Letter from Ernest Besig, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, to Fred Korematsu, June 5, 1944

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June 5, 1944

CONFIDENTIAL

Ur. Fred T, Korematsu

350 Woek-Let_South 0.24 (et Weal

Salt lake City, Uteh

Dear Fred:

Thanks for your letter. At this time we would prefer

to get hola of saneone who is presently residing at

Manzemar. In other words, we'd like to start a test

ease similar to the Endo case.

At some future time we may be interested in starting

another evacuation test case similar to yours, although

I hear from our Southern California office that they

are expecting to file such a suit involving a person

from Topaz in the very near future. So if you will at

this time try to line up someone for us who now resides

at Mensaner, I would appreciate it very much.

I am glad to hear you are still working. Good luck to

Yous

Sincerely yours,

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EBsH Ernest Besig, Direotor

Opry eet ba Knew i/'s

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Fred Korematsu case files, Correspondence 1942-1945

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Title: Letter from Ernest Besig, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, to Fred Korematsu, June 5, 1944
Creator: Besig, Ernest
Contributor: Korematsu, Fred, 1919-2005
Date: 1944 June 05
Identifier: MS-3580_1387_0064
Description: Letter from Ernest Besig to Fred Korematsu, asking Korematsu's help finding someone residing at Manzanar for "another evacuation test case similar to yours." Stamped "confidential."
Genre: correspondence
Physical description: 1 page 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript
Preferred citation: Letter from Ernest Besig, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, to Fred Korematsu, June 5, 1944; 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.
Rights statement: In Copyright
Publication rights: Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and other parties, was not transferred to the California Historical Society (CHS). Permission for reproduction or publication of materials in this collection beyond that allowed by fair use must be secured from the copyright holder.
Topical subject(s): 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
Geographical subject(s): San Francisco (Calif.)
Finding Aid: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt009nf073/
Collection identifier: MS-3580_1387