WIVES & CHILDREN TO PICKET WHITE HOUSE SEEKING RELEASE OF HUSBANDS & FATHERS
New York City (JFK+50) On May 2, 1922, the White House was to be picketed by wives and children of "114 men still in federal prisons serving sentences imposed during the war."
The wives & children want President Warren G. Harding to order the release their husbands & fathers.
The AP reports that banners will be carried reading "I never saw my daddy" & "Free all political prisoners".
Professor Harry F. Ward*, chairman of the ACLU**'s Board of Directors, said...
"The campaign for the release of these men is going on without a let up whatever the attitude of the administration."
*Dr. Harry Frederick Ward, Jr. (1873-1966) was born in London, U.K. & became a Methodist minister & political activist. HFW is best known as the 1st national chairman of the ACLU, 1920-1940.
**ACLU, founded in 1920 to defend & preserve individual rights & liberties granted by the Constitution & the laws of the United States.
SOURCE
"Children 'Crusaders' To Pickett White House In Plea For Prisoners," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 2, 1922, Library of Congress, www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
