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1934 - Military: Mrs. Bergdoll Begs President To Pardon Noted Draft Dodger

Reel Number: 250001-16

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1934

Country: USA

Location: Chester,Pennsylvania

TC Begins: 01:15:36

TC Ends: 01:16:30

Duration: 00:00:54

1934 - Military: Mrs. Bergdoll Begs President To Pardon Noted Draft Dodger 01:15:43 MCU woman wearing pearls, looking to camera beside picture of FDR: SOF: “I have written to the President for a pardon for my boy & he did not reply. Maybe he’s waiting for you, his people, to write to him. My house would be much brighter if my son & his children would be around. And I am looking forward to seeing him; I am 73 years of age & not in the best of health. And I won’t have many years left. 01:16:23 I hope our great President will pardon my boy and make me a happy mother again before I die.” Conscientious Objector; Peace Protester; Anti-War; President Roosevelt; Pacifist; NOTE: Plea by Emma C. Bergdoll, mother & wife of wealthy brewer. Son Grover Bergdoll alleged to have deserted from Army & fled to Germany after arrest in 1920, returned to USA in late May, 1939 & arrested & convicted Oct39.

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