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    "ocrText": "MAR 17 1967\nHaw\nMr. & Mrs. Alexander Boncze, Jr.\n4616 Buchanan Street\nGary, Indiana.\n46406\nKr. President:\nWe present our case to you.\nman among men. We are\nonly the little people in our great American society of today,\nbut we are the people of the United States of America.\nOur positions are not that of leaders. Our occupations\nare not that of Kings. Our father is God\n.Our\nmother\nis\nMary. Our birthplace. Heaven! Our Our\nvoices have been neglected. Our pleas have not been acknow-\nledged, for we are of the poverty-stricken class of people.\nOur pookets do not bulge with gain. Our income totals\nthat of a pauper. Our debts consume the entire amount. Our\nhome is up for sale hope of a new start in life. Our lives\nare not lived for self-artisfaction, but for our children.\nTo have two. One boy and one girl. Our daughter is married.\nTo now are alone.\nOur case is that of our son, Alex Beneve. Alex is 16\nyears of age. At the age of 15, he was adjoined in a theft\naccount with a certain Ronald Newwirth Ronald being 18\nyears of age.\nAlex was tried and sentenced in January of 1967 through\nJuvenile Court to the Indiana Youth Center at Indiana Boy's\nSchool in Plainfield, Indiana. Ronald Neuwirth was tried and\nsentenced through Criminal Court, for this was not his first\noffense in robbery, to Greencastle, Indiana.\nBefore Ronald Neuwirth's sentence was served fully, he\nwrote & letter to Governor Branigin (Governor of Illinois)\nand requested freedom. Upon doing so, he was fully pardonned.\nWe have written the Governor three times for our son's\npardon as well. My daughter has written once. Her husband\nhas done the same. Our son has also written him. We have\n\"neard nothing. Our prayers go unanswered. You are our last\nhope for justice.\nWe ask.\n\"Can it be possible that our son, Alex Benoze,\nis to carry the full sentence of this orime in his heart for\nthe wrong-doings of two?\" Is this what our great American\nsociety of today calls \"JUSTICE?\" One is released, free to\nwalk the streets while the other pays for both their orine.\nA young boy's mind can be twisted and molded from the 4\nteachings of our leaders and parents. Our son writes us and\nasks Why? Why was he chosen to inherit the bitter parts of\nlife? Is it because he is not important? Is it because\njustice is only meant for some and not others? My philosophy\nis \"Be he white or be he black\nbe he rich in wealth or\nrich in heart\nUnder God, be they brothers!\" But, alas,\nour philosophy of life does not hold true.\nOur son has well learned his lesson. His letters show\nhis true face. He is but & boy praying for freedom and acknow-\nledgement. Begging for the same chance in life that Ronald"
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