Swipe File AA
GDMSL-64. “Can you give me the number of a good hotel where I can stay until I get a job.” Craig inquired rather plaintively of the operator, adding that he was on his own and had no place to go.
OCTOBER 1982 COVENANT HOUSE UNDER 21 [Unreadble Address] Hello, my friends, It was 1:30 in the morning of a warm, starry night when Craig stole out of the large, quite house in suburban Maryland, down the long winding drive running through acres of manicured lawn to the waiting taxi. At the airport the boy discovered there were no early morning flights to New York so he grabbed another cab to the bus terminal in Baltimore, just in time to hop a bus for the Big Apple. Craig arrived in New York City’s mammoth Port Authority Bus Terminal at 6:00 A.M. He was barely 12. At that hour in the morning […]
GDMSL-63. If you decide to keep The Collection, you will be elected (or re-elected) a Sustaining Member of the National Trust. Your name, as the original purchaser, will be entered in a special bound volume which will be maintained in the National Trust Archives.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation 740-748 Jackson Place, N. W. - Washington D.C. 20006 Dear Friend, I think this is important. George Washington was two years old when John Drayton, a member of the King’s Council for the Colony of South Carolina, broke ground for a two-story brick mansion on the Ashley River, 12 miles upstream from Charleston. It stood sturdily through the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and is one of the few great Carolina houses to escape the ravages of the Civil War. And although Drayton Hall has stood the tests of time since 1738 and is celebrated as one of the great architectuiral and […]
GDMSL-61. Even though these Klansmen had never met Marvin and had nothing against him personally, they kidnapped him at gunpoint from a city street as he was going to a convenience store. The next morning, Marvin Davis's body was found hung by the neck from a tree in a black neighborhood.
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER KLANWATCH PROJECT 1001 South Hull StreetMontgomery. Alabama 36195 Dear Friend, I hope you will take the enclosed police photograph very seriously. The family of Marvin Davis will forever remember their visit to the Mobile, Alabama, morgue to identify his body. Only a few hours earlier, he had been laughing with friends and planning a happy future after graduation from junior college. Members of the Mobile Klavern of the Ku Klux Klan had other plans for 19-year-old Marvin Davis. Even though these Klansmen had never met Marvin and had nothing against him personally, they kidnapped him at gunpoint from a city street as he was going to […]
GDMSL-60. BLIND PEOPLE CAN SUCCEED IF THEY CAN GET SOMEONE TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE. That’s why we still need your continued support.
Sometimes it hurts to be blind… Dear Friend, Lisa wants you to have this shiny penny. I hope you’ll keep it as a very important reminder of her urgent, compelling need. The penny tells the story of each blind child’s hope… the story of every blind person’s search for the understanding which leads to freedom. Because people like you care about us, we’ve come a long way since the tin cup days. We thank you sincerely for the positive role you play in our lives… and hope, you’ll never stop your support. I think you understand the truth about us: Sad to say, there’s still many miles to go for […]
GDMSL-59. When Eddie Rickenbacker was adrift on that raft in the Pacific, without food or water and all but dead, a ship sailed by in the east.
THE MIAMI UNIVERSITY FUND April, 1974 Just the right instant: When Eddie Rickenbacker was adrift on that raft in the Pacific, without food or water and all but dead, a ship sailed by in the east. Those on the raft could see the ship, but it was far away. From shipboard they were but a tiny speck on a broad, broad sea. And the sun was setting on their 22nd --- and probably last --- day. Each wave would lift the raft for just an instant, then fall. But there were times during the minute or so while it crosses before the setting sun --- when, if someone on the […]
GDMSL-58. How much does it cost to enroll in this distinguished company of Republican activist? You may be surprised to learn that your annual membership dues are entirely up to you.
The United Republican Fund invites you to take part in a different kind of demonstration. Dear Fellow Republican: Must “demonstration” be a monopoly of the New Left? Some of us, members of the United Republican Fund, have an answer.It is: “Not by a damn sight!” Our members are proud to consider themselves “activists” in an old-fashioned, uniquely American way. We’ve been demonstrating, many of us, since before most of today’s young radicals were born. Ours is a different kind of demonstration… ...not with bricks or fire bombs, but with words, work, ideas, and dollars. ...not for revolution, anarchy, and chaos, but for responsible government, two-party government, and orderly change. In […]