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Told by newsmen that Columnist Westbrook Pegler had suggested he go back to work, Labor Martyr Tom Mooney brandished a paid-up A. F. of L. Molders Union card, snapped: "During eight years of that hell [22 years in San Quentin Prison] I peeled potatoes. . . . Maybe that writer of scurrilous stuff may classify what he does as work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 19, 1939 | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

When a misread timetable landed Labor Martyr Tom Mooney in Manhattan one and one-half hours ahead of his scheduled arrival, he thumb-twiddled until a Grand Central policeman spied him, hustled him into a private office. Still determined not to muff his entrance, Tom Mooney slipped away, hopped the right train as it chuffed to a halt, reemerged, in time to gladhand some 15,000 laborites, newsmen, photographers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 12, 1939 | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

...Lions routed the Crimson in their Cambridge appearance, but that night Coach Mooney's boys flashed the best brand of shooting they have shown all year. During certain portions of the contest, they just couldn't miss from whatever angle they shot. The Feslermen will also be presenting a slightly different lineup tonight than the one which took the floor against the Lions before...

Author: By D. DONALD Peddle, | Title: HOOPMEN FACE LIONS IN NEW YORK TONIGHT WITH CHANGED LINEUP | 3/1/1939 | See Source »

Regarding your reply to Michael Fanning about the "Irish Volcano" [TIME, Feb. 6, said: "Tom Mooney's grandparents emigrated to the U. S. from County Mayo, Ireland. If that makes their grandson a Russian, Stalin is a Dutchman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1939 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

SACRAMENTO, Cal.--The State Advisory Pardon Board late today by a 3-2 vote refused to recommend a pardon for Warren K. Billings, convicted with Thomas J. Mooney in the Preparedness Day bombing...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

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