Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01


the union interests similar To
the racket which operated in
the interest of Tom Mooney for
many years.
GOVERNOR OLSON, whose
" state administration is known
as the Little New Deal and has
duplicated in miniature the New
Deals tolerant policy toward
Communists, expressed his at
titude toward these murderers
when he said a few weeks ago:
"They have served q long time.
I think they have just about
served all their time"
The pardon racket campai =
on the proposition that the
generation of the Community
murderers for the killing OF a
ships officer in retaliation for
his anti-Communist attitude was
a blow at organized labor.
The fact is that the Commu-
nists had muscled into COM
manding positions in the union
according TO the procedure die
tated from Moscow and were
using this union for the krem-
Inns purposes.
IT WAS also represented that
i the killers did not intend to
kill Alberts. but only TO beat him
within an inch of his life.
If that was the case. their
judgment Of distance was faulty.
for Alberts was stabbed 10 death
by men who attacked him with
admittedly felonious intent.
George Wallace. another muir
derer, who confession that he
was one of the party OF killers
and said King hired him and
others to kill Alberts. was not
paroled
He had turned states evidence
against the Communist killers
and against the party. which, OF
course. is, a serious offense in
California
Moreover, he had two previous
convictions for assault, which
latter consideration provides
technical grounds for continued
punishment.
WALLACES story was not UNI
w supported, but was corrobo-
rated by two other officials OF
the union who said King admit
ted TO them that he hired Wal
lace TO kill Alberts.
Wallace said King promised
him $3.50. but paid him only $50.
Wallace said Ramsay part
pated with King in the cons
acy 10 procure the murder and
led the killers 10 Alberts' ship.
Another Communist named by
Wallace as one OF the actual
killers escaped arrest and has
managed 10 reach Russia, not
withstandlng the discriminating
attitude of the Soviet govern
ment toward visitors from the
United States, which makes it
impossible 10 enforce a formal
order Of deportation against the
wife OF Earl Browder.
nNE Of the union officials who
" corroborated Wallace's story
admitted further that he helped
Wallace 10 get away after the
killing and added that I'm tiis
project he was assisted by a San
Francisco organizer of the Com
muniSt Party and editor of a
California Communist paper who
is,still at large and still engaged
in the anti-American activities
of the party in California.
Alberts offense was that he
could not get along with Com
munistS in the crew OF the Point
LoboS and had caused the dis
missal of several Communist
sahoteurS.
For that he was marked for
death by the party enthusiasts
and Conner, a member of the
ships company. fingered" the
condemned American sailor TO
the execution party of the
Kremlin.
There is no doubt that the
three men released from prison
after four years and a fraction
are murderers.
They were duly convicted and
there is no legal question of their
guilt Of crime which was de-
scribed by Earl Warren. the
attorney general Of Califori1
as "a beastly murder" ~.
They are not exonerated but
paroled as nurderers.
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