Guy Robertson wrote to Gov. Hunt April 13, 1944: “The Fair Play Committee has been causing us a little trouble as you perhaps noted in the newspaper releases, but it is my opinion and hope that the matter is subsiding and that the boys will now appear for their pre-induction physical examinations.” Frank Emi: “When the Army announced that they were going to draft the young men in the concentration camps of the same basis as the freemen on the outside, everybody was shocked. Whenever groups of your men got together, the unfairness of this latest action by the Government was the topic of their conversation. No one thought it was right. The Government did not mention a word about restoration of Civil Rights, nor Redress for the tremendous property losses and pauperization of the internees. They just said, “You’re going to be drafted into a segregated combat unit.” It was unbelievable!!” “The Fair Play Committee took up the draft issue. This latest action by the Government was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. We felt that it was not only unjust and immoral, but also legally questionable. We held public mass meetings in various sections of the camp discussing this latest move by the Government. We also distribute bulletins stating our position on the draft. In the beginning our messages were educational, but as time went on, we took a firmer stand on the draft.” Etc. “We were tried on the conspiracy charge in the same federal district court in Cheyenne, where the “63” were tried. We opted for a jury trial. We retained A.L. Wirin, a very competent Constitutional lawyer for the ACLU as private counsel. The ACLU, as an organization would not support us. He warned us that chances of winning at the district court level was pretty slim as ours was a Constitutional case. He felt that we had a better chance at the appellant level.” “As our lawyer predicted, the jury returned a “Guilty” verdict. Visiting Judge Eugene Rice sentenced the seven FPC leaders to 4 years in a federal penitentiary. We immediately appealed our convictions to the tenth circuit court of appeals.” Etc. “Finally, after 13 months and after the war ended in the Pacific, the Court issued their verdict. They reversed the convictions of all 7 FPC leaders.” Etc.