Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-06 | Page 1 | Wilson Not to Pardon Debs

M at I II I I it W I Nor PARD I OOM To ToLE Tol Toli I i LE DENIED r rte te se e Who 10 Profess Profess tom to m- m mv cw v Say President t ti i ill I Make No Grant Executive Clemency Clemency I HINGTON Nov 6 is undera under- under Wilson d a ro to have no intention of Debs Deb who Eugene V. V r ng ig a ten years' years sentence deral penitentiary penitentiary at Atlanta 1 ahon tion o of the espionage act Position taken t by y the president fg g to those who P profess to Ys a 1 is- is that thai 1 executive e I in in- such uch a a c a- a se would Thild set a precedent and would woula e encourage fo oppose th the government In t- t of of- another war I It 1 Was s convicted at Cleveland on onen I Ien en ler 12 1918 on three counts a tW him guilty guilt of attempting insubordination and nd I t the he le military and naval forces I ug s to obstruct recruiting and g language tending to incite 51 e anti and encourage r resistance to United tJ ed States and nd to promote the b. b J the enemy enemy- I and others other con con- pardon ardon for Debs the espionage act I ii eth eh fh urged by a a. number of orz or- or z including the American of or Labor which at Jis ts last I i at Montreal Cana- Cana authorized a a. committee to too confer torney Ge General eral Palmer on t the e I