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dl “it a ere : Mo tee alle KR it ti ale alt —F% ee OS Vd _ BFC 100=11459 NEW YORK DIVISION 1. Type of Communication: Hendwritten letter 2. Postmerk on Envelope: New York ‘17; New York, 5/5/55 3. Directed to: Federal Parole Board 4. Address of sender: not indicated S. Text of Communication: "Dear Sir: I urge you to use your high office and grant a parole to the victim of the Smith Act, CLAUDIA JONES. "This great fighter for the negro people is suffering with a heart ailment which might prove fatal if her confinement is continued. "Hoping in the name of decency an humanity you will grant her a parole, I remain truly yours, (elect. QO. Trade Jnions" i 1. Type of Communication: Handwritten letter 2. Date of letter: 5/4/55 3. Directed to: Federal Parole Board 4. Address of sender: 315 E. Ui3rd Street, New York 51, New York. 5. Text of Communication: "Dear Sir: The continued imprison- ment of Miss CLAUDIA JONES is a disgrace for the United States in the eyes of the world. "A woman with a serious heart silment, is being kept in a Jimcrow prison and denied the necessary diet requirements and medicine, for the sole reason, that Miss JONES holds unpopular views at the present time. on "We protest this horrible Justice committed against ; this courageous negro woman. We dema er immediately release. | /s/ Mr. and Mrs. s XSEECER" ian -10-