Bishop, Mae, 1920-01-08
| Description: |
Letter to Eugene V. Debs, 1/8/1920. Writes that she first heard Eugene V. Debs speak on his Red Special tour at his stop in Glenwood Springs, Colorado when she was sixteen. Says that she met him afterwards and that Eugene V. Debs took the time to answer her questions. Remarks that after she moved to Salt Lake City, Utah she became involved in the Socialist Party and the Peoples Council and since joining these organizations she has been blacklisted from the stenographers union, her home raided, and brought before the Department of Justice. Mentions that her current affiliation is with the Communist Labor Party. Tells Eugene V. Debs that she regrets the splitting apart of the Socialist Party. |
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| Origin: | 1920-01-08 |
| Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/evdc/id/1253 |
| Collection: |
Eugene V. Debs Correspondence |
| Subjects: |
Socialist Party of the United States of America Famous Hoosiers Labor |
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