Letter to Eugene, Katherine and Theodore Debs - December 19, 1923
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[December] 19, 1923. Eugene, Katherine &Theodore Debs, Terre Haute, Indiana. Dear, dear Comrades: Today is a great day. The federal political prisoners are unconditionally released, and the Post Dispatch says that they were released because their cases were presented on their individual merits to the President and to the public, and you will remember that yours were the first words of blessing and encouragement that came to us in St. Louis when the project of sending the living petition to Washington, armed with the individual studies of the cases, was presented. Our means were limited
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[page 2] E., K., T. Debs whole-heartedly and unhampered for the release of all of the class war prisoners in the many jails and penitentiaries through-out the country. All of us here send you our best love, and best wishes, Fraternally yours,
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| Title | Letter to Eugene, Katherine and Theodore Debs - December 19, 1923 |
| Creator | Uknown |
| Source | Uknown. Letter to Eugene ,Katherine and Theodore Debs. 19 December 1923. Frank P. O'Hare Papers, 1850-1960. A1152. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | In 1912, Frank O'Hare became editor of the Rip-Saw, a socialist monthly issued from St. Louis. He was married to the prominent socialist Kate Richards O'Hare, who was imprisoned during World War I (April 1919 |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918; Socialism--United States--Periodicals; Political prisoners--Government policy--United States; Political prisoners--United States; Espionage, American; Sedition--United States |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Children's Crusade for Amnesty; Rip-Saw |
| Site Accession Number | A1152 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | December 19, 1923 |
| Language | English |