The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-19

Chamber of Commerce, and the bank
ers who were out to ''get" Mooney
in 1915, will use every trick they can
turn UP. legal or otherwise, to keep
the lid clalnped tight on the reeking
Mooney frame-up.
Brady and other capitalist mouth
pieces, including the liberal" press
of San Francisco are combating the
trial under the hypocGitlc2l 80. that
they believe Mooney innocent and
there Is no reliable testimony to pre-
sent against him. In the face Of the
rising anger oi worker protest, they
no longer charge that Mooney is
guilty; but they are desperately at
tempting to block his first real chance
in this trial for vindication and free
dom.
Threaten Mooney With Death.
To further confuse the workers and
stem the tide of mass pressure, the
Judge added that he could "see no
practical advantage to the defendant
in this trial"
L That, failing to prevent the eX-
1osure. the bankers OF the Coast will
seek once and for all to pluck this
working class thorn from their sides,
is seen in the judges statement that
if Mooney should be convicted on the
present charge of murder, based on
an unused indictment in connection
with the Preparedness Day bombing
Of 1916, the death penalty would be
imposed.
The argument against the trial was
made by John O'Gara, assistant pro-
scouting attorney at the time of the
Mooney conviction. O'Gara tried to
conceal his connection with the dis
trict attorneys Office and the Cham
Der Of commerce by insisting that he
appeared in court only as "a mem
Der of the bar, a taxpayer, and a
citizen"
This partial victory must be fol-
lowed up by the insistent demand of
the workers campaign that the entire
history of the franle-up be put on
the oe4rt records" declared William
l.. Patterson, national secretary of
the International Labor Defense to-
day. The I. L. D. Is one of the most
active mass organizations co-operat-
ing in the defense with the Mooney
Molders' Defense Committee.
Drag Red Herring Out.
A Patterson pointed out that work
rs we're holding conferences through
ut the country to elect delegates to
4 gigantic Free Tom Mooney Con-
sress to be held in Chicago at the
height of the trial, April 30 to May
End.
The old trick OF dragging a red
herring across the trail of the Moo
ney case to cover the threatened
frame-up exposure is being attempt
ed by Fred Berry, assistant prosecu-
tor In the trial of Warren Billings,
convicted on the same charge with
Mooney.
In statement made in the San
Francisco News, April 10, Berry
charges that the Mooney Molders De-
Tense Committee is q racket to
spread vicious propaganda among
well-meaning and civilized people
He adds that the exposure of the
frame-up, already verified In the
suppressed Wickersham report and
the Densmore report of the U. s. De-
partment of Labor, was secured by
"intimidating and browbeating wit
nesses, and corrupting them by vari-
Gus means"
/, Of the assortment of crooks and
police tools of the underworld hired
by his office to frame Mooney, all of
whom later confessed or were ex-
posed, Berry makes no comment.
"Berry's statement, coming when
another assistant district attorney,
John OGara, is desperately attempt
ing to prevent a new trial" declared
the Mooney Molders Defense Com
mittee in reply, sis smoke screen
to conceal Berry's real purpose, which
Is TO prevent an exposure of his own
connection with Fickert's frane-up
crew"