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Memo from Judge Jackson H. Ralston to Ernest Besig, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, August 9, 1943

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Title: Memo from Judge Jackson H. Ralston to Ernest Besig, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, August 9, 1943
Creator: Ralston, Jackson H.: author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1943-08-09
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information: 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.
Description: Memo from Jackson H. Ralston to Ernest Besig regarding a bill from Supreme Court clerk for the cost in the Gordon Hirabayashi case. Ralston writes "to save time am forwarding my check." Hirabayashi is misspelled "Hirabayaski." Memo from Besig to Ralston on verso: "My dear Judge Ralston, Please excuse the delay in returning the money you advanced in the Hirabayashi case. I did not abscond with the A.C.L.U. fortune and then change my mind; I was merely on a vacation. I'm sorry you weren't at the last meeting. We really could have used your wisdom, because the problem was a tough one. Lacking your help, we did the best we could and hope you'll approve. I'll look forward to seeing you at the next meeting."
The ACLU-Northern California case file records contain legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the case Ex parte Mitsuye Endo (1944), in which the United States Supreme court unanimously ruled that the federal government could not indefinitely detain United States citizens who were loyal to the government. Files include documents related to the Gordon Hirabayashi Supreme Court case Hirabayashi v. United States.
Type: text
Format: Memorandum
2 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier: MS-3580-1127_0019
chs_ms3580_0204
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/53116
Language: English
Subject: 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--Gordon Hirabayashi
World War II--Resistance and dissidence--Supreme Court cases--Mitsuye Endo
Activism and involvement--Civil rights
Activism and involvement--Civil liberties
Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Legal cases
Place: Palo Alto, California
Source: California Historical Society
Relation: California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt009nf073/
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California Records--Case Files, 1934-1993--Endo, Mitsuye, 1942-1944

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