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Claudia Jones — Part 9
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severe headaches, she would deserve a little human §ympathy
even if she were an undoubted criminal,
"Yet she is merely imprisoned for political views
which may be held honestly and have aften inspired self-
sacrifice even though the American Government may disagree with
them.
"This kind of thing is becomming widaly mown, and is
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Division 11, Luckenwalde, Germany
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LLNS Sam via
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5S. Text of Communication: "(Translation of German letter)
"We are deeply shocked to hear that
CLAUDIA JONES, a very sick person
had been imprisoned in the Federal Reformatory for Women in Alderson,
_ Virginia.
hai te
"For years patriot CLAUDIA JONES has fought against
injustice to white and colored people in the United States.
"We, the women of the Democratic Women's League, in
Luckenwalde, Division 11, violently protest against that terrori
8
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entence imposed upon a sincere fighting negreas. We request the
us blackening America's name all over the world. It would be
a better for the honor of America if her sentence was suspended,
Sle enabling her to return to her birthplace, the British West Indies.
oe This by its affect on her mind, might aid her recovery, but
ee a in any case, it would be more humane to deport her than to
ME sentence her to slow death.
i Pe "Yours very truly,
ee oe fs/ “ow. v. Amsicock
ies "THOMAS G.*TALHAM
woke J. M ON.
Hones G. Me*REVINON (partly iBlegible)
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Teo ih 1. Type of Communication: Transtetion’s Y German letter Sabed |
aA 3/25/55 na lbay, Aus
bre of Nn ee
: 2. Postmark on Envelope: No envelope contained in file.
eee :
pene 3. Directed to: Attorney General BROWNELL
4. Address of Sender: Democratic Women's League,
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