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Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0022 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 May 1943 Pagination: 6 p. : Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 12.4 cm Order a Copy

Sylvia talks about yesterday's Labor Rally for the War Effort that didn't have the same spirit as a May Day Parade. The speakers were Senator [Claude] Pepper, Mayor La Guardia, Paul Robeson, and the French woman editor of the Free French Paper. David and Lil write postscripts to the letter.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989
La Guardia, Fiorello Henry, 1882-1947
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976

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