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(Americana - Ireland - Manuscript - Revolutionary Politics - Frank P Walsh)Biblio.com

Two Related Typed Letters Signed By Frank P. Walsh 1864 - 1939 American Lawyer and Social Justice Advocate Written to Austin J. Ford Editor of the NY Irish World Newspaper Referencing William Harman Black for NY State Supreme Court

1922réf. 027397New York N.Y.: Not Published 1922. Frank P. Walsh 1864 - 1939 American lawyer "Influenced by his early poverty Walsh became a lifelong labor advocate and progressive democrat. With a successful law practice representing labor interests and with increasing political involvement in progressive reform politics at the state and local level Walsh emerged as a national figure by 1910In 1919 Walsh became chairman of the American Commission on Irish Independence a group of three private citizens who went to the Paris Peace Conference with the hope of obtaining Irish independence by bringing an Irish delegation to the conference. The commission conferred with Wilson and his key adviser Colonel Edward M. House and also visited Ireland where the members traveled widely and met with leaders of the revolutionary governmentAs chairman of the commission Walsh gave advice to Eamon DeValera the head of the Irish revolutionary government during his trip to the United States in 1919. Walsh took the lead in organizing the sale of bond-certificates to raise over $5 million for the Irish government. When the Civil War erupted in Ireland in 1922 Walsh successfully represented a committee of bond holders who demanded the return of their money. Walsh continued to counsel the bond holders and to advise DeValera during the 1920s.Walsh moved to New York City in 1919 and opened law partnerships in New York and Washington D.C. where he specialized in representing labor unions." Francis M. Carroll in the ANB Both letters dated October 25 1922 and accomplished on Walsh's letterhead. 1 ½ page a short note introducing the accompanying item below: 'I am very anxious to be of assistance to Mr. Black in his candidacy for Justice of the Supreme Court. of NY State In talking the matter over with Mr. Lawlor this morning I suggested that I might write you a letter on the subjectI am enclosing it to you" 2 1 ½ pages; "my law partner William Harman Black is the regular Democratic nominee for Justice of the Supreme Court running in Manhattan and the Bronxa man of broad human sympathies and democratic viewpoints.He was also my close associate and ally during the whole of the struggle for Irish Independence. It was he who first suggest to me the organization of the Protestant Friends of Irish Freedom at a time when the cause was little understood by our non-catholic friends. Afterwards he became one of the founders of the organization gave faithful service as an officer of the same and with ready voice and open purse fought the good fight" and humbly asking for Ford's endorsement of Black's candidacy; Black did become a NY State Supreme Court Justice. Both letters signed in green ink; with the mailing envelope. Both letters in very good condition. . Signed by Author. Typed Letters Signed. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback

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Burlage, Robb, Douglas Ireland (ed)Biblio.com

Johnson With Eyes Open 1964 booklet from SDS's Political Education Project

1964réf. H38971New York: Political Education Project associated with Students for a Democratic Society 1964. Wraps. Very good. Stapled sheets 18 pp. with cover sheets in blue; the rear sheet is the SDS Fall 1964 Literature List including ordering form. Very good with light tanning and discoloration to cover sheets. Very uncommon; OCLC records no holdings. A critique of LBJ from an activist's perspective. Burlage was a doctoral candidate at Harvard at the time. The University of Wisconsin website which has Burlage's papers has this biographical squib about him: Burlage's political activity began when he organized civil rights groups in the South from 1959 to 1961. He was active in the Students for a Democratic Society SDS from its organization and attended the Port Huron founding convention in 1962. From 1963 to 1964 Burlage worked with SDS's Economic Research and Action Project ERAP in Appalachia. For many years he also served on the SDS National Council. In 1965 Burlage began work with the Health Policy Advisory Center of the Institute for Policy Studies IPS. He became a resident fellow at IPS in 1967. In addition Burlage continued his interest in Appalachia; he served on the staff of the Tennessee State Planning Commission and initiated an Appalachian program known as People's Appalachia. In the course of this latter project Burlage corresponded with Todd Gitlin concerning urban migrants and wrote a review of Gitlin's book Uptown: Urban Poor in Chicago. During the 1970's Burlage continued his involvement in Appalachian work and with labor and health issues at IPS. In June 1975 he attended the conference on Public Planning sponsored by Mayor Paul Soglin's office in Madison Wisconsin. Burlage wrote a number of pamphlets for SDS in the early 1960's a book entitled New York City's Municipal Hospitals 1967 and co-authored a book with his father Four Walls of Pharmacy 1975. Political Education Project (associated with Students for a Democratic Society) unknown

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