"One of the Foulest Conspiracies Ever Perpetrated in This Country" [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. Tom Mooney A Member of the International Molder's Union for 29 Years Betrayed by Labor Leaders. [San Francisco: Tom Mooney Molders Defense Committee], 1931. 65, [3] pp. Stapled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light toning and moderate edgewear to wrappers, which are nearly detached, small chips to wrappers with minor loss to text (but not legibility) on rear wrapper, browning to interior, light wear to upper outside corner, small chip to bottom-edge of text block. $35. * Second and final edition, first published in January 1931 with the title Labor Leaders Betray Tom Mooney. Mooney was a labor leader and political activist framed as a murderer after an anarchist's bomb exploded during the San Francisco Preparedness Day parade in 1916. He was sentenced to death and a colleague, Warren Billings, to life imprisonment. Their case became a cause celebre among liberals, labor activists and defenders of civil liberties, among them Felix Frankfurter and Clarence Darrow. After 22 years of petitioning and publicity, they were released in 1939. Seller Inventory # 79743

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Title: Tom Mooney Betrayed by Labor Leaders

Publication Date: 1931

Binding: Soft cover

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