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doc Statement of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) (ddr-densho-122-271)

Presented by Edward J. Ennis

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-271/

doc Coram Nobis Exhibit Q (ddr-densho-405-19)

Memo regarding the Japanese brief. This document was Exhibit Q in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, and Frank Wu.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-405-19/

doc Coram Nobis Exhibit X (ddr-densho-405-26)

Correspondence from John L. Burling to Edward J. Ennis regarding the "evacuation of Japanese from West Coast." This document was Exhibit X in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, and Frank …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-405-26/

doc Notice to Internees and Families (ddr-densho-356-924)

Notice from Edward Ennis informing internees and their families that rehearings can happen if they submit new and substantial evidence to the Alien Enemy Hearing Board regarding the loyalty of the individual in question.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-924/

doc Letter from Edward Ennis (ddr-densho-67-126)

Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Hughes from Edward Ennis. Ennis is responding to a letter written by the couple protesting internment. Ennis assures them that the government will not take away the constitutional rights of Japanese Americans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-126/

doc Memorandum for the Solicitor General, Re: Japanese Brief (ddr-densho-67-68)

Memo to the Solicitor General from Edward J. Ennis about an article written by Lt. Com. K. D. Ringle. Pg. 1: Ennis summarizes the article, which states that the Japanese are loyal, thus internment should have been on an individual basis. Pg. 2: Ringle's views are shared by the Navy, who thinks that evacuation was handled …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-68/

doc Letter to a Nisei regarding his father's parolee status (ddr-densho-203-24)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-203-24/

doc Letter regarding Issei's parole status (ddr-densho-203-8)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-203-8/

doc Letter to a Nisei regarding his father's parolee status (ddr-densho-203-34)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-203-34/

doc Coram Nobis Exhibit Z (ddr-densho-405-28)

Memo from Edward J. Ennis to Francis Biddle regarding the "Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942." This document was Exhibit Z in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-405-28/

doc Letter from Ernest Lefever to President Roosevelt and forwarding by Edward J. Ennis (ddr-densho-1007-1037)

Xeroxed copy. Advocates against the internment of Japanese Americans. Response is from Edward J. Ennis, director of the Alien Enemy Control Unit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1037/

doc Letter from R. A. Eisenberg to President Roosevelt and response from Edward J. Ennis (ddr-densho-1007-1034)

Xeroxed copy. Advocates against the internment of Japanese Americans. Response is from Edward J. Ennis, director of the Alien Enemy Control Unit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1034/

doc Letter from Forrest Lear to Attorney General Francis Biddle and response from Edward J. Ennis (ddr-densho-1007-1035)

Xeroxed copy. Advocates against the internment of Japanese Americans. Response is from Edward J. Ennis, director of the Alien Enemy Control Unit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1035/

doc Letter regarding parolee status (ddr-densho-203-23)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-203-23/

doc Memo from Edward Ennis to Charles Fahy (ddr-densho-67-113)

Memo from Edward Ennis to Charles Fahy on the Korematsu case. Ennis discusses the possibility of an appeal by Korematsu and what actions they would have to take. Also warns that this case and others are the first that question the constitutionality of internment.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-113/

doc Memo regarding DeWitt's Final Report (ddr-densho-67-101)

Memo from Edward Ennis to Francis Biddle regarding DeWitt's Final Report. Ennis describes how the War Department tried to keep the report away from the Department of Justice until he saw it by accident. Ennis is protesting the way that DeWitt portrayed the Attorney General and the Justice Department. He suggests that they convince the War …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-101/

doc Memo regarding DeWitt's Final Report (ddr-densho-67-114)

Memo from Edward Ennis to Paul Freund on DeWitt's Final Report. Ennis does not want the government to use the report to justify internment because of all the false statements in it.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-114/

doc Memo regarding the Endo case (ddr-densho-67-117)

Memo from Edward Ennis to Lewis Sigler regarding the Mitsuye Endo case.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-117/

doc Information concerning claims under the evacuation claims law (ddr-densho-430-85)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-430-85/

doc Letter from Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit, to Teru Koyama, on the parole of her husband, Keizaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-241)

Photocopy of a declassified type letter from Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit, to Teru Koyama. He informs her that her husband's parole has been approved and that arrangements are currently being made to have him sent to the War Relocation Center to be reunited with his family.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-241/

doc Coram Nobis Exhibit B (ddr-densho-405-4)

Memo from Edward J. Ennis to Herbert Wechsler regarding Korematsu v. United States. This document was Exhibit B in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, and Frank Wu.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-405-4/

Letter from University of California Berkeley Vice President Monroe E. Deutsch to President Roosevelt and response from Edward J. Ennis (ddr-densho-1007-1036)

doc Letter from University of California Berkeley Vice President Monroe E. Deutsch to President Roosevelt and response from Edward J. Ennis (ddr-densho-1007-1036)

Xeroxed copy. Advocates against the internment of Italian, German and Japanese Americans. Response is from Edward J. Ennis, director of the Alien Enemy Control Unit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1036/

doc Interview with Edward Ennis (ddr-densho-67-97)

Interview with Edward Ennis, U.S. Department of Justice attorney. Ennis recalls his feelings about evacuation, internment and reparations. He also describes the roles and opinions of President Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, General DeWitt, Attorney General Francis Biddle and others.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-97/

doc Coram Nobis Exhibit BB (ddr-densho-405-30)

Memo regarding changes to a footnote dealing with Korematsu v. United States and the "Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942." This document was Exhibit BB in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-405-30/

doc Coram Nobis Exhibit A (ddr-densho-405-3)

Memo from Edward J. Ennis to Charles Fahy regarding United States v. Hirabayashi, Yasui, and Korematsu. This document was Exhibit A in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, and Frank Wu.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-405-3/

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