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the clemency drives An advertisement placed in the "FYashtngtoa Sventng Star” on January 5, 1953, dy the “Peergency Committee of | the Arte and Profeastone to Secure Clemency for the Bosenderga, ® one of many satellites of the CSIRO, quoted Rabtéi Stiver ae pollowss "..4r believe that the death sentence which has been tre posed te unprecedented tn the legal annals of our countrysce.T belteve that our country ta strong and great-hearted enough to be merci fulees® rhe full tert of Rabbt Silver's solicited statenent, which fnetdentally was tn the form of a reply to @ letter from” Emanuel He Bloch, the Rosenbergs’ defense attorney, received ne publicttye It tneluded such additional remarks as the followitnge "I have aecepted the verdict of the courte tn thetr conviction of the RosenbdergaeseThe crime of which they have been found guiity ta a heinous one and ZI found no sympathy tn ny heart for men and women whe betray their country. I was especially resentful =. of the affort that was nade to drag in the ftaaue of anti~- Sentttom tn this most unfortunate affatres,® Probably the most flagrant inatance of dtatortion, .. however, occurred tn connectton with a atctenent tasued by Pope Ptus rit tn December, 1952. The Communtat press made at appear | | that the Pope had directly and personally tnterceded and aeked Jor clemency on behalf of the Rosenbergs. Moreover, when tt developed that the Pope's statement had not been tumediately nade publto, the Rosenberg sup:ortera hurled heated charges of “auppresston,” “gagging,” etce, by the Departrent of Justice, which had recetved the Pope's conmuntoation. | _... 2 OL = sem epweser cre oy ge Ti | hel tl