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of a most sertoue crime agatnet the people of the Untted Statea. They have been found guilty of conspiring with tntent and reaeon to belteve that Ad would be to the advantage of a sporetgn power, ‘te deltver to the agents of that foretgn , power certatn Atghly secret atonte infornatton relating te . the nattonal defense of the United States, The nature of the crine for which they hove been found gutlty and sentenced far exceeds that of the taking of the life of enother ottizen; tt tnvolves the deltberate betrayal of the entire Ratton and could very well result tn the death of many, many thousands of tanocent cttizena, By thetr act these two indtutduals have, , tn fact, betrayed the cause of freedon for whitch free nen are Stghting and dying at thie very tour.” President Eisenhower continued, "The courts have provided every epportunity for the subdatsaton of evidence bearing on thie case, In the tine-honored tradition of Anertoan justice, a freely selected Jury ef thetr fellow citizens conetdered the evidence ta this case and rendered tte judgment, All righte of appeal were exercised and the conviction of the trial court was upheld after full judicial review, tacluding thot of the Atghest court tr the Jand, I have mode a ea eful ezcntnation tate tate eo | sattested that the two tndtvtduale have been sccorded thetr full measure of justice. There has Been netther new evidence nor have there been atttgating etreunstances whitch would = 125 =