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Title	Harriman, Job 1918-06-03
Abstract	Letter to Eugene V. Debs on INTERNATIONALIST letterhead, 6/3/18. Says that he is writing to ask Eugene V. Debs to write a series of articles on social revolution for the INTERNATIONALIST. Tells Eugene V. Debs that as long as what he writes will not lead to suppression of the newspaper he can cover any topic he wishes. Mentions that he would be willing to pay Eugene V. Debs $10 to $15 for every 1,500 word article that he submits. Assures Eugene V. Debs that he agrees with him that the Socialist Party needs to restate its position regarding the war.
Author	Harriman, Job, 1861-1925
Recipient	Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926
Repository	Special Collections Department. Indiana State University Library, Terre Haute, Indiana, 47809.
Date digital	2008-05-29
Date original	1918-06-03
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Vigo County -- Terre Haute -- 1874-1977
Subject	Cooperative societies -- United States Cooperation and socialism -- United States Llano Colony (Secular community) Internationalist Publications Socialism -- United States -- Newspapers
WV3 Subject	Famous Hoosiers Labor
Provenance	Cooper, Marguerite Debs
Type	text
Material Type	Correspondence
Technical Metadata	image/tiff; Microtek 9800 XL; Adobe Photoshop CS2 8.0; 300 ppi;
Copyright	Digital image (c) 2008 Indiana State University Library, Terre Haute, Indiana.
Item ID	evd-lettersh-00054.tif;
Notes	The Inernationalist, which was the main publcation of the Ilano del Rio community, first started out as the Western Comrade, and was a paper that was for reading by the general public. Ilano del Rio was a worker's corporation tht was founded in 1914 by Job Harriman, who was a Marxist lawyer. Its first location was in southern California, but it relocated in 1917 to Leesville, Louisiana and thrived for some years. Eugene V. Debs was a regular contributor to the publication.

Harriman, Job 1918-06-03

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