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FACING THE CHAIR
STORY OF THE AMERICANIZATION OF TWO FOREIGNBORN WORKMEN

by

JOHN DOS PASSOS

Published by

SACCO-VANZETTI DEFENSE COMMITTEE

BOSTON, MASS.

1927

“AND I WILL SAY TO YOUR HONOR THAT A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS COME TO HONOR ITS OWN SECRETS MORE THAN THE LIVES OF ITS CITIZENS HAS BECOME A TYRANNY WHETHER YOU CALL IT A REPUBLIC, A MONARCHY OR ANYTHING ELSE.”