▁other ▁hub s ▁that ▁had ▁attract ed ▁Japanese ▁American ▁res ett lers . ▁Administr ators ▁worked ▁with ▁housing , ▁employ ment ▁and ▁education ▁spons ors ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁social ▁service ▁ag encies ▁to ▁provide ▁assistance . ▁Following ▁My er ' s ▁directive ▁to ▁" ass im il ate " ▁Japanese ▁Americans ▁into ▁main stream ▁society , ▁this ▁network ▁of ▁W RA ▁officials ▁( and ▁the ▁propag anda ▁they ▁circul ated ▁in ▁camp ) ▁ste ered ▁res ett lers ▁toward ▁cities ▁that ▁lack ed ▁large ▁Japanese ▁American ▁populations ▁and ▁war ned ▁against ▁stick ing ▁out ▁by ▁sp ending ▁too ▁much ▁time ▁among ▁other ▁Nik ke i , ▁speaking ▁Japanese ▁or ▁otherwise ▁cl ing ing ▁to ▁cultural ▁t ies . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁close ▁to ▁ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ▁had ▁left ▁camp , ▁mostly ▁N ise i . ▁ ▁Res istance ▁to ▁W RA ▁policies ▁The ▁W RA ' s ▁" American ization " ▁efforts ▁were ▁not ▁limited ▁to ▁the ▁N ise i ▁res ett lers . ▁D illon ▁My er ▁and ▁other ▁high - level ▁officials ▁believed ▁that ▁accepting ▁the ▁values ▁and ▁custom s ▁of ▁white ▁Americans ▁was ▁the ▁best ▁way ▁for ▁Japanese ▁Americans ▁to ▁succeed ▁both ▁in ▁and ▁out ▁of ▁camp . ▁Administr ators ▁spons ored ▁patri otic ▁activities ▁and ▁clubs , ▁organized ▁English ▁classes ▁for ▁the ▁Is se i , ▁encourag ed ▁young ▁men ▁to ▁volunte er ▁for ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Army , ▁and ▁tout ed ▁in mate ▁self -