The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-27
DEMANDS DENSMORE.
REPORT ON MOONEY.
House Committee Seeks Light
on Labor Departments
Pardon Work.
sssesoI DsspateA 10 TIE suS.

WASHINGTON, June 2s.-Complete in
formation as TO the connection of the
Department OF Labor and its agents
with the attempt to obtain a pardon for
Thomas J. Mooney. convicted of lead
ing part In the San Francisco bomb
outrages and now serving a life term
for deaths resulting from the prepared
ness parade bomb explosion. IL de-
manded In n resolution which win be
reported by the House Labor Committee
tomorrow.
A favorable report was determined
upon this afternoon after a conference
between the committee and Secretary
Wilson, in which the latter finally agreed
to make available the information de-
sired by the committee.
Tho effect OF the resolution win be to
procure for the committee the report OF
Thomas Densmore. director Of the
United States Employment serwee. fol-
lowing an Investigation into the Mooney
case Repeated efforts to obtain this re-
port have failed and the Department
never has admitted the authenticity OF
alleged portions Of the report which have
found their way into print
Densmores report followed an IN
vestigation ordered and financed by the
Department OF Labor and involving
espionage Of Department of Justice Of
ficera 1t contained grave charges
against the District Attorney Of San
Francisco county and against three mem.
bers Of the Grand Jury which indicted
Mooney. but according 10 those con-
versant with the case Densmore wa
prohibited by the Secretary of Labor
from tastifying to these charges before
n Grand Jury despite the fact that their
substance had been published in San
Francisco and reflected seriously upon
the public officials named.
The resolution determine uI,on by the
Labor Committee to-day was introduced
by Representative Blanton fTex.) and
was resisted for some time by the labor
element In the House and the Govern
mept. The purpose Of the inslstencs
upon obtaining the Densmore report 1,
to show the power which the American
Federation of Labor has been able to ex-
ert with the Government In behalf Of
one of It's members convicted of murder
in the first degree and originally sen
fenced to death. The resolution reads;
That the SECRETARY of Labor be. and
he Is hereby requested to report promptly
| TO the House of Representatives at tho
earliest day practicable the following
| facts:
Al. What connection In behalf Of IN.
Department OF Labor II any John b
Densmore, now Director Of the Unitec
| States Employment Service, has hat
| with the case of Thomas J. Mooney
| convicted in California of crime. stating
| in detail the activities OF said Densmor,
| concerning said case. attaching copies o.
| all reports concerning same made TO tn
Department OF Labor by said John d
Densmore.
~. What connection in behalf OF tn.
Department OF Labor II any since thu
punishment of said Thomas ]. Mooney
was COMMITTED TO life imprisonment, hal
any employee of said Department O.
| Labor had with the said case o
Thomas J. Mooney. stating such activi
ties In detail SO far as the same are no
incompatible with the public interest.
| "3. What requests on the Depart
ment of Labor II any have been made BY
Grand Jury or a court in Californis
for said John u. Densmore TO appear II
California to give evidence and what &C
ton concerning same was taken by tn,
Department OF Labor"