Moore, Samuel 1927-07-31

Description:	Letter to Theodore Debs, 7/31/1927. Says that he is motivated to write to Theodore Debs because he has not yet sent him a copy of an article he wrote about Eugene V. Debs. Tells Theodore Debs that he apologizes for his poor attempt to do justice to one so great as Eugene V. Debs. Writes that he does not like living in Chicago, Illinois. Remarks that he is having a difficult time finding a job because there is so much prejudice against the colored man as in the South. Includes an article titled Eugene Victor Debs, The Superman: A Close Up View of Him saying that while many others are more educationally equipped to write about Eugene V. Debs, he is doing so because his intimate association with him. Writes that he is privileged to have been considered a friend of Eugene V. Debs. Says that he first met Eugene V. Debs when he was taken to the hospital in the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia after suffering a nervous breakdown during his 10th month of solitary confinement. Remarks that this was where he first met Eugene V. Debs who took care of him until being sent back into solitary confinement. Writes that Eugene V. Debs spent much of the next month trying to get him released from solitary confinement after which he was returned to the prison hospital. Explains that this is when he became close to Eugene V. Debs and spent a great deal of his time talking to Eugene V. Debs and marveling at his wonderful nature. Says that Eugene V. Debs was the first man who ever treated him with any kind of kindness and it changed his life forever. Mentions that he had not known Eugene V. Debs one week before he knew that he wanted to be just like him. Writes that he is convinced that Eugene V. Debs was born to suffer like Jesus Christ.
Origin:	1927-07-31
Source:	http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/evdc/id/9157
Collection:	Eugene V. Debs Correspondence
Subjects:	Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 Famous Hoosiers Labor

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