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April 12, 1927.
Dear Governor Fuller: --
May we the undersigned beg you to consider in your review of the Sacco-[Vanzetti] case the striking resemblance it bears to the Dreyfus [affair] both in the minds of many foreign born citizens in the United States and thousands of people in other parts of the world. They are convinced that the verdict did not rest solely upon the submitted evidence, but is an example of that unfairness which is inevitable when an individual is judged not by his own [acts] but upon his group and racial affiliations which are grossly misunderstood.
Such judgment has been the historic foundation of intolerance and we believe you have an opportunity to break through a stultification which is gradually increasing in the United States but which should have no place on American soil.
Hoping we are not presuming upon your courtesy, we are
Sincerely yours,
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