(seq. 62)

Mrs. Lewis S. Thompson
Brookdale Farm
Red Bank, M.J.
July 5, 1945

Dear Mrs. Thompson:
You have come up with a new plan for
possible action regarding our fight for my freeom. I
want to give you my impression of your ideas.

Miss Rice came to see me last week and told
me about the talk you and enjoyed at Doctor's
Hill Top. One suggestion you made struck me as
being the real thing: You mentioned a Mr. H in N.J.
and having him take matters to a person in Chicago.
If this was pressed with all-out vigor I would feel
very confident of the outcome. However it would
be of utmost importance that the vigor which you
use on Mr. H. be carried on to the Chicago friend, so
that he in turn will be impressed and really go after
things determind to win. He certaintly could deliver.

I am impressed by this method very much: here's why:
a man who has worked with me night in this greenhouse
for the past twelve years won a commutation only last
week from life to thirty years. He accomplished this
by the same method you suggested-Only he used
different people who aren't nearly as important or capable
as those you have in mind. These friends must make up
their minds not to take 'no' for an answer.

Some time ago-six months to be exact-