Description
Telegram from the Local 6, Hotel, Restaurant and Club Employees & Bartenders Union, AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) to Patricia Stephens expressing "sympathy mixed with horror" that she was jailed and promising financial support from the union for her cause.
To
Due, Patricia Stephens, 1939-2012
Class of Service
This is a fast message unless it [illegible, torn] character is [illegible, torn] by the proper symbol.
WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAM
W.P. MARSHALL, PRESIDENT
The filing time shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination
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SYMBOLS
DL=Day Letter
NL=Night Letter
LT=International Letter Telegram
AA255 BB396
1960 APR 1 PM 4 13
B YXA040 DL PD=VG NEW YORK NY 1 316PME=
MISS PATRICIA [STEPHENS]
LEON COUNTY JAIL TALLAHASSEE FL0=
THE 500 DELEGATES OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE HOTEL AND CLUB EMPLOYEES UNION LOCAL 6 REPRESENTING 27000 MEMBERS IN NEW YORK CITY LISTENED WITH SYMPATHY MIXED WITH HORROR YOUR MESSAGE INDICATING THAT YOUR TEMPORARY ADDRESS IS THE TALLAHASSEE JAIL WE ASSURE YOU THAT YOU HAVE OUR UNLIMITED MORAL SUPPORT AND THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM OUR UNION TO THE GROUPS FIGHTING IN THE SOUTH AGAINST SEGREGATED LUNCH COUNTERS WILL BE FORTHCOMING
THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE
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