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...quoted in a telegraph story in Tulsa as saying Bill Murray didn't have a chance. I never said no such thing. And I want a retraction, an old fashioned 'Beg Your Pardon.' because you are the first newspaper reporter I've seen on this trip...
...Pardon an old lady of 78 addressing the editor of famous TIME...
...Rejected a resolution by New York's La Guardia urging the Governor of California to pardon Thomas Mooney...
Ever since Mooney's conviction a continuous protest has been conducted by the Communists. They demand more than his freedom--for he has refused a parole--; what they want is an unconditional pardon. Mooney's release is now a demand of the class war, and his captivity is another objection to the capitalist system. It is this aspect of the question that bears an obvious analogy to the Sacco-Vanzetti case...
Mooney is undoubtedly justified in his demand for a pardon that would absolve him of blame for an act to which only perjured witnesses can testify. He and his sympathizers have, however, so stressed the political aspects of the situation that no governor dares grant this pardon. If Mooney really considers his freedom more important than a Socialist martyrdom he must accept a parole rather than continue his political campaign...