Letter from the law firm of Lord, Day & Lord in New York, to Franklin W. Parks, city commissioner in Montgomery, Alabama.

In the letter the firm responds to a recent letter from Parks, in which he protested an advertisement that appeared in The New York Times to solicit funds for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legal defense. The firm argues that the newspaper is not responsible for the content of the ad, and it questio...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3439
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Summary:In the letter the firm responds to a recent letter from Parks, in which he protested an advertisement that appeared in The New York Times to solicit funds for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legal defense. The firm argues that the newspaper is not responsible for the content of the ad, and it questions Parks' objection to it: "We have been investigating the matter and are somewhat puzzled as to how you think the statements in any way reflect you. So far, our investigation would seem to indicate that the statements are substantially correct..."