Letter from Fred Korematsu to Ernest Besig, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, 1943

Korematsu, Fred, 1919-2005

Besig, Ernest

1943

MS-3580_1387_0042

Letter from Fred Korematsu to Ernest Besig. Korematsu writes that he is finished with the job in Tooele, and is now working for Acme Boiler Repair Co, where he is making half what other employees earn. He writes about the war, and its effect on Japanese Americans, and mentions his case, suggesting that if it is put aside, it would be better to leave his case as a probation. Stamped "confidential."

correspondence

3 pages, 10 x 7 inches, handwritten

Letter from Fred Korematsu to Ernest Besig, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, 1943; American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California Records--Case Files, 1934-1993--Korematsu, Fred, 1942-1946--Correspondence 1942-1945, MS-3580_1387; California Historical Society.

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World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Japanese American community responses
World War II--Resistance and dissidence--Supreme Court cases
Activism and involvement--Civil rights
Activism and involvement--Civil liberties
Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Legal cases
Industry and employment

Salt Lake City (Utah)

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt009nf073/

MS-3580_1387