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MMJLEJLE&JSSi "willing allies, the state, pulpit and press, which fact has brought the foremost thinkers of the day to the conclusion that to expect any hope from any one of these willing oppres sors is a dangerous Utopia. Indeed, the pages of history are replete with verifications of the willingness on the part of each of these forces to per petuate the system of exploitation. The workers must shape their own destiny and not wait for some indus trial relations commission to start an I tion made clear for man, woman and investigation (?) in their behalf (and incidentally to ascertain as to whether or not the poor employer haa been mistreated, too), and, above all, act in unison at all times, bearing the revolutionary watch-word in mind: "An Injury to One Is an Injury to All." Let us face the inevitable conclu sion that, whether it be by ballot, bul let or the general strike, the triple alliance of capitalist, church and state must be swept from the path of progress and the road to amancipa- child. Louis S. Sawyer Av. -o Vineburg, 1411 S. NAVAL INQUIRY UNFAIR AND BIASED, SAYS CORRESPONDENT BOALT had been ordered not to discuss the testimony. The court told us that it could sentence us to two months' im prisonment for the said contempt. However, we were informed that this one offense would be passed, but we were warned not to repeat it. Thereupon we determined that if we were gagged in Vera Cruz we would ungag the testimony in the United States. We made up our minds that we would carry the matter to the tribunal of public opinion at home by having that naval court's record unveiled after it reached Washington. To that end Correspondent Shepherd demanded of the court that all ques tions and answers go into the record. Then the court blew up! Commander Day angrily interrupt ed with the remark: "I'm tired of hearing this person (Shepherd) dic tate to this court." Thus stirred up, the president of the court, Capt. Grant, said: "I'm running this court. You can't dictate to me. I'll put what I like into the record and keep out what I please." Then the three judges fell to quar reling among themselves as to pro cedure, wliat they should do next. It was clearly a case of being up in the air over Shepherd's demand. Finally Capt. Grant ordered the court cleared and the incident closed for -the day. J BY FRED L. BOALT. Vera Cruz, Mexico. I have beheld the United States navy trying to bulldoze, intimidate and throttle American journalism, which is so much bigger than the navy that there is no comparison. This is the concluding chapter of my story of what happened after I had printed the boast of Ensign Rich-'' ardson, who told me before a dozen witnesses that he and his squad had shot down unarmed prisoners at the battle of Vera Cruz. I wrote the story because I believed him as an officer and a gentleman. Very well. On Monday, July 13, Correspondent Shepherd and I were again summoned before the naval court of inquiry, Capt. Grant, presi dent, aboard the battleship Texas. Capt. Weeks, the American censor at Vera Cruz, was also summoned. Weeks was called upon to read copies of the news stories on the first day's session of the court which Cor respondent Shepherd sent to the Unit ed Press and I sent to the Newspaper Enterprise Association by cable. Weeks said that Gen. Punston had ordered him, the censor, to let our dispatches pass. The court then told us that we were in contempt of the navy court for sending these djsnatches, because we L jJ---l -... i. a JliA..h.fci - :.faJVAA.A.w. HBHH