The executive order given by Roosevelt gives insight on the purpose for the relocation of the Japanese. The order states that ?successful prosecution of war? means implementing ever system necessary to protect America from espionage and sabotage of the national-defense system (?Executive Order? 1). The fact that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harb

Though, the government tried to provide a livable environment for the internees, no one could get used to the total control the government had over the internees. The Japanese were treated as prisoners. For example, before they were allowed to work on certain jobs they had to have good behavior. The WRA would evaluate and monitor the actions of the internee to be sure they had no intentions of sabotage. When they were allowed to work, they received extremely low wages that hardly provided economically for the families. There was question about rather the interning of the Japanese was constitutional.

The Government furnished food for all internee residents. The meals that cost at an average of not more than 45 cents per person per day, were prepared by internee cooks, and were served in mess halls that accommodate between 250 and 300 persons. There were internee farm crews that produced most of the vegetables the camps need. At most camps, the farmers also produced poultry, eggs, and pork; and at a few, the internees raised beef and dairy products. Every internee at every camp received the same amount of food.

The physical environment of the camps was never more than above the survival level. Housing was provided for the residents of the centers in tarpaper-covered barracks wood frame without plumbing or cooking facilities of any kind. Most of these barracks were partitioned off so that a family of five or six would normally occupy a single room 25 by 20 feet. Bachelors and other unattached evacuees live mainly in un-sectioned barracks. The only furnishings provided by the Government in the camps were Army cots and blankets and small heating stoves. One bath, laundry, and toilet building was available for each block of barracks and was shared by upwards of 250 people.

According to the Executive order, the camps were to provide a healthy environment for the internees. The order states, ?I hereby further authorize . . . the furnishing of medical aid, hospitalization, food clothing, transportation, use of land, shelter, and other supplies, equipment, utilities, facilities and services? (?Executive Order? 1). Originally the camps were to serve as means to monitor the Japanese and prevent sabotage on their part. Though these objectives never change, the conditions that the families were subjected to emulated that

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