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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.
Title
Brochures, letters, reports, flyers, etc. pertaining to the court case of the Heart Mountain draft resisters at the same camp.
Object ID
1997.022.002