Nisei Send Thanks for Gift Books

In a letter to the Campus Christian council, Yoshiko Uchiyama, secretary of the Nisei students group at the Japanese relocation center in Idaho, expressed thanks for gifts and donations of books to the Nisei Students Christmas Gift.
The letter read, in part, I wish all of us former University of Washington students now in Idaho could thank all of you individually for your heart-warming gesture at Christmas time.
“We have decided to keep the magazines and books on a special shelf in the high school library which will be opened several nights a week to former University of Washington students so that we can enjoy your contributions.”
“Not only will the gift be of use to us, but more than that, if will be a constant reminder for us to keep our faith in America- our country which belongs to broad-minded individuals such as those of you who contributed toward the gift. We are ever hoping that the time will come soon when we can all re-enter the American beyond the relocation camps in order that we make our contributions and be considered as an integral part of the American way of living.” The letter bore the signatures of 66 former Washington students.
The gift consisted of books donated by students and faculty and subscriptions to national magazines.