Emanuel Haldeman-Julius was a writer for Appeal to Reason, a socialist publication, and would later buy the publication with Marcet Haldeman-Julius, his wife, to publish the Little Blue Books paperback series. This letter, addressed to J. Howard Flower, mistakenly claims a "Father O'Grady" (in actuality, Father Thomas McGrady), wrote "The Catholic Church and Socialism," a popular pamphlet published by Appeal to Reason. Haldeman-Julius also briefly discusses "Father O'Grady's" struggles with the Catholic Church as a priest in support of Socialism and a possible reprint of the pamphlet. With the letter, a copy of an obituary of Thomas McGrady written by Eugene V. Debs is included in the collection.