QUOTE : In July 1917, Graham and Rose left the Socialist Party. They signed their joint letter of resignation "Fraternally", and told their comrades that "we with withdraw not because we have ceased to be Socialists", but because party machines should now join the effort "to overcome the Prussian war machine". Graham had far more martial enthusiasm than Rose but, with mixed feelings, on this issue she followed his lead. Moreover, as she acknowledged in a magazine piece, "it is not easy to remain seated when everybody is asking as loudly and clearly as eyes and faces can ask why you refuse to honor your country".