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Show ARE BLAMED Politicians Stood Between Be-tween Bomb-Plotters and the Courts Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. IS. "Politicians "Politi-cians standing between labor unions and the courts" were blamed for the Mcamara dynamite plots at the outset out-set of the government's argument to the jury at the trail of the -10 accused ac-cused "blomb plotters" today. Pronouncing tho series of explosions explo-sions scattered over tho country as a conspiracy "more dastardly and moro i threatening to society than the crime of an Individual." Jamos W. Noel, i special assistant district attorney, told I the jurors they were called on to ren-der ren-der verdicts In tho most Important trial In recent years. Organized Crime Amazing. "Organized crime has bore appeared to an amazing degree," said Mr Noel, "and It was carried on and St grew because locally the arm of the law failed Had local authorities done their duty this conspiracy could not have spread, but It appears that politicians poli-ticians for obvious reasons stood between be-tween labor unions and criminals and the local courts. "A strike of the iron workers was called. Plain assaults became murderous mur-derous nssaults: then, unchecked by the local courts and favored by politicians, poli-ticians, the criminals grew bolder and fought with dynamite and nitroglycerin. nitroglyce-rin. 'The Los Angeles Times building was blown up with the murder of 21 persons. After that reckless disregard disre-gard of life came a wanton desire to take life. "Of tho 10U explosives that occurred oc-curred In the United States the government gov-ernment has proved that 92 explosions were on the property of open shop contractors, or firms which icfused to recognize the International Association Associ-ation of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers." |