Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-19
DARROW DEEPLY
PESS|M|ST|C IN
HIS TESTIMONY
JuStifieS Murder Where Per-
petrator Believes Cause Is
for Benefit of Humanity
Labor Subjected to Abuses,
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| Washington, May 1S.-Clarence S
| barrow, who defended the Mcnamara
| brothers in the Los Angeles dyna-
| hitting case. discussed industrial and
| social conditions in America today
! before the industrial relations COM
mission. He expressed the hope that
j. b. Mcnamara, serving a life sem
tence in prison, would be pardoned
and said the pardon ought TO come
\ soon.
| "McNamara thought he was do
| ing something for the common good
when he blew up the Los Angeles
Times" said the lawyer "He risked
| his life because he believed in a
cause, and, looking at II from his
own standpoint, he was a martyr"
Hospitals Instead OF Prisons.
barrow told the commission that
| the day was soon coming when hos
pitfalls would be substituted for pri-
sons, that punishment was barhar-
| ism, that boodshed was essential to
progress, and always had been, and
| that American liberty was theoret-
| ical delusion.
The people of England. he declar-
ed, had more liberty than those of
America.
James A. Emery of the National
Association OF Manufacturers, fol-
lowed Darrow on the stand. He re-
marked that Mcnamara received
fees for his dynamiting jobs and
added that he supposed even a mar
tyr had his perquisites,'
Mr. Emery said that IL he were a
laborer he would far rather be sub
iect to the Industrial laws of America
than those OF Great Britain.
Did Not Reach Rockefeller.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. who is to
testify with relation to the Colorado
strike and correspondence develops
ments since his appearance before
the commission in New York, was in
Washington today ready TO appear,
but the commission did not reach
him He will be called tomorrow.
Commissioner O'Connell read into
the record, letter from Secretary of
Labor Wilson. denying statement
by Walter Drew. of the National
Ereetors' association, that the de-
partment of labor was used in the
interest 'of the closed shop" Secre-
tsry Wilson said the department
handled cases in the interest of labor
where closed shops or open shops
were involved or where there was no
organization.
barrow Outlines Views.
Il don't mean that some people
won't be confined said barrow, "but
they will be treated for their social
ills and not punished. Punishment
is barbarism and the people general
ly are beginning to realize it. Some
day we will try to wipe out the
causes Of crime and doctor criminals
instead Of abusing and misjudging
them
Most folks believe themselves in
nocent no matter what they do, Dar-
row thought.
Il believe Rockefeller and Stand
ard Oil have most evil social influ-
ence, but Mr. Rockefeller thinks he
is as innocent as anyone, and justifies
himself unto himself. Everybody
thinks himself innocent"
Resistance of military and other
constituted authority if that autho-
rity was abusive. Darrow urged, was
justifable, arguing that liberty al
ways had been maintained by blood
shed. AS one of the first steps to-
ward an ideal social community he