▁day - to - day ▁life , ▁however , ▁it ▁also ▁served ▁the ▁W RA ▁mission ▁of ▁" American izing " ▁the ▁in m ates ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁be ▁assim il ated ▁into ▁white ▁communities ▁after ▁the ▁war . ▁The ▁" en emy ▁al ien " ▁Is se i ▁were ▁ex cluded ▁from ▁running ▁for ▁office , ▁and ▁in m ates ▁and ▁community ▁anal yst s ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁W RA ▁pulled ▁the ▁strings ▁on ▁important ▁issues , ▁leaving ▁only ▁the ▁most ▁basic ▁and ▁incon sequ ential ▁dec isions ▁to ▁N ise i ▁leaders . ▁ ▁Community ▁Analysis ▁Section ▁In ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁the ▁W RA ▁established ▁the ▁Community ▁Analysis ▁Section ▁( under ▁the ▁um bre lla ▁of ▁the ▁Community ▁Management ▁Division ) ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁collect ▁information ▁on ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁in car cer ated ▁Japanese ▁Americans ▁in ▁all ▁ten ▁cam ps . ▁Emp loy ing ▁over ▁twenty ▁cultural ▁anth rop olog ists ▁and ▁social ▁scient ists — including ▁John ▁Emb ree , ▁Mar vin ▁and ▁Morris ▁O pler , ▁Margaret ▁L ant is , ▁Edward ▁Sp ic er , ▁and ▁West on ▁La ▁Bar re — the ▁C AS ▁produced ▁reports ▁on ▁education , ▁community - building ▁and ▁assim ilation ▁efforts ▁in ▁the ▁cam ps , ▁taking ▁data ▁from ▁observations ▁of ▁and ▁inter views ▁with ▁camp ▁residents . ▁ ▁While ▁some ▁community ▁anal yst s ▁viewed ▁the ▁Japanese ▁American ▁in m ates ▁merely ▁as ▁research ▁subjects , ▁others ▁opposed ▁the ▁in car cer ation ▁and ▁some