New Britain herald., 1928-01-11
YALE STUDENTS ID BE TRIED JAN. q
Accused of Violating Handbill
 Ordinance

l A~'SAt ~VAlu., JIu. H. Time being needed to prepare their cases both prosecutor and defense attorney todaysecured postponement In city court of the hearing for l9 Yale students arrested last night charged with violating a city ordi- nance prohibiting distribution of mana bills Of an advertising nature. The subject matter of the bills had to do with a labor disagreement. Court set January 21 as the time TOT hearing and Assistant City At- torney Nelson R. Durant and Philip Troup for the students. each ex- pressed belief that they would be ready at that time. No further ref erence to the students cases was made to Judge Stanley Dunn and only a few of the defendants ap- peared to be among the spectator, as all arrested were bailed out last night and did not have to stay in the lookup.
 Divinity Students.
 The students, seven of whom were members of the divinity school. were arrested last night while pass Ing out pamphlets to the general public concerning conditions in the nech"ear industry. The pamphlets were headed "Is this fair play?"
 9ale students have been aiding in an e1fort to unionize necktie makers. put the pamphlets gave both sides ofVhe matter, without directly urg- Ing unionization. A city ordinance forbids distribution of hand bills
 Two New York manufacturing flrms. Stern and Merritt. and Berk- | man and Adler, moved their plants 10 New Haven last September when they found the terms of the union workers contract drawn on Septem- per l. disagreeable to them. Since the two firms moved to this city. the union has been desirous of form Ing branch here and enlisted the aid of the Liberal club of Yale to that end. Members of the Liberal club took up the case of the union ma have from time to time arrans- ed meetings at which the neckwear workers here were addressed bv abor leaders.
 The distribution of the pamplets ast night followed survey of tn. 1eckwear situation made by three George Brooks. Frederick ;. Hyde and J. 5. Whitelaw,
 
 Claims Approval.
 The pamphlets, gave their purpose to give one unacquainted with the , -eckWear situation in New Haven q 'rlet summary of the case" were 1 aid by the students to have been to Dean Clarence R. Men ell. Of Yale college, who approved f them. The students also claimed have been advised by Mrs. Leon ! ulln who was, before her marriage Professor Tulin, Miss Justine slse, an active worker in the Passa- strikes and the daughter of Rabbi tephen s. Wise.
 List of Accused. II Those arrested were:
 Frederick C. Hyde, '29. Plainfield. !. J. and Boston: Walter F. Myers, raduate divinity, York, Penn; Hen t. Lynch, '31, Ireenwich; William t :. Save, senior divinity. Paris, Mo-. a lrgll F.. Lowden middle divinity. 0 luefield. w. Na.; John R. Toop, F g. Philadelphia. Penn; Guy Miller. W 5, New Haven; James T. Patter- c 'n, 80, Milford; William B. Easton, d r, 29. Stroudsburg, Penn: Edward . Fleming. 80, New York City: t oWard II. Williams. 30, New York lty; Michael J. Vicari, '2s, Anson- u !: John D. Pettus, 80, Peking, nina; Henry C. Sprikle. Jr., gradu- c, e divinity, Salisbury, N. C.; Lou,. r.
 Pratt, senior divinity, Detroit, Il ieh.; John Tester Levin. '29, New c, ork city; Roy V. Damron, junior h. vlnity. Huntington, W. Va; Saul e lller. junior divinity, LovelanA, fe 'lo.; William A. Davis. 80. West h; arlington, K. I. =
 Condemns Conditions. The pamphlet distributed by the idents in the portion entitled the ase for the union" declares, For 1g years the neckwear industry s one of those most degraded of industries': an industry charac- 'ized by home work and sweat op conditions These conditions