Theodore Debs letter to Frank P. O'Hare - May 20, 1922
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May 20th., 1922. Dear Frank: You ask me not to answer yours of 19th, but I am sending you at least a line to thank you for your very sympathetic words regarding the passing of Mother Baur. Your message has the balm of healing in it for us all. I feared the pressure might be too great for you and Kate, the load too heavy, the tension too severe. I do hope Kate will not succumb as you seem to fear. By far the greatest part is over. The Crusade had made its record and no matter what happens from now on it has been a tremendous success. You are wise under the circumstances in taking the Crusade to Leavenworth and there the children and women should remain until their loved ones are released and it should be a pleasure as all as a duty of the labor and socialist movement to provid
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the pittance of support required to keep them there. It is unfortunate of course, that there should have been any lack of support, to say nothing of opposition, on the part of those who should have cheerfully given you their support regardless of what had taken place in the past or of any personal differences or misunderstandings. Nevertheless you have scored on the basis of the merits of your cause and in due time it will furnish its own complete vindication. We shall always feel that in what you have done and attempted to do for these poor children and their sad and cruelly wronged mothers and their shamefully persecuted fathers you have done a noble thing the record of which will stand to your everlasting credit in the annals of the labor movement. Yours as ever Theodore Debs
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| Title | Theodore Debs letter to Frank P. O'Hare - May 20, 1922 |
| Creator | Debs, Theodore |
| Source | Debs,Theodore. Letter to Frank P. O'Hare. 20 May 1922. 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 | May 20, 1922 |
| Language | English |