Telegram Announcing that President Harding Commuted Debs Sentencing

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. TELEGRAM.

Washington, DECEMBER 24, 1921.

WARDEN, U. S. PENITENTIARY, ATLANTA, GA.

PRESIDENT HAS COMMUTED SENTENCE EUGENE V. DEBS TO EXPIRE CHRISTMAS DAY, NINETEEN TWENTY-ONE. HE SHOULD BE RELEASED ACCORDINGLY. WARRANT MAILED YOU LATER. ANSWER.

DAUGHERTY.