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Stop Throwing Pop Bottles at the Umpire!
Letters to President Roosevelt Concerning the Court Packing Proposal
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(Written on Letterhead)

THE GANNETT NEWSPAPERS
Frank Gannett, President

March 1, 1937

Chas. Foreman Hill, Esq.
102 No. Broadway,
St. Louis, Mo.

Dear Mr. Hill:

The Supreme Court is in peril. It cannot speak for itself.

If the vital principle of the complete independence of the judiciary is to be understood by the American people, the legal profession must help plead the case.

The fight to protect our Supreme Court from subordination to the executive CAN BE WON. It requires organization, national and local; immediate aggressive action-and enough money to carry the cost of awakening public opinion. I have joined with others in organizing a national non-partisan committee to carry on this fight.

Will you take the United States Supreme Court as your client? Will you plead its case among your friends and associates, your clients and every citizen in your community?
Will you sign and circulate the enclosed petition?
Will you con tribute to the expenses of this national, non-partisan organization--the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government--to carry on the work of nation-wide education and organized protest?
Will you go to your clients and urge them to give financial aid to this Committee so that its work may be effective?

Please return by earliest mail the enclosed blank with your suggestions and the contributions you secure.

Yours sincerely,

Frank E. Gannett

Checks should be made payable to Frank E. Gannett, treasurer