Fair Play Committee

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1002-9-10)

Sending press releases and news bulletins to newspapers outside of camp

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-10/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1002-9-11)

Fair Play Committee's cause discouraged by the ACLU

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-11/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1002-9-15)

Description of trial: found guilty and sent to jail

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-15/

vh Frank Emi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1002-9-9)

Description of the Fair Play Committee: popularity of meetings

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9-9/

vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1002-11-20)

Becoming the editor of the Rocky Shimpo newspaper in 1944, publishing an editorial in support of the Fair Play Committee in Heart Mountain

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-11-20/

vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1002-6-6)

Description of the Fair Play Committee

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-6-6/

vh An oral history with Frank S. Emi - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-68-1)

An oral interview with Frank S. Emi, civil rights activist and leading figure of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Audio is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0169. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 3734_F01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-68-1/

doc Suggestions for resolutions about evacuees of Japanese ancestry (ddr-csujad-18-4)

Presents arguments and supporting "data" to assert that the claim that "America is a white man's country" is "un-American"; that the Government must make a greater effort to supply housing and financial aid for people who are resettling; that those opposing resettlement are "making a mockery of our war aim to ensure justice and freedom"; and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-18-4/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, May 31, 1993 (ddr-csujad-24-94)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin. Also included is a letter to Weglyn and a letter written by Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen about Japanese American draft resisters during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_011

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-94/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, April 7, 1994 (ddr-csujad-24-89)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she discusses the "The Day of Remembrance" and the Lim Report. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_006

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-89/

doc Tribute to Michi Weglyn by Toshiko Kawamoto, February 21, 1998 (ddr-csujad-24-168)

A tribute to Michi Weglyn written by Toshiko Kawamoto in which she talks about her husband Dave Kawamoto who was one of the 63 men at Heart Mountain incarceration camp to refuse induction into the military. According to Toshiko Kawamoto her husband had been taken to the Heart Mountain incarceration camp a few weeks shy of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-168/

doc Letter from Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen (ddr-csujad-24-92)

A letter from Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen regarding the exclusion of Nisei from universities in the United States during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_009

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-92/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, March 16, 1994 (ddr-csujad-24-93)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which Weglyn describes her conversations with James Omura. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_010

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-93/

doc Letter from Frank Chin (ddr-csujad-24-181)

A letter from Frank Chin arguing that their should be a day name after Japanese American activist James Omura, and describing the kind of celebration that should take place in his honor. The day Chin proposes in November 27th, Omura's birthday. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_74_01_014

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-181/

doc Letter from Eji Suyama (ddr-csujad-24-100)

A letter from Eji Suyama offering historical context for draft resistance by incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_08_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-100/

doc Letter to Helen Kawagoe, June 14, 1988 (ddr-csujad-24-101)

A letter to Helen Kawagoe about her campaign for president of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). In the letter the author argues for fighting for the JACL to recognize the bravery and sacrifices of Japanese American draft resisters during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-101/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin (ddr-csujad-24-90)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she mentions fundraising in an incarceration camp for the Girl Scouts. She also discusses trying to get Deborah Lim to go public with her report about the collaboration between the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and the U. S. government during World War II. The unflattering …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-90/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, March 14, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-537)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion by M. O. Anderson on threats towards Council members, the Fair Play Committee, camp publications, shoyu, and camp facilities. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0539

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-537/

doc Endorsement of government policies by the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play (ddr-csujad-55-1741)

List of principles with quotes endorsed by the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play. Statements cover segregation of disloyal Japanese Americans, right to serve in armed forces, "resettlement" to meet manpower shortages, and fair play for loyal Japanese Americans. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1743

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1741/

doc One for all-all for one (ddr-csujad-55-530)

Statement, "One for All - All for One" by the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. Covers the purpose of the committee and perspectives on the selective service program, Heart Mountain Community Council, and freedom of expression. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0532

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-530/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, March 10, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-536)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on Red Cross memberships, petition regarding restoration of rights, and the Council's standpoint on the Fair Play Committee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0538

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-536/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, February 26, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-529)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on camp facilities and Fair Play Committee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0531

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-529/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, February 22, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-526)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on labor, food, and Fair Play Committee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0528

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-526/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, March 6, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-533)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion with members of the Fair Play Committee on petitions and selective service. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0535

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-533/

doc One for all-all for one (ddr-csujad-55-534)

Statement regarding the Fair Play Committee's opposition to the selective service and notice of their refusal to attend the physical examination at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0536

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-534/

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