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Show SEEK TO SHOW BASIS fl. 1 1 SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 15. By Introducing In-troducing published articles it the trial of forty-six alleged Industrial Workers of the World, charged with conspiracy to hinder war work, the government, it was announced tonight, expects to show early this week revolutionary principles as the basis of the I. W. W. organization. Against this background, officials said, evidence touching specific acts of the defendants is to he projected. Tomorrow the government is expected to CjOmpiete presentation of evidence to identify iden-tify the defendants as I. W. W. members. Correspondence files, one for virtually every defendant, are being used in this identification process, a dozen having been accepted temporarily by United States Judge F. H. Rudkin pending ruling on the objection of the defense against their introduction. in-troduction. Witnesses from Chicago and the Pacific northwest have arrived here to testify as to the connection of the I. W. W. groups in California with the central body and with organizations in Washington, Oregon, Ore-gon, Idaho and Montana. |