Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-12
PARADERS PREFER
CELLS TO FINES
Six Leaders of Protest DEM
onStration Get $100 or
so Days in Jail.

Declaring that they would pay no
fines imposed by the capitalist" courts
Of America and would serve such SEN
tences as imposed because the "capi-
talist" Government of America has po-
lice to enforce the sentence, 25 men,
bers of the band which paraded around
the State, War and Navy Building Sat-
urday went to Jail after trial in Po-
lice Court today as protests sagainst
what they called persecution.
Six of the band, the leaders, drew
fines of $100 or so days in Jail for vio-
lation of the regulations which prohibit
parading without a permit. Nineteen
others drew fines of $50 or 80 days. The
seventh leaders case is now pending
before Juvenile Court.
Impassioned socialistic and commu-
niStic arguments were presented Judge
Isaac r. Hit by five of the leaders of
the parade. These men are:
Carl Jones, colored, of Philadelphia
who claims to represent $4,000 coloreo
workers: Clarence Miller of the Young
Workers Communist League, Paul
, Crouch of the All-American Anti-Im-
perialist League, Benjamin S. Thomas
of the Workers Communist Party of
| America and Carl Reeves of the Inter-
national Labor Defense.
Court Sets Bond.
John S. Hornbeck, attorney for 20
of the paraders, stated after the trial
that none of his clients would submit
to the fines imposed by Judge Hit, but
would serve the 80 days in l9 instances
and the one 60-day sentence. The 9TH
er five men who addressed the court
told the court they would not submit to
the fines but would serve time in Jail.
Three of the leaders, Reeves, Jones and
Crouch. took notice of an appeal and
bond of 5000 was set by the court
Immediately after the trial, as the
prisoners were sent back into the dock,
they started singing so loudly that they
could be heard upstairs in the court
room and court recessed and ordered
the men taken to jail Immediately.
Those fined $50 or 80 days are Arthur
Bernadini, 80; Harry Newman, 25; Isa-
dore Singer. %: Ruth Hietoo, II; Fanny
Rosenberg. %: David Sander, 81; Jenny
Cooper, 26; Bernard w. Morgan, 20:
Saul Langdon, 10; Clara Scoller, 81;
Frances Goldberg, 23 Diane Sander,
"a Joseph Kro, 43; Samuel Miron, 35;
Charles Metzdorf, "a; William Duke, 25:
Helen Bennett, 81, and Freda Fink, 35.
Defendants on Stand.
Ralph Given, prosecutor, presented
evidence through Detective Howard E.
Ogle that the paraderS in using West
Executive avenue violated a section of
the park regulations which prohibits
parading without a permit and it was
on this charge that the paraders were
convicted.
Five of the six leaders were not rep
resented by counsel and took the stand
in their own behalf to make speeches
as to their reasons for coming to WASH
ington. Reeves was first to take the
stand and he said they were endeavor-
ing to present petition to Secretary
of War Davis, demanding release from
Leavenworth prison of John Porter, vice
president of the New Bedford, Mass,
textile union.
THE real charge" he said. "that We
are brought to this court on is not that
violation of a regulation prohibiting
parading without permit, but that
regulation is brought as smoke screen
to stop demonstrations of this sort.
We are being tried because we are
workers and trying to present the case
of workers of this country to the Coy
ernment. We intend to reserve the
right to make demonstrations here in
Washington whenever we see fit"
Clarence Miller then took the stand
and. after saying he was weak because
he had received only roll and coffee
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