196 : index
War plant work: eligibility for as Provost
Marshal General’s O≈ce respon-
sibility, 6, 40, 53, 57, 67–72; Japa-
nese American Joint Board to advise
on, 34–35, 39; in Dedrick’s color-
coding system, 49; and War Reloca-
tion Authority, 54–55; internees on
indefinite leave in, 56–59; Nisei
workers in, 57–59, 138, 163 (n. 78);
Nisei workers removed from, 69–72
War Relocation Authority (WRA), 73–
82; coherent definition of loyalty
lacking in, 3; conflict with other
agencies, 3; in loyalty bureaucracy, 3;
on Japanese American Joint Board, 3,
6, 34, 40, 41, 160 (n. 9); purposes of
loyalty assessment of, 6; control of
evacuated Nikkei shifted to, 21;
relocation centers established by,
21–22; on military service for Nisei,
23–24, 32–33; habeas corpus suits
against, 24, 78, 87, 97, 167 (n. 11);
press and public criticism of, 26; and
loyalty as criterion for freedom or
confinement, 28–30; ‘‘all out’’
relocation strategy of, 32, 33, 54;
cooperates with military on loyalty
questionnaires, 34, 39; on Dedrick’s
color-coding system, 50, 51; fissure
with military members of Japanese
American Joint Board, 53–61; on
clearing ‘‘white’’ cases for war plant
work, 54–55; disengages from Japa-
nese American Joint Board work, 55;
disregards Japanese American Joint
Board findings, 55–56; separation
from Provost Marshal General’s
O≈ce, 57–60; approach to Nisei loy-
alty, 73–82, 138, 139; point system
of, 75–76; moves into background
of loyalty adjudication, 83; on ending
mass exclusion, 84–85; Tule Lake
protests lead to criticism of, 88;
Western Defense Command’s veto
power over, 88; under Department of
Interior, 88, 168 (n. 23); Ochikubo
granted leave clearance by, 110; as
coming to know Nisei well, 139;
biases a√ect loyalty adjudication by,
140; on loyalty versus racial pride,
142; behavior prediction as task of,
143; and review board for segregees,
145–46. See also Leave (furloughs);
Myer, Dillon S.; Segregation of the
disloyal
Wartime Civilian Control Administra-
tion (WCCA), 21
Washburne, Claude B., 44, 99, 100–102,
104
Washington, military zone in, 17
Washington, George, 135
WDC. See Western Defense Command
Wechsler, Herbert, 112–13, 115, 116
West (Pacific) Coast: Japanese American
population in 1941, 9; anti-Japanese
prejudice on, 14, 95; Carter-Munson
study of Nikkei loyalty on, 15–16;
military zones created on, 17; mass
exclusion of Japanese Americans
from, 17, 22, 84; Nikkei forced into
assembly centers on, 21; mass exclu-
sion ended on, 84; ceases to be the-
ater of operations, 88; ending mass
exclusion opposed on, 89; Marshall
fears violence if mass exclusion is
ended on, 89; other groups move
into Japanese neighborhoods on, 95,
99. See also California
Western Defense Command (WDC): in
loyalty bureaucracy, 2–3; coherent
definition of loyalty lacking in, 3;
conflict with other agencies, 3; three
approaches to Japanese American
loyalty of, 6–7, 83; individual exclu-