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Title
Public proclamation no. 5
Creator
DeWitt, John L., 1880-1962: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-03-30
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
Public proclamation No. 5 issued by Lieutenant General J. L. DeWitt, announcing regulations to be followed by all Japanese, German, and Italian non-citizens, and all persons of Japanese ancestry. These include specifications for groups of people who may write to apply for exemption from exclusion and forced removal. Proclamation was mailed to the American Civil Liberties Union office in San Francisco.
The ACLU-Northern California case file records contain legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the case argued before the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States (1944), challenging the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066.
Type
text
Format
Pamphlets; Leaflets
2 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches
application/pdf
Identifier
MS-3580-1385_0012
chs_ms3580_0012
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/48749
Language
English
Subject
World War II--'Enemy Alien' Classification
World War II--Administration--Western Defense Command
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders
Geographic communities--California--San Francisco
Place
San Francisco, California
Source
California Historical Society
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project; 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--Korematsu, Fred, 1942-1946

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