Letter from Lincoln Kanai, Executive Secretary, Japanese YMCA, To Whom It May Concern, May 18, 1942

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THE JAPANESE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -si"s

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 Francisco,

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

that he has contributed undessianis 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 personal aid and advice, recreational direction, meeting social |

and welfere 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 eonducted 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

sociel 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, Exec. Sec'y

YMCA ?

1530 Buchanan Street

San Francisco