From a letter from F. L. Thompson, Lansing, Mich., in _Lansing Tribune_,
February 3, 1899, after hearing Mr. Debs’ lecture on “Labor and
Liberty:”
“I was pastor at Pullman some years ago and know the truth of all
Mr. Debs said of that place. He might have said much more and still
have been fully within the truth.”
From hundreds of letters and telegrams that poured in upon Mr. Debs
during the A. R. U. strike and while he was in prison are here given a
few, to show how his strength was increased and his courage fortified by
loving words from home and friends everywhere: