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Letter, To: A Chara From: Dan O'Byrne, March 8, 1928.
Author
O'Byrne, Dan.
Date Added
11 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1928-03-08
Source
McGarrity Papers
Topic
McGarrity, Joseph, 1874-1940. O'Higgins, Brian, 1882-1963. Russell, Charles E. O'Beirne, Frank. Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916.
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17 gst 654h. St.
28/3/8 —
Mr. J. MeGarrity
\tlantic city, NJ.
3 chara:-
about two months ago we( District 1) decided to hold
a public meeting to commemerate Haster week '16. To ensure success
we asked Brian O'Higgins to come out from Ireland to deliver the
oration. O'Higgins has refused. :
after.a lot of talking we decided to carry on,if we
could get speakers. we are of opinion that,with you as chairman,
Charles E, Russell,of D.C. and Frank O'Beirne as speakers,we could
still make a huge success of it. .
qe have no idea what Russell's address is,and anyway
we don't know him well enough to ask him to come and speak for us.
go it was decided to have you ask him,as we are sure that if he is
inclined to do the needful,he will hardly refuse you.
It is imperative thet we know by next wonday if both
you and Russell will act,as time is short,and we intend to advertize
on a big scale s& at once. Will you please write him immediately?
xppearing in public is not in your line,and I feel
sure you will not like the idea, but after all some one must do it,
and I think that no one would fill the bill half as good as your
self,and again we must all be prepared to do anything we are capable
of. xlso we will have to hold a public meeting in N. Y. every master.
If not other organizations will,which will not be so good from our
view point.
“Tf you know of any other real good speakers you might
let us know, but promises to speak will not Satisfy us thepust be
positive that theywill put in an appearance ,as our meeting last
year was afiasco through non appearance of the principal speakers.
There must be no delay in anlmowledging this. we hold
a District meeting immediately after hearing from you,and we must
cram a whole lot of work in a very short space of time.
Fraternally