Robert Morss Lovett to Jane Addams, August 12, 1927

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WESTERN UNION

BOSTON MASS AUGUST 12 1927

JANE ADDAMS

PLEASE FORWARD BAR HARBOR MAINE

WILL YOU JOIN A COMMITTEE CHOSEN FROM NORMAN HAPGOOD, FATHER JOHN RYAN, FRANK WALSH, ALEXANDER [MEIKLEJOHN], GLENN FRANK, WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE, CHARLES BEARD, JULIA LATHROP, MRS HENRY GODDARD LEACH, GEORGE KIRCHWEY, DAVID STARR [JORDAN], JOHN HAYNES HOLMES, SAMUEL [UNTERMYER], WILLIAM GREEN, OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, BISHOP MCCONNELL, FREMONT OLDER, ZONA GALE, FELIX ADLER, FLORENCE [KELLEY], HENRY [SLOANE] COFFIN, OTHERS IN ISSUING A CALL FOR CREATION OF NATIONAL CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO INDUCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OPEN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES WHICH ACCORDING TO AFFIDAVITS FROM DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS CONTAIN EVIDENCE TENDING TO PROVE THE INNOCENCE OF SACCO AND VANZETTI GOVERNOR FULLER AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE FAILED TO FACE THIS AND OTHER IMPORTANT PHASES OF THE CASE AND LEAVE THE MINDS OF MILLIONS GENUINELY CONVINCED THAT THE TWO MEN WERE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED WIRE IMMEDIATELY NATIONAL CITIZENS COMMITTEE HOTEL BELLEVUE BOSTON

ROBERT MORSS [LOVETT]

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