Milton S. Eisenhower, the youngest brother of Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower and the first director of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the federal agency that administered the ten concentration camps, had found the overall camp construction “so very cheap that, frankly, if it stands up for the duration, we are going to be lucky.” He called the camps “sand and cactus” centers. By the time Harry and Mary moved into 49-7-B, Milton Eisenhower had resigned in protest over the anti-Japanese prejudice he had encountered in trying to institute a benevolent resettlement.
