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Show LABOR LEADERS ARE TO BE TOLD AT H A LATER - DATE ALL ABOUT THE H M'NAMARA COMPROMISE NOTPIING H LEFT OF BIG FUND SUBSCRIBED FOR THE DEFENSE DEFEAT OF SOCIALISTS IN THE LOS ANGELES ELECTION. H Los Angeles, Dec 2 Fstlcuod and worn, his face deeply lined and pale, Clarence S. Darrow, veteran. of man' legal battles In which labor has boon Involved, arose todnj a disheartened man. He road the comments of Jahor leaders throughout ihp country on tho pleas of guilty entered yesterday by both James B and John J McNamara, secretary-treasurer of the International Interna-tional Association of Bridge and Structural Struc-tural Iron Workers. Ho declared that this Is not the time to make oxplana-' oxplana-' tlons. that the sentence on both prisoners pris-oners had not yet been fixed, but thai labor leaders would understand In due course thnt the procedure yesterday was the only solution of a vexatious problem that had worried him for months "I cannot talk about it now," Darrow Dar-row declared as he stood on the veranda ve-randa of a bunsalow, gazing at tho hills, "but organized labor was not hurt, and the leaders will not be so bitter when they know the facts." It is bellevod chat Attorney Darrow moant that the compromise effected yesterday was moro extensive than hitherto had been hinted namely that the stato of California had in Its possession pos-session Information that would have Involved other prominent peoplo and ' thTi-rthc-agrccmcnt-to-gctrtiio 1oNr- maras to' plead guilty practically saves a score of indictments and prosecutions pros-ecutions "Just ten days ago." explained At-tornoj At-tornoj Darrow, 'wo talked with tho McNamara brothers about pleading, but enly in the last row days did the thing come to a climax." "How did they feel about the matter?" mat-ter?" "Well, they accepted their fate with resignation, but felt glad. I think, that thoy had averted a possible death peu-altv peu-altv for one of them." Attorney Darrow declared that as the parole laws covered the cases of the McNamaras, John J. McNamara might ho out after serving a brief term. As for Jnmes B., with a llfo Imprisonment sentence, tho situation would be more difficult. With regard to the disposition of unusucd funds for the MpNamara defense, de-fense, little could be learned today. A large part of the $100,000 in the fund ,1s said to have been Bpent lu preparing tho case. A Bhortago ot funds to carry on vigorous defense was a? one of' the factors that led to its quick conclusion, acocrdlng to ono of tho atlornos. The relation of tho McNamaras case to mo tocai punwwu nimiu came in for a big sharo of tho discussion dis-cussion today. " 'I'm afraid it means tho defeat dato" declared Attorney Darrow today, to-day, "but It will not hurt tho Social 1st" movement here. It will got stronger strong-er in a short time I am sorry for Job Uarrlman. But tho Incldont happonod at an unfortunate time for him, btu if we had waited until later porhaps tho arangement could not have boon effocted and lives might have been lost." In Socialistic circles tho leaders wore not ready to admit that tho con-resslon con-resslon or the McNamaras had reduced re-duced tho chances of Uarrlman who also was an assistant counsol for tho two 'brothers. Thef declared they felt tho blow but were prepared to pursue the fight to Its ond on Tuesday Tues-day noxt and tenlertalned the hope that thy people would not nssoclato Uarrlman with tho McNamara affair Inasmuch as he has not been active In It sluco he became tho single opponent op-ponent of Mayor George Alexander for rc-olectlou. The Los Angeles Rocord, an after-" noon paper, which has been suporllng the Socialist candidate, issued extras today with headlines announcing that "politics figured In tho (McNamara case" and that yesterdays oplsodo "was framed to defeat Harrlmau." |