Documents

Documents

Brochures letters reports flyers etc. pertaining to the court case of the Heart Mountain draft resisters at the same camp. A: Pamphlet 5.5" x 8" white paper "Religious Liberty in the U.S. Today" A survey of restraints on religious freedom. October 1941 48 pages. B: Pamphlet 5.5" x 8.25" September 1943 "A Report on the Treatment of Concientious Objectors in World War II Conscience and the War" published by the American Civil Liberties Union. C: Pamphlet 5.5" x 8.25" January 1943 "Jehovah's Witnesses and the War" published by the ACLU. D: Pamphlet 5.5 " x 8.5" "The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties"by O.K. Fraenkel published by the ACLU June 1941 56 pages. E: Pamphlet 6" x 9.25" "Appellant's Reply Brief U.S. Court of Appeals No. 2973 Shigeru Fuji vs. The United States" gray cover 9 pages. F: Pamphlet 6" x 9.25" "Appellant's Reply Brief U.S. Court of Appeals No. 2973 Shigeru Fuji vs. The United States" blue cover 13 pages. G: Pamphlet 6" x 9.25" "In the Supreme court of the United States October Term 1944 ... Minola [Minoru] Tamesa Petitioner vs. the United States of America Respondent. Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circut Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit..." H: Pamphlet 6' x 9.25" brown cover "Reply Brief on Petition for Writ of Certiorari" October term 1944. I: Pamphlet 6'" x 9.25" gray "Petition for Rehearing" October 1944. J: Pamphlet 6 " x 9.25" "Kiyoshi Okamoto paul Nakadate Tsutomu Wakaye Frank Emi Minoru Tamesa Isamu Horino and Guntaro Kubota petitioners vs. USA Petition for Writ of Certiorari ... and brief support..." October 1944. K: Notebook 7" x 8.5" spiral bound with a penciled list of names and addresses of Heart Mountain internees involved in draft resistance movement and being sent to Leavenworth Kansas prison. List of visitors on the last page. L: Bulletin 8.5" x 14" white paper with black mimeographed printing "Fair Play Committee" statement of purpose and means. M: Letter 8" x 10.5" March 2 1944 blue paper carbon copy from Minoru Tamesa to Draft Board protesting reclassification as 1-A and asking for deferment to join the military until the civil rights of Japanese American internees is restored. N: Letter 8" x 10.5" March 6 1944 from draft board representative to Min Tamesa telling him that he has been reclassified by the War Department Intelligence Division and was so notified. O: Letter 8" x 10.5" April 25 1944 ordering Min Tamesa to report for preinduction physical in Powell Wyoming. P Q R: Complaint and Arrest Warrent for Min Tamesa for attempting to leave the Heart Mountain Internment camp without permission. March 30 1944. S: Letter 8" x 10.5" April 29 1944 carbon on carbon paper excerpt from letter to Heart Mountain Sentinel written by Min Tamesa. T: Instruction Document 8" x 10.5" carbon copy "Appendix 3 Defendant's Requested Instruction No. 2" 8 page letter from Judge Eugene Rice. U: Instruction Document 8" x 10.5" carbon copy "Appendix 4 Defendant's Requested Instruction No. 1" 8 page letter from Judge Eugene Rice. V: Letter 8" x 10.5" Carbon copy of letter to Franklin Roosevelt from Frank Nishikawa of the Rohwer camp in Arkansas asking about the rights of Japanese Americans in relation to the Selective Service. W: Letter 8" x 10.5" to Frank [Emi] and friends from George Ishikawa carbon copy prior to the trial. X: Court transcript 8" x 10.5" April 22 1944 Carbon copy of "Appendix 1" to the US supreme court from 9th circuit court of appeals regarding the case of Mitsuye Endo. Y: Court transcript 8" x 10.5"Carbon copy of "Appendix 2" in the Northern division of the US District court for the Northern District of California regarding the case of Masaki Kuwabara. Z: Court transcript 8" x 10.5" carbon copy 10th Circuit Court of Appeals "Notice of Motion for order admitting Appelants to Bail on Appeal" AA: Court transcript 8" x 10.5" March 22 1945 Carbon copy Appeal of Shigeru Fuji for conviction for refusing to be part of the draft. BB: Speech 8.5" x 11" 11 mimeographed pages " The Testimony of Conscience" given by Charles Smith a justice on the Washington State Supreme Court on July 28 1974 at the Blaine Memorial Methodist church Seattle on Min Tamesa's resistance to the draft. CC: Flyer 8.5" x 11" white paper notice of public program with the draft resisters of Heart Mountain sponsored by the JACL. May 29 1992 in San Jose CA.

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