The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
SCOTTSBOR0 nine RAP RODDY, ASK l. l. D. DEFENSE
Only a Policy of United Front
Can Save the Nine Negro
Boys at ScOttsbOrO

be
class against the judicial murder
this light understood the incident of Thursday when Ger
ministers together with the attorney Stephen Roddy visited
boys prison with the that the nine
boys repud defense of their cause by the International Labor
Defense significant point statement given out by the
ministers that it calls for the Communists TO lay OFT ana expresses
movement being rallied in the defense OF these
boys Defense OF the statement
the individual ministers together with the lawyer
Rodd and M James man with police connections and formerly
Chattanooga These made the statement not the
IA to 10 of only one Of whom is able even to
It obvious that the visit picked jail
with the wishes of those forces who conducted
supported prosecution the and that the did not
the Jail in the interest Of the boys themselves
indicated by the reports does not
that the framed and are being
raioaded to their death any
trial free from the conditions OF the loaded dice
which condemned them in the last trial
m short the statement the the
police agent attacks those who de-
Tending demand the breaking of
the which has already been started by the international
which has already reached partial
proportions extent to impress those who are numbering
children with the fear that their crime OF frameup will be
The statement the ministers
d directed against the boys themselves against those who are
defending strictly who demand their death
written almost the precise terms of editorial
appeared Jackson County Sentinel published
at scotboro being initiated by the state
faihs lawyer the ministers
and police agent attacks, as it say;
attorneys who arrived in Brninghamto
preliminary york for the defense the Negroes tried and
convicted circuit court last week and sentenced to die These
state by the International Labor
Defense York make statements in this interview that
to
mban of truth and vicious to degree Of being extremely
Fl
The editorial pro-ynching newspaper
statement Of the lid attorneys that the conviction sentencing
from finish which the edi
~ hs for ynr that the Negro bows are innoent and
International Defense
being to blame for the fact that.
In the meantime this great sympathy
nacna Defense will country through
sisters win multiply by the thousands Al
ready judge solicitors
wamped with letters kilograms from northern states telling
them what mistake has made the conviction of
poor innocent Negro lads"
starting
that the Jackson County Sentinel attacks the International Labor De-
and the statement the ministers the police agent and
Roddy for which the signatures apparently extorted is
The Jackson County Sentinel wrote the editorial as demand for
THE
the interest Of the death of the Negro boys
And the ruling of Alabama will proceed to kill these boys
stopped
who simple doubt this let finish the
might
declaration in favor of the the shortest
OUT their legal execution should be delayed by the appeal which
International Labor Defense has
Indictment murder by the editor the jackson Sentinel
Y from
Its jury decisions filthy nsinuons people
n r.1 b If The n t tt s a,sr n d - s
1t allows for the growth of the
the shortest out in like these would have the
method Of disposing Of them
dastardy action of the group which issued the alleged
statement the Of the Negro boys
which adds greatly the murder
them have been unable to do quietly Therefore
methods The method terror
these boys
land Of them by threatened giving
evidence for the state) But together policy being
combined the policy Of using certain plant Negro
preachers as Instruments to make possible the putting
lead the boys to the electric chair
exposure the ameup and
prevent united front Of all possible forces
to them. n
We confident that the International defeat
proceed The lid went into action
receiving terrible crime against the
people and the working with the life
freedom Of the boys at all cost The the correct
policy Of trying united front purpose the policy of
unite willing to flint In
defense Of
Communist Party matter jumped into
fight at the first word Of approved supported advised
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