The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
AFELLOW PRISONER
TELLS OF MOONEY

1LLLO vi MUUlVL1
Harry J. Wolfe, just released from
San Quentin Prison, where he served
! three years as a result of the long
shoremen's strike of 1919 in San Ped
70, Calf, when he was arrested IL
times, declared to the International
Labor Defense,
"Since my arrival in New York
City at P. M. Saturday, November
! oath from the California State Pris-
on at San Quentin, hundreds upon
hundreds of comrades as they pressed
my hands in welcome have poured out
heartfelt sympathetic questions for
Tom Mooney.
Never, in the history of the world
was man so greatly wronged as
Tom Mooney has been. Never did
there live a worker who was so class
conscious, nor as fine a man, yester-
day, today and tomorrow, always
pure gold' until the end of the world.
as | have found Tom Mooney to be
during my three years and month in
San Quentin. / say these words with
an aching heart for l KNOW Tom
Mooney. Never in the history of the
worldwide struggle of the masses
against Capitalistic oppression has
any man or woman ever "tugged" at
the sympathetic, emotional, deadly de-
termined to fright" this great wrong
done an innocent man, "heart strings"
of the masses" as has the plight of
Mooney.
Let's answer your Tom Mooney
questions now, fellow comrades. First.
there is much we can do for Mooney;
second, he is not well, in fact, the
only thing that has kept Tom Mooney
alive is his continued dieting for the
past two years. The rigors of prison.
life, such as arising at 1870 every
morning and leaving for work at s.
O'Clock after sleeping on a "hard"
straw mattress and straw pillow with
an insufficient number of blankets for
covering in cold concrete and steel
cell have transformed this unusually
healthy man into shadow of his for
mer self. Leaving for work at 500
A. NJ ne keeps busy in the kitchen Of
the OFFICERS and Guards Mess until l
+. NJ. From l until 2 P. M. he is ner-
mltted to rest, at P. M. he is re-
turned to his cell, he spends every
spare hour studying for the dav he
Will be returned to the "Stru9ple n
Though no radical papers, books or
magazines are permitted to enter the
prison, Mooney has managed to keep
himself intellectually interested in
the struggles of the masses, a super
human effort for one who labors nm
der such adverse conditions as Tom
Mooney is subject to.
he works seven days a week. and
works mighty hard, especially for a
SICK man. He not only prepares all
vegetables to feed over a hundred
guards three times day but he must
also wash the pots and kettles. VET he
always has smile and a Friendly
WORD Tor everyone, truly wonderful
man. AS ne works in the officers
ana guards mess he is able to secure
a glass of milk day. On this GLASS
OF milk and three slices of bread a
Gay Tom Mooney has managed to CON
ILol the ravages of the stomach trou-
Ole ne is afflicted with. And fellow
comrades, it is my sincere belief that
mooney can not possibly live three
more years in prison. | ask Won com
rades, are you willing that the body of
ION Mooney, super-martyr of the
working class struggle should be wan
tonly desecrated. For if he died in
the prison the penal law of Californ; i
gives the prison authorities the right
70 carve up the body as they see fit
and the surgeons of the Institution
never miss an opportunity to carve J
2ooy OF a deceased prisoner. Next
ION is sincerely thankful for all The
eIIorts made in his behalf bv the
masses throughout the world and fo,
all OF the organized efforts especiaIlv
His message to you, fellow com.
rades is to keep faithful to carry or
TO remember that he is not within.
perlng nor crying for he is not afraid
TO stand persecution in behalf of tb,
worldwide struggle of the workins
class and ne wishes that he could d
more In their behalf.
"As to what you can do for Ton
Mooney-let me urge you that vol
never let meeting adjourn until tn,
name of Tom Mooney has been spok
en-; that you closely and wholeheart
/, eddy enter into the fullfilment p-
2 each and every suggestion of the In
,, tenational Labor Defense. Let ever,
breath you take bring the name o
Tom Mooney to your lips in deadl
determination to do your part to he'll
free Tom Mooney, who has, and i,
: suffering more for the struggle of tn
masses of the world against capital
lstic oppression, exploitation and ter
rorism than any other living worke
!, today. Take deep breath right noy
= and as you do, think these word
: deep in your heart: 'Tom Moone
{ must be released.""
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