Letter from Lincoln Kanai, Executive Secretary, Japanese YMCA, May 18, 1942

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THE JAPANESE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

1530 Buchanan Street, San Francisco

May 18, 1942

TO WHOM IT' MAY CONCERN:

Dr. Joseph Goodman, Assistant Superintendent of the Steinhart

Aquarium of the California Academy of Sciences, San Frantisco,

residing at 2031] Baker Street, has shown by the many practical services

that he has contributed unceasingly to human welfare at the Japanese

Y. M. C. A. as well as to the countless number of Japanese residents of

San Francisco in the past several months. The unselfish services in

terms of perscnal aid and advice, recreational direction, meeting social

and welfare needs, educational studies of cooperatives, as well as inter-

racial group experiences and coordination have most generously won the

respect of the Japanese residents and helped in the meeting of a vital

human need in the Uptown district of San Francisco.

the unassuming way in which he has comlucted these services by

being a part of the community and serving with them has been a capital

one, and most commendable.

I am sure that if you should desire to use him in any way, the

social perspective, understanding and experiences that he has undergone

will definitely contribute to the welfare and wellbeing of any community

function especially in the processes of building an American Community

in a resettlement project.

Yours truly,

(signed) Lincoln Kanai, Fxec. Sec'y

YMCA

1530 Buchanan Street

San Francisco, California