Mrs. Ellison is writing to Congressman George Schwabe, expressing her concern about the delay in passing bills to release servicemen who are fathers. She explains her personal situation, with her son Robert Lee Ellison still in the service despite having enough points to be discharged. She emphasizes the strain on her family and the need for her son to return home to take care of his family and work with them. She urges Congressman Schwabe to support the bill to release fathers and help her son come home.

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Appeal for Discharge of Servicemen Title: Fighting for Fathers: A Plea for the Release of Servicemen

Identifier:
CAC_CC_047_1_6_52_0003
Contributing Institution:
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Title:
Appeal for Discharge of Servicemen Title: Fighting for Fathers: A Plea for the Release of Servicemen
Date Created:
1946-04-01
EDTF:
1946-04-01
Creator:
unknown
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Language:
eng
Record Type:
correspondence
Collection:
George B. Schwabe Collection
Collection Finding Aid:
https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/37
Description:
Mrs. Ellison is writing to Congressman George Schwabe, expressing her concern about the delay in passing bills to release servicemen who are fathers. She explains her personal situation, with her son Robert Lee Ellison still in the service despite having enough points to be discharged. She emphasizes the strain on her family and the need for her son to return home to take care of his family and work with them. She urges Congressman Schwabe to support the bill to release fathers and help her son come home.
Congress:
79th (1945-1947)
Physical Location:
CAC_CC_47_1_0000, Box 6, Folder 52, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
Location Represented:
Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
Type:
Text
Extent:
2 Pages