Affidavit in support of application for permission to file brief as amicus curiae, File no. 23688 S

WAYNE M. COLLINS

Mills Building,

San Francisco, California.

Garfield 1216

IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF

MITSUYE ENDO,

FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

No. 23688 S

AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION

FOR PERMISSION TO FILE BRIEF AS

AMICUS CURIAE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

ERNEST BESIG, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

That he is the director of the Northern California branch of the Amri-

can Civil Liberties Union, Located at 216 Pine Street, San Francisco, a national

non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian organization, whose purpose is to protect

and defend fundamental American Civil Liberties, particularly as guaranteed in

the Bill of Rights, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever attacked;

That the above-entitled action will not only determine the rights and

peivileges of the petitioner and other persons of dapanese anwostry, but at the

same time raises grave questions of civil liberties affecting all persons wihtin

the United States;

Therefore, your offiant asks leave to file a brief as amicus curiae on

or before the 20th day of July, 1942, in order to express the views of the Nor-

thern California Branch of the American Civil Liberities Union with reference to

the issues involved.

Copies of this affidavit are being served upon counsel for the parties

herein.

DATED: July 15, 1942.

Ernest Besig

Director, Northern California Branch,

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

Subscribed and sworn to before me

this 15th day of July, 1942.

Rae G. Behrens

NOTARY PUBLIC

in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California.

My commission expires January 1, 1943.