office will set
up this special service.
The JACL ADO will request the
Justice department to permit them
to allow a commercial photostatic
copy firm to photostat the claims
forms and will forward these pho
tostatic copies to those requesting
them. Since JACL ADO has no
funds for such purposes, the claim
ants will be requested to pay the
costs o. photostating
Requests for photostating claims
forms will be handled as quickly as
possible after receipt of the re-
quest, Masaoka said.
All requests should be addressed
to Washington office, JACL Anti
Discrimination Committee, 300
Fifth ST., N E., Washington 2, ID.
o. The claims number should be
included in making requests when
ever possible.