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Show mm scene WSUPHEGOUSI 1 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Dramatic Jf IH as was the testimony of John Mitch- IH ell, vice president of the Amorican , jH Fedeiation of Labor, In his trial for i IH contempt of court today before the i supremo court of the District of Co- I lumbia, the testimony of President ' IH Samuel Gompers was even more dra- : IH in a tic. ' lH Mr. Mitchell, with Mr. Gompers and H Secretary Frank Morrison of tho Fed- H oration, are co-defendants in the con- torn pi case growing out of their alleg- H od violation of an injunction grunted H by the court In the Buck Stove and H Range company litigation. All threo IH are undor Jail sentences. IH Mr. Mitchell was cross-examined at ' H length and with tears in his eyes he H recited his feelings, when on Christ. ' H mas eve, ho was forced to relinquish H a holiday visit to his family to ap- pear before the court for sentence. ' H Mr. Gompers spoke with equal feelr H ing when, following Mr. Mitchell, he H was asked why he had not availed l H himself of the opportunity to end the H controversy by apologizing to the ' "I consider the suggestion to apol- , ogi.e to the court as an effort to hu- H mlliate me," he cried, "to brealc m H heart and break my spirit and It was ! ' H a thing that I was not inclined to per- j ( H rait" 4 H |