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resentatives, had righted this fright
full wrong. The pardon bill follows:
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Assembly Concurrent Resolution No.
18-Relative to Granting a Full
and Complete Pardon to
Thomas ], Mooney


WHEREAS, On February 8, 1917,
in the superior court of the State of
California in and for the City and
County of San Francisco, Thomas j.
Mooney was convicted of the crime
of murder in connection with the
bombing of the Preparedness Day
Parade in the city of San Francisco
on July %, 1916, resulting in the
death of several persons; and
WHEREAS, Thomas J.. Mooney
was %thereupon sentenced to death,
which sentence was later committed
by the Governor of the State of Cali
fornia, to life Imprisonment; and
WHEREAS, The said Thomas J..
Mooney has, since said conviction,
been incarcerated in the State Pris-
on at San Quentin, where he is still
confined as a life prisoner; and
WHEREAS, 1t has since been
shown that the conviction of said
Thomas ]. Mooney was based upon
false and perjured testimony, and it
is now fully evident that said
Thomas J. Mooney is innocent of
the crime for which he was con-
victed, and should be granted i'm
mediately a full and complete par
don and set at liberty; now, there
fore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
THE SENATE THEREOF CON-
CURING, a majority of all mem
bers elected to each having voted
therefor and concurred therein, that
the said Thomas j.. Mooney be and
he is hereby granted a full and COM
plete pardon, and that the said
Thomas j. Mooney be and he is
hereby set at liberty; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of
State of the State of California be
and he is hereby authorized and
directed to transmit a certified copy
of this resolution to the warden Of
the State Prison at San Quentin i'm
mediately upon the passage of this
resolution, and that the said warden
be and he is hereby authorized, or
dered and directed to forthwith set
at liberty and release from the con-
fines of said State Prison the said
Thomas j. Mooney upon receipt of
said certified copy of this resolution,
said resolution constituting a full
and complete pardon by the State of
California of the said Thomas J.,
Mooney.
Of tremendous Importance to the
Mooney-Billings case at this critical
period is the enthusiastic and vigor-
Gus action being taken by the organ
lied labor movement in the case.
Recently perfected in San Francisco
was the creation of the San Fran
cisco Bay Area A. F. of l.. Commit
tee for the Freedom of Mooney and
Billings. Officers elected were Jack
Shelley, new President of the San
| Francisco Labor Council, as Chair
man; Albin Kullberg of the San
Francisco International Longshore-
mems Association as Vice. Chairman;
Gene Gaillac, Secretary of the Oak
land Electrical Workers Union as
Vice-C hairman; George Kidwell,
Secretary of the San Francisco
Bakery Wagon Drivers Union as
Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee; and Herbert Resner, San Fran
cisco attorney, as Secretary.
Member organizations of the Com
mittee include the San Francisco La
Dor Council, San Francisco Building
Trades Council, Alameda County
| Central Labor Council, San Mateo
Labor Council, and more than fifty
local unions and declarations. New
organizations are being enlisted as
members daily, and before organiza-
ton is completed every trade-union
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