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Among the cases (on which the President received reports from the Department of Justice) were those of 48 radicals convicted under wartime laws. The President commuted the sentences of 27 of these men, in 25 cases conditioned by good behavior, in two cases (of foreigners) conditioned by deportation. The President's action gives these men freedom but not citizenship...
...committed crimes with their tongues only, whereas the other 21 had been convicted of criminal deeds. The Committee on Free Speech of the National Civic Federation and the American Civil Liberties Union also protested because the men released had not been pardoned unconditionally, but only on condition of good behavior and without restoration of citizenship. The war law prisoners had previously declared their intention of not accepting release unless it was given unconditionally...
...President's intentions in the cases of men released conditionally was indicated by the fact that when he commuted the terms of these men he also restored the civil rights of 27 former Federal prisoners released five or more years ago, who meanwhile had given evidence of good behavior...
...Ramsey Macdonald, British Labor Leader, in a recent number of the Socialist Review animadverts upon riotous behavior in the House of Commons: " I detest these scenes. One heated furnace of a man can lead the legitimate calls of ' adjourn ' into the badly sung strains of Rule Britannia or The Red Flag or Tipperary or fisticuffs and not only make a fool of himself but degrade everyone associated with him. Fascism was stimulated into life by communist tactics...
...will give the second of a series of three lectures on Physics, taking for his subject, "Atomic Explosions". This particular phase of Physics has been chosen on account of the wide interest taken by the public in the recent important discoveries which have thrown light on the composition and behavior of the atom. Dr. Kemble is well fitted to discuss the subject, having done much advanced research work in this field...