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The steering committee of the Portland Citizens Relocation Committee is shown at a weekly luncheon business meeting at the old Heathman Hotel. The committee, which is made up of thirty prominent Portland civic leaders, is concerned with helping solve housing and employment problems of the Japanese who wish to return to the Portland area. Those present at this meeting are Dr. Blair Stewart, chairman, and Reed College professor of Economics; Mrs. Benshadler; Mrs. Betty Sales of the National Conference of Christians and Jews; Miss Isabel Gates, Baptist Mission Board; Dr. Nace, president of the Council of Churches, who lived in Japan for 13 years; Gus Solomon, Portland attorney; Fannie Friedman, Relocation Officer of the Portland District W. R. A. area office; and Florence West, Area Reports Officer from the Seattle W. R. A. area office. -- Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru -- Portland, Oregon. 5/22/45

Contributing Institution:

The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.