The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-17
As We See 1t
NV Tom 0'FIaherty

Vinced OF HIS AAA'OSSASS' az
.,nvament to secure an uncOndi-
. W.. pardon for Mooney is now
sn~oadng like wildfire thruOut
tSe country. His case should
sarvo as "a rallying point around
~b;cb to unite the efforts of all
workers, farmers and others who
Geo in the Mooney case a chal-
ienOe to the producing classes.
therefore, ] am using uD my
.noce for the publication of a let
tor I have forwarded to Governor
Rolub of California, asking for
en- unconditional pardon for Tom
Mooney.
Governor James !. ROlDh, Jr.,
Sacramento, California,
Your Excellency:
take the liberty of writing
YOU in behalf of Thomas ].
Mooney for fifteen year an in
mate of San Quentin prison, who
was tried, convicted and sentenced
TO a living death on what l, as
well as tens of millions of other
Americans, believe implicitly to
be framed-up evidence.
Believing in Tom Moneys in
nOcence of the crime for which
he was railr0aded to prison. l
sincerely urge you to atone in
mart for the crime committed a
gainst him by the State of Cal
ifOrnia by granting him an I'M
conditional pardon.
Tom Mooney was saved from
death at the hands of a state
executiOner by a demonstration of
Russian workers before the
American embassy in st. Peters
burg in 1917. Thru the interven-
ton of President Wilson, who
feared that the growing world
wide agitation against his threat
ened execution might put in a bad
light the noble motives that we
alIegedly entered the war for on
the side of the British Empire
the government of the state Oi
California committed Moneys
death sentence to penal servitudt
for life. Since then there has beer
no let ND in the campaign to free
Tom Mooney. This campaign il
worldwide and as a result of Il
the State of California is even il
worse OdOr than the State O
Massachusetts, that sanctioned tn,
legal Iynching of SaccO and Van
zetti BY the labOr-hating capital
lists of New England.
The general opinion GOvernO
ROlph, in which l share, is tina
Tom Mooney was Framed" b.
the open shoppers of CalifOrni
because of his militant activitie
for the betterment. of the ecOnOm
ic conditions Of the workers thr
organized labor. Not only wa
Mooney a thorn in the side of tn
Open-shOppers but he was not les
menace to the corrupt labor OF
ficials who were cheek by jOv
with Ex-Governor Young, the to'
Of the employers, Moneys swOr
foes. These labor officials kne'
Mooney as a man who sincerel
devoted his talents to OrganiZin
the workers into trade unions;
man who would not be swervt
from that purpose by mOnetaI
bribes or well-paying public Off
es. A united front of corrupt Il
Dor leaders and capitalists h;
( kept Mooney in Jail for fiftet
years. How long more is this L
nOcent man, this champion of Il
workers going to eat out b
heart behind the grey walls
San Quentin? How long are 20
Governor ROlph-elected at lea
partly in the hope that you wOu
undo as much of the wrong col
mitted against All innocent m
a. can be now undOne-gOing
leave Mooney in San Quenti
while millions in America. mclu
ing the State of California a
many millions thruOut the wOl
are anxIOusly awaiting the d
when you sign the document th
Sll open the Jail gates for TIC
Mooney and return him to t
OOsOm of his family.
Your Excellency, the people
the United States expected, !
cause of your professions of int
est In the welfare of the mass
mat one of your first acts
governor would be to grant II
Mooney an unconditional pard'
40 date that expectation has
been fulfilled.
Mooney was convicted on p
!@ed testimony. Judge Grift
9e trial Judge, Bremen, an {
nstant prosecutor, MathesOn
Sclice officer who helped cOnV
am' eleven of the jurors v
found his guilty, and practices
Sl the witnesses against him, n
eeheye that they helped send
innocent man to Jail for life.
ADDITION, thousands of lead
men and women thruOut the CO
ny have voiced their belief in
innocence. The powerful Scrip
howard papers are carrying
an intermittent campaign to
ysnlze public opinion for his
vase. Men like Frank p. Wa
me late BOurke Cochran, la
STIiIicials like John Fitzpatrick
Inward NOckels of the Chic
recreation of Labor. George
tOn Battle, noted New York
sOrney and thousands of oil
AVE expressed belief in Moon
innocence and went to great
sInai expense and gave their
lEn.haut stint trying to secure
asn0erty. In addition the rank
se OF the American Fedora
l"NN~--"~ 1;e4s-, o,-.seI,od 4
'he discredited bureaucrats-
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