The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-05
For A United Front to Save Scottsboro Boys
Despite Disrupters Having Other Interests
Framed Negro Children Betrayed By Lawyer
Roddy, Hired" By NAACP
An Editorial.

possible
is put in to
establishing every organization
Of woman child willing their
the lives and liberty of the helpless Negro children bay framed
necessary appeal openly
all case-to the
working themselves white
the the the policies
There organizations whose and general reputation
would indicate that they would quickly enter into united front for
whom
lack from cooperating such united front movement
pretezt another
Most prominent of these is the National Association for the Ad
Of colored membership
Overwhelmingly full
organization the united front with other willing
fight the
National Association for Advancement cood People fighting
against organization purpose of
keeping the n A. A. c. p out of this mass movement
These leaders headed by Mr. spngarn wealthy
supported by
others under membership
recently announced that they doing
Tense OF these boys but that the organization will not have anything
do with other organizations
these leaders put something
else before saving
gentlemen consider more important than saving the
lives of nine children being murdered in Alabama?
First the respectfully" of this eyes
liberal upper generally who support
the N c. financially otherwise exercise
certain policies organization The
gentlemen at the A the nine boys
but than they
they depend They to offend the dignity
Of the southern white ruling just haressy rail
roaded these children without defending themselves
They wish not to disturb the Judicial calm of southern ruling
class which children
trial
policy the A. placed in charge
Of the boys lives hess practically worked with the
prosecutor for their conviction jury
aq nen1 In snort through the court proceedings for which the N
leaders claim responsibility the boys have
to the electric
Second But now that the innocent boys
death through the outrageous ynng
ing class court and nothing
them control OF the national office
of the National Association People
stu hold something else important
rms stated frankly IN statement issued by the national office of
the NAACP. under date OF NAACP
also has mo connection with the efforts
mens Negro white which
which working hard to build united
auould have No sach cornsct;or and d t sS IA &c.
Dean William Pckens the National
for having declared himself united organiza-
tons including these working class
NAAcP to join in the mass
movement and united front defend
sociate with
particularly with
of the Alabama ynchers into public notice.
leaders in New York have reason for this refusal
The that closely
courage any mass movement which they fear would interfere with the
the ruling class BY disturbing the social order They
noccnt children condemned to death.
The national
Colored claims secretly employed
Stephen Roddy lawyer Chattanooga
attorney hold in his hands the
time avoid ynchers
Our Information the employed by
the NAACP to defend the boys
claim responsibility for this fahess lawyer.
The record in the trial Haywood Patterson
lawyer Roddy soaked with the
liberty nggers
representing
the boys Furthermore at the end of this nchng
lawyer Roddy whom the NAACP claims responsibility
plete ngcng the interests of his
openly
the defendant!
The national office OF the NAACP asks the Of that
ganzaion to join
the white
erno and Roddys statement
to
life prison.
The methods employed by attorneys
boys method playing falling
in completely with the a
We have pub
hshcd in the Atlanta World of Stephen Rodd
This statement the pcrfidy
we have ever SEEM Ugly statements heretofore
Roddy before the trial. had expressed
eecocute
that such brutality could
defense OF human hfe the statement published