BAR HARBOR, ME.
DEAR SENATOR BORAH MAY I VENTURE TO URGE YOU AS CHAIRMAN OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO POINT OUT TO THE GOVERNOR OF [MASSACHUSETTS] THE VERY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES TO OUR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WHICH THE EXECUTION OF SACCO AND VANZETTI WOULD ENTAIL. [illegible] I HAVE LIVED FOR MANY YEARS IN AN IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE VISITED MEXICO AND THE [CARIBBEAN] AS WELL AS EUROPE AND I KNOW ONLY TOO WELL THE UNFORTUNATE EFFECT UPON OUR ALREADY STRAINED RELATIONS WITH LATIN PEOPLES EVERYWHERE. FROM TIME TO TIME A CONCRETE CASE OBTAINS A SYMBOLIC DIGNITY AND MEANING DIFFICULT TO ANALYZE BUT WHICH IS UNACCOUNTABLY RECOGNIZED AS SUCH ALL OVER THE WORLD. SUCH FOR INSTANCE WERE THE CASES ↑of↓ DREYFUS AND OF EDITH CAVELL. IS IT NOT THE PART OF STATESMANSHIP TO RECOGNIZE SUCH A [SITUATION] AND TO USE IT FOR [RECONCILIATION] AND UNDERSTANDING RATHER THAN ALLOW IT TO INCREASE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE PREJUDICED AND HARSH TO [page 2] FOREIGNERS AND ALSO INDIFFERENT TO THE CONVICTION AND SCRUPLES EXPRESSED NOT ONLY IN MANY ↑other↓ COUNTRIES BUT BY A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR ↑own↓ FELLOW CITIZENS. HOPING THIS LONG LETTER DOES NOT PRESUME UPON YOUR COURTESY I AM FAITHFULLY YOURS
JANE ADDAMS
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