Evening star., 1928-04-16
! Ct WHITE HOUSE
P|CKETERS FINED
Plead Guilty and Given Max
imum Penalty-StudentS
at Capitol.

Sixty~seven picketers, who were ar
rested Saturday when they paraded
around the White House With signs as
sailing the Nicaraguan policy of the ad-
miniStration pleaded guilty 10 q viola
tion of the park regulations when they
were arrasgne5 before Judge Robert 4,
Msttinp1y early this afternoon, Each
was fined S. the maximum allowed by
the law II the fines are not paid they
will serve Is days III jail. Three men
and TWO women failed to appear ana
forfeited SIS collateral each,
Thirty-one men and women have been
locked Up since Saturday noon. Al that
time the collateral was set at SIS.
AS the nicketcrS crowded within the
railine before the judges bench their
names were called. Their attorney, John
Spencer Hornback. told the court that
they all pleaded guilty. The clerk turn
ed TO them and they choTuSed, Guilty.
Addressing the Judge, Assistant
United states Attorney Ralph Given
notified the court of the maximum PEN
atty. II have been in touch with Col.
Grant" ne declared, and we are max
ing arrangement TO have fine up 10
500 provided. The penalty certainly
shonld he commensurate with the Of
fense. II they persist With these dem
onstrations I will see that the fine next
time is much more severe"
Told to Behave Themselves.
This is q free land Of liberty and jus
tice." Judge Msttingly told the group
'and we are glad 10 receive all or you
n Won behave Yourselves and act as good
citizens Our President, and the PreSl-
dent of all of you. elected by the people
understands the law. and under the
Constitution is doing his duty in an
able manner 1t is not for you lndi-
viduhls TO take it upon your shoulders
90 tell him what TO do. He has enough
worries without you adding 10 them.
Those who forfeited collateral were
Max Schatman and Elizabeth Helen
Richardson of New York, Mike Cost
and Peter papas Of Baltimore ana Mn
ME McAEafon of Newark. n. ].
Congress and the White House were
the detectives today of students from
various colleges Of the country in an
effort to convince them that the United
States should withdraw its Marines
from Nicaragua and permit Latin Amer
lean natians to supervise the forthcom-
ing elections in that country This
action was taken as the result of a stu
dents conference held last night at
the Playhouse. 1914 N street which had
been called BY college students Coop
era11ng with existing ORGANIZATIONS,
VIII Cali on Members.
Some % students. representing i9
colleges mainly in the East. arranged
70 call today on their Senators and
Representatives 70 urge adoption OF
their views, and resolutions adopted al
last nights meeting were ready to be
presented al the White House. Plans
vere s.lso under way today TO organize
. continuation committee to can con-
ference Of students next year at this
tine 70 consider pertinent questions
before the country and 10 deal with
the United States policy in foreign af
fairs
James r. Sheldon OF the Harvard In
tesrat3onai Relations Club presided al
the Playhouse meeting. while Miss Betty /
Dublin Of Barnard College. Columbia !.
University. daughter Of Louis Israel i
Dublin, mortality statistics authority, 1
acted as secretary.
This conference was not connected 1
with the demonstrations Of the ALI 4
American nti-Imperialist League, Il 1
wss explained
Miss Annie Wood Of the Board Of /
Fellowship Of Reconciliation Insisted in /
an address that imperialism has been l
breaking down Amerca's Ideals OF de- /
mocracy, despite world movement to-
ward democracy. She told Of the reia- /
tions existing between the United States l
and Nicaragua and explained their /
history