600 prominent Americans ask President to rescind Biddle decision: An open letter sponsored by the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties

New York: the Federation, 1942. Pamphlet. 32p., wraps with two institutional stamps on the front wrap along with a small chip in the upper right hand corner else good condition, 5.25x7.25 inches. First fifteen pages are text, on the Bridges case and broader ramifications; the remainder is a list of signatories with their affiliations or other identification. The list includes Alice Stone Blackwell, Marc Blitzstein, Franz Boas, Herb Caen, Carrie Chapman Catt, Aaron Copland, Ralph Ellison, Guy Endore, Waldo Frank, Hugo Gellert, E. Haldeman Julius, Elia Kazan, Rockwell Kent, Carey McWilliams, Benjamin E. Mays, Budd Schulberg, Christina Stead, Donald Ogden (truncated) Stewart, Paul Tillich, Lynd Ward, William Carlos Williams, Art Young and many others. (Inventory #: 315424)