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...still, died. Throughout the U. S. tiny bands of comrades mourned. "He was," said the Daily Worker, communist newssheet, "the sole outstanding figure who carried over into our party the very best traditions of the pre-War socialist movement.... We expected to write soon that he had gone to prison because of his loyalty to the cause of the workers. . . . But death does not release its prisoners." Editor Linson of the Chinese Nationalist Daily, news organ of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), wrote: "We are very sorry that such an able man as C. E. Ruthenberg leaves us so soon...
...despatched him to the entresol where he was given a pick and shovel and told to pursue the tasks which he had so often assigned to others. Warden Snook, however, does not believe in asking unusual tasks of his guests, for, as he says himself in the official prison magazine, Good Words: "This is an ideal place for men to refit morally and physically for the battle of life," and "no man is asked or expected to work beyond his capacity or to injure himself by overdoing things. . . . Hot supper is served to every newcomer, and then a shower bath...
...Miller, 40, with his wife at his side, heard the jury's verdict without wincing, without emotion. "I am not through fighting yet," said he. He faces a maximum penalty of two years in prison plus a $10,000 fine. But his attorney, Aaron Sapiro, who is suing Henry Ford for $1,000,000, immediately announced that he would carry Mr. Miller's case to a higher court. "Colonel Miller does not take the attitude of being the 'goat,'" said Mr. Sapiro. "As you know, Colonel Miller did not take the stand or call any witnesses...
...Glueck said to a CRIMSON reporter on this subject: "It is the first time in history that such investigations have been made. We have been making a qualitative study of the prison life histories, periods of confinement, and subsequent careers of 500 former inmates of the Concord Reformatory, in an effort to ascertain exactly what the effect of imprisonment...
...blessed with an annual income of $50,000 devoted solely to research in various fields of activity. How various and how important those fields are only a cursory glance will show. Mr. Bigelow will study the dynamic cause of the Gulf Stream; Mr. Cabot the effects of prison terms upon the future careers of men; Mr. McAdie the electrification of fogs and clouds in order to improve weather forecasting; Mr. Schlesinger the urbanization of population between the Civi War and 1900. These are typical examples...