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Show f rffiLIAL MMl I ; IDS CROOKED S WORK IN CASES t SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 23. Pro- E posed intercession to Governor Step- ! hens and Mayor James Rolph, Jr., on H the part of San Francisco labor in be-1 be-1 1; half of Thomas J. Mooney and promis-jjj promis-jjj . ed grand Jury action, former the after-y after-y : math today of a report bearing the 6- ' signature of John B. Densmore, fed-S fed-S 1 eral director of employment, that cer-!jj cer-!jj tain Questionable activities were dis- ! covered in connection with the Mooney and other cases. This report, printed yesterday, made allegations involving lV many officials. Thomas J. Mooney, under a sentence I of denth in the Preparedness Day t bomb explosion case today issued a ,j statement through Mrs. Mooney, dis-' dis-' g cussing the report. It was an investi- !gation of the Mooney case that brought out revelations of alleged crookedness in other cases, unconnected with tho bomb trials but tending to involve tho i i same set of persons, j I Mooney's statement follows: , l "The Densmoro disclosure speaks I r 1U1 IWtll. DUJl UllUtl Elicit il OlUillUl I, ; Investigation would have disclosed, il it was inaugurated in tho early stages 1 of the frame-up! "These corrupt forces cover the slate of California and labor can expect ex-pect no justice from these financial bandits operating under the guise of officialdom unless the federal government govern-ment strips them of every vestige of authority and power. Otherwiso our government is a mockery and deserves ithe contempt of tho world. Their business bus-iness is 'fixing,' 'fixing' juries for murderers, mur-derers, wealthy degenerates, 'fences i and all the saturnalia of the underworld under-world which is tho basis of this power prostituted to murder workingmen who I may be obnoxious to the open-shop ip movement "The United States government should take complete control of the prosecution of the individuals exposed by Mr. Densmore under the espionage act and that section of the United States constitution which makes it a felony to deprive any citizen of his rights without due process of law. "This astounding disclosure more than Justifies the charges wo have so i repeatedly made for the past. few years , that we were the victims of a Chamber of Commerce conspiracy. ; "But I am still under sentence of death and the date of my murder is Friday, December 13th. (Signed) "TOM MOONEY." i NEW YORK, Nov. 23. A strike by memmbers of the United Carpenters i nnd Joiners of America and of the marine ma-rine wood workers of tho Port of New York, totalling many thousands of men, In protest against the execution next month of Thomas J. Mooney, the California labor leader convicted of , murder, has been recommended by , ' delegates from forty Brooklyn woodworkers' wood-workers' unions, according to an announcement an-nouncement today by their secretary. rrJnhe delesates, who represented 1)000 artisans, also urged an appeal by t&e carpenters and woodworkers unions to Governor Stephens of Cali-lornia Cali-lornia to pardon Mooney. : .Tnc unionists adopted resolutions arJ;',ocatIng the calling of a general strike and a parade of organized labor cm or about December 12, the day prior to that set for Mooney's execution. ! n n |