Diamond, Joseph 1920-12-26
| Description: |
Letter to Eugene V. Debs on Socialist Party Bronx County, New York letterhead, 12/26/1920. Writes that on behalf of the forty students who are enrolled in his Socialist Sunday school class, he is sending a basket of fruit. Mentions that some of the children come up to him every day and ask, When is Debs coming out of jail? Says that the children raised the money themselves for the Christmas basket by putting on a pageant, directed by Ida Phillips, a fifteen year old girl. Writes that the children wrote a special song in his honor which concluded the pageant. Note from Eugene V. Debs to Theodore Debs on envelope says that the letter he received from Diamond stirred his emotions. Asks Theodore Debs to send the children a letter saying the song they wrote filled his eyes with tears. |
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| Origin: | 1920-12-26 |
| Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/evdc/id/6742 |
| Collection: |
Eugene V. Debs Correspondence |
| Subjects: |
Amnesty Children Christmas Political prisoners Socialist Party of the United States of America United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia Songs Famous Hoosiers Labor |
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