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                                            een ~d are In close* frjen~d1~#~?~C%nt)ac~t~
           ng this-     ~~~t~~ly o~0ns~ious that You are acting aB ~~&ttorney
  that inrar~ous vagrancy case, noisily ~~~ed    the nation's press in ,a~ in-,
                                                      by
  ,atten:pt to justiry the murder or the Rosenbergs,  I a- addressing you thus,
  in publie, because Rosenberg Derense Conmittee Publioity~ listing you as its
  -speaker, !!TLLst have raised questions in the minds-or thousand,s~  And Open
  Letter, inviting an  ,      ply, is my'way ~r ~~i~ that you clariry t.~ose,-

  thousa~ds~    ,, ,--, `, Op,e)?e         - -J., 1'\) , -- -   , A
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        In   at noble etort' last June, then you and ?yke  armer cax'ri'ed t~)'
  ~ashingt0n ry petition in behalr of Juli~5 and Ethel ~osenberg, almost.
  Snatchin  them from death, you faced the ugly s,abot~e of the Rosenberg
  Defense  ornmittee.  Collecting thousands or dollars in Los Angeles alone
  ,tts contemptible leadership refused to provide you and I'~~ Fa~rner with
  Biuch a- the -transportation costs for the'effdrt which shook the' nation and
  the worlds  Only after the Rosenbergs were dead- did Joseph Brainin and
  David and Emily Alman remind themselves  o phone you,at 1Iotel Tudor in Ned"
  York and offer you the funds    go

  -"   ``The Erainins and bans and'their lo'cal equi~al~~t5 have nbw 1appo'int'e'4' .,~`

- the'mselves to lealership of the effort to free !~rton Sobell. The liber&tiot&
  of Sobell,  The liberation of Sobell, being insoparably linked with the  --
  vindication of the Rosenbergs, a r:oveirent to free hid zr~st be started as' ~.-W,7
  "quickl~'e~ P033ible~  But-- it ~o~ld ,be chitdis~ to trust the'~sabo'~o~'urs~V -
  the Rosenberg defense with the cond'-~ct of-a movement to ~iberate"sobeli.   $`!~~
  ~e only liberating t   - ,ca~ effectively ,do , ,,                 ,   public
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      "There' is need'ror'a na'tic'nal flovenerj't to free ~obell~  But'~it ?1ust be
  not a movement which forns its elf in the dark.  It bust be formed by tile
  der'i.ocratio p"rocess, in the course of-a ~~l~p'ubiic~~~~ conference, after a
  full and' free discussion taking in the facts of tie Rosenberg~ca~~~~~ the',%,
  experience Painfully gained in the 9osenb'erg' defense.  YQ~ know very well,
  ~!L5. ~~r~hall,, that t he Cor~~zrittee leaders 1111- let Sobeii rat in Alcatraz  )-
- rather than bring out certain ~ungly facts, in the, conduct of the ~os~nberg       `ffij~'
- de,%ense.,,  ~~.%  $ %``y      -:,  --`.- ~~`,~~,~T,.~~',   `     "WY   - `  .,)~`-," $`

    ,ffl-- On' the 17th `of June, while you `here' in `~~ashi'ngt0n~ D&r&t'h~ !"~~shai'j$w'a's"""
  invited$ut declined to chair a Rosenber  defense, rally In'Channing ?Iall1
  Unitarian Church,'  On July 16, you, ~. ~arsn'all,' were invited but declined
  to address' a R6senberg Dedication :eetin~ held in bark ~~nor~  In both of ,
  t:iose instances, it was clear to, those in the know that this was not be.    ffl4%
  cause the ~iar5halls'w.re losing iflterest'in the Rosenbergs, but ,because tii""&y~-
  would not associate themselves Publicly with tho's9, under whos$   ,,sp,i~,os   `  jf~
  the,se rnee,,tings Were,b,ei,n,g rung   `,,~:, :- -- ,,,,,-" `\"` `$4,7, ~~-~~~~~ `   "- "%%-",`,, ~~ffi',~"~'#"

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    - -y'~~' `8''peech"e"~ w'ili, no doubt,' shed light on aspect's' of `the'  case wh'er'e' -
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    a'y there reigns c,onfusi0n~  But your presence is botind to give a false   `5:~
  5ence `of, security tQ many who would otherwise hav'e )eg~tirn~te misgiv'in'g's7.  ,:,`
  Under the ctrcunstances, I think you owe it ,t,o, the' friends o,f,t he Rosenber
  and ~  ell and             `.`.  o,               Posi,,tion.  `.,`-~ -          -,  `-,% ,`-, , `A.,',-
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