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“~ cA of war taken by the oppressed people against any enemy or mur- derer or oppressor to regain their freedom and liberty and to give life to their children and people. It is therefore the diractive ¢ this court that before any form of negotiations for she release ¢ the subject prosone: be . initiated, that an action of good faith be snow on the part of the Hearst family to allow the Court and the oppressed reople of this world and this nation to escertain as to the real interests and cooperative attitude of the Hearst family, and, in so doing, show some form of reventence for the murder and suffering they heve aided and profited from, And this good faith gesture is to be in fohetHorm of a token gesture to the oppressed rneople who the Hearsts aid the corporate state in robbing and removing their rights to freedom and liberty. This gesture is to be in the farm ef food to the needy and the unemployed, distributed according to our instructions.. ; In closing ; In closing and speaking personally for myself as a father of six chilcren, I wish to say to Mr. Hearst and Mrs, ‘earst that I, as well as the forces under my command by the authority of the Court of the People, are not savage killers and madmen and we do hold a high moral value to life. We value lire very deeply and with all the spirit thet we as human beings can bring forth in our hearts, Speaking as a father, I am quite willing to lose my children, if by that action, I cculd save thousans of White, Black, Yellow and Red children froma life of suffere- _ ing and exploitation and murder, and I am therefore quits wilie “ing to carry out the execution of your daughter to save the life of starving men, women and children of every race. I am alic, alons with the loyel women and men of many races who love the people, quite willing to give our lives to free the people at amy cost. And if, as you and others so naively believe that we will lose, let it be known that even in death we will win, for the very ashes of this fascist nation will mark our very graves,