Letter. Letter from The Catonsville Nine Defense Committee ~ The committee asks for both financial and personal support. Our nation is becoming increasingly insensitive to the basic law of love and human dignity. The Catonsville Nine have attempted to confront the injustice of war and rascism. For their assualt on our culture of violence and indifference, the Catonsville Nine have been imprisoned and are in need of $50,000 for their legal defense.