Show SOCIALISTS SOCIA SEEK PARDON FOR DEBS By AssocIated Press NEW YORK March A fun full pardon pardon par par- I don for Eugene V. V Debs former SocialIst Social Social- presidential candidate under sentence senI sen- sen tence of ten years rears imprIsonment violation of the espionage law and I amnesty for all persons Imprisoned for honest expressions of opinion against Americas America's Cause ause In the war were I urged rg-ed in a a. petition cabled to President Wilson n by the executive committee of the Social Democratic League of America The signers Included Charles Edward Russell John Spargo J. J G. G Phelps Stokes Charlotte Perkins Gulman Chester M. M Wright and Upton Sinclair The release of Debs was advocated on the ground of his advanced years high moral character and long years of devoted service to the cause ot of otI l i I human freedom notwithstanding his violation of law I In their plea for amnesty for others convicted under the wartime statutes the petitioners excluded those who ho defied defied de- de fied the law or purposely aided the f enemy |