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Show 1500 CONVICTS QUIT RANKS OF HASH STRIKERS 2500 Others Get Bread and Water Diet at San Quentin ' SAN QUENTIN, Cal Feb. 2 (UP) Fifteen hundred of San Quentin's 5500 convicts ended today the hunger strike that 4000 of them started yesterday gainst "too much bash and beans." Warden Court Smith said the remaining 2900 strikers were kept locked In their cells and placed on bread and water rations until they (bang their mind. He said the "die-hards" were declaring de-claring themselves off strike at the rata of "score every hour." He expected th strike to be over within with-in 24 hours. 130 Chang Minds Three hundred strikers changed' their minds when w .made a cell-by-cell poll before breakfast," Warden War-den Smith said. "A few hours later the total reached 1300. "Three thousand convict marched Into th mess hall for breakfast some of them for late breakfast-then breakfast-then went to their aasigntd tasks throughout the prison. "Everything Is orderly. There was no booing or yelling." Striker who changed their minds succumbed to a breakfast that featured fea-tured coffee with cream and sugar as an added attraction, and to the threat that striker! would be put on breed and water. "Many of the striken," th warden added, "said they had no complaint and war willing to eat and work, but feared to be put on the spot if they ddn't play ball with th ringleaders. ring-leaders. Seek Leaders "W are trying to find out Just who thes ringleaders are." Smith hoped an agreement would be reached within 24 hours by offering of-fering mora diversified menus and (Continued on PKt Two) (Column Six I PRISON HUNGER STRIKENING (Ceetlas frost ru Om) w at th aamt tlm strictly upholding priaoa discipline. 1 told tb men Smith said, "that I waa willing to do all I could for tham." Convicts who want to th mess hall wr ssnred th regular morning morn-ing meal of eornmeal mush, brown baani and whit braad plus tba apacial Inducement of coffa with cream and sugar. Alia Meal Approximately 1900 of the convict con-vict missed their noon meal yesterday yes-terday and Jeered other into refusing re-fusing to eat. They refused to enter the mees hall and milled about In tba prison yard shouting "we're sick and tired of corn beef hash we want more variety in our meals." Hie warden aaid that because It wa Wednesday (hash day) th convict con-vict thought hash waa being served. H aaid, however, that the prison grapevine bad brought word of the impending demonstration and that the menu had been changed to meat loaf and apaghettt About 4000 convict con-vict ate th meal, but by dinner tlm the number of demonstrators had swelled to 4000. The vning meal offered coffee, brown beana and whit bread, with rice pudding aa a apacial treat. The convicts who at war booed by the strikers. |