Is the Mooney case closed? [sound recording]. 1939.

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Is the Mooney case closed? [sound recording]. 1939.

WEVD radio broadcast of "New York University Roundtable" with John F. Finerty, February 2, 1939. Finerty, Mooney's attorney, discusses the trial and pardon of Mooney while Warren Billings remained imprisoned for the Preparedness Day Bombing of July 22, 1916.

Original: 2 sound discs (ca. 19 min.) : analog ; 12 in.Compact disc copy: 1 sound disc ; 4 3/4 in.

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Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942

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Thomas J. Mooney was born on December 8, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indiana and Massachusetts. A molder by trade, Mooney first came to California in 1908, permanently settling in San Francisco in 1910. There he became involved in the work of the Socialist party and various labor organizing activites. In 1916, Mooney and Warren K. Billings were wrongfully convicted of the Preparedness Day bombing of July 22. Mooney's plight became a cause amongst labor until his eventual release and ...

Finerty, John Frederick, 1885-1967

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED The Robert Marshall Civil Liberties Trust was founded in 1943 for the purposes of preserving and safeguarding the cause of civil liberties. From the guide to the John F. Finerty Papers, 1943-1966., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) John Finerty (1885-1967) was born in Chicago and educated at Northwestern University. He was an attorney for railroad companies in the Midwest, and assistant general counsel and special counsel for the U. ...

Billings, Warren K., 1893-1972

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Laborer and union organizer. From the description of Papers of Warren K. Billings, 1899-1973 (bulk 1920-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014443 Biographical Note 1893, July 4 Born, Middletown, N.Y. 1906 Moved with family to Brooklyn, N.Y. 1908 ...

WEVD (Radio station) New York, N.Y.

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