The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
SUCCESS MARKS EFFORT OF
 CHILD CRUSADERS
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to the Attorney Generals desk and told of her two sons. One who had gone overseas and fought for his country and, thank God he came hack safely" and the other, Clyde Hough, who is now serving term for viola ton of the espionage act after having already served one year for falling to register in the draft.
 After serving his term. the mother told MT. Daugherty. Clyde was met at the door and rearrested for vlo- lating law that had not been m existence when her boy was sent to jail the first time.
 Promises Consideration
 Both on your account and on ais account, and on account of the gov ernment," MT. Daugherty spoke up T will take that matter up as soon as his papers reach me and give 1t careful consideration"
 All during the Attorney Generals talk with the committee a little tot 5 CT 6 years old was playing around chattering to herself and to the re- porters. At one time MT. Daughert ty
 
 Mir, Daugherty told the committee that the department had been givigse careful consideration to the situation and he had read all the records Ths governments policy In these cases he said, was first against general amnesty. and second, no considera- tion would be given except where there were some peculiar circum stances, unless the prisoner personal . ly made application for clemency and was properly impressed with the punishment he had received and had learned to respect the laws of the land
 He was aware, he said, that in all criminal easos, it was the innocent families of the offenders who suf- fered most,
 Do not think because man IS the Attorney General he has no heart" he said T want to be kin l to you, but sometimes a mans judg- ment has to restrain his heart.'
 In many of the Improperly called political prisoners" cases, he declared it was found that the prisoners would rot appeal for clemency because the y recognized no law and would not sacrifice their principles" For th!s class, he said, no recommendation would be made to the President.
 No Overt Acts Committed
 Mrs. O'Iare based her appeal on the desire of the nation to get back to normal again." and that nothing "can be achieved by continuing war time punishment" All of the pris. ouers she was pleading for she sall were convicted for "expressions oi opinion" and none had committed overt acts against the government Now that the war was over. sht added, she thought the President could well afford to be lenient, as serting that all other nations hat liberated their political prisoners"
 Several times MT Daugherty ant Mrs. OHare engaged in argument. al one time calling forth from the At torney General the remark that il would do no good to argue a point as he already had we'll defined viewi on the subject.
 That is an unfortunate attitude for a government official to take, replied Mrs. O'Hare. Mir. Daughert, agreed with her.
 Questioning brought from Mrs O'Hare statement that 23 of the IT. prisoners for which clemency wa asked were foreign born and onl, five of these had become naturalized
 MT. Daugherty drew from her alSt the acknowledgment for my iden tification with the labor movement, but on her request not to question her about it, he desisted,
 .I won't press it" he said "Yo, are now out