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Governor William Spry: September 27, 1915

in spite of our internal controversies, is after all the land where
Freedom most faithfully keeps open that pathway for individual talent
which is a basic necessity to human progress.

Recent newspaper statementsconvey the news of rumors
that insance an ill advised threats have been made to blow up the
Executive Mansion of Utah, in the hope, allegedly, of thereby coercing
your action in the Hillstrom case.

While it is true that threats and intimidation can have
only the opposite effect in most cases upon gentlement and brave men-
so that in this case it would not besurprising if you were to follow
the example set by Governor Johnson of California in the case of
Ford and Suhr - we would nevertheless urge our respectful belief
that consideration of the peculiar case of Joseph Hillstrom will
induce you to make sacrifice of your natural resentment as a gentle-
not permit these futile and irresponsible threats to in any way in-
fluence your decision of the Hillstrom case on its own intrinsic
merits.

With renewed assurance of our high esteem and consid-
eration for you, both as man and as a Governor.
We remain,

Sincerely and earnestly,
The Labor Defense League
of Chicago and Cook Co.
By House J. Jaxon Sec'y