Show n J r a ho sorted uror by JEAN NEWTON THE HUNGER STRIKE the hunger strike Is not an faoa mane on fhe fatt of prisoners w ho attempt to gain their freedom because 0 the desire on the part ol 01 to avoid hav ang people ule 01 stan atlon while ht jail this practice originated in russia in h nineteenth century here on ac caunt of th prison fare it was probably not to j 0 ahat realty idea into worldwide was its practice in angland by who were jailed on account of their efforts for enfranchisement of sex as recently as fifteen yeara ago since alien there have been sporadic hunger strikes practically all ot them political prisoners both in the united and abroad ifal |