The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
-tBy Telegraph to Daily WORKER

B1f6AINGHHIUs AID, april "a
There was a touching scene in Birr1s
inghan Jail this afternoon as Claude
Patterson, Mrs. Ada Wright, and Mrs
Mamie Williams saw their SONS for
the first time since their arrest in
Paint Rock, Alabama, on March IS,
The parents of four of the eight
boys condemned to burn in the cleo
trio chair by boss court lynch YER
dict had travelled to Birmingham to
explain to all the boys the fight being
led by the international Labor De
Tense against the Scottsboro lynch
verdict
Boys Repudiate Roddy.
In answer to the statement ex-
torted from the boys under false pre-
lenses yesterday by Steve Roddy and
some representatives of the Chat
tanooga Ministers Alliance the boys
enthusiastically endorsed the follow
Ing statement prepared by the par
ents Of the Chattanooga four:
I'VE, Haywood Patterson, Andy
Wright, Roy Wright and Eugene
Williams, after conference with
our parents, Claude Patterson, Ada
Wright and Mamie Williams ,desirc
to re-affirm our written contract
with the International Labor De-
Tense to engage George w. Cham
lee as chief counsel in our de-
Tense, and we, Ozzie Powell, DIN
Montgomery, Clarence Norris, VIII
lie Robertson and Charlie Weenls
join with the above named defend
ants in ratifying our written state
ment to the International Labor
Defense concerning the employment
of counsel for US.
Brand Roddy and Tools a.
Betrayers.
"a statement yesterday obtained
from US by Steve Roddy and by w.
M. James, L. p. Written and Fl.
Terrell under circumstances we did
not understand indicated that we
were not satisfied with the Inter
national Labor Defense. This
statement was obtained without the
consent or advice of our parents
and we had no way of knowing
what to do. We completely repu~
diate that statement and brand
those who obtained it as betrsyers
of our cause"
The confidence of the parents and
all of the boys in the workers de-
Tense organization was well expressed
by Claude Patterson, father of Hey
wood Patterson in this statement to
his son:
'Iisten, son, this is our bunch.
You stay by them"
I. L. d. Engages Additional Attorney.
The local representative of the IN
ternational Labor Defense and Georges
w. Chamlee accompanied the par
ents from Chattanooga to Birnling-
ham and will return tonight to the
Chattanooga defense headquarters.
Albert Rosenthal of Birmingham
was retained today by the I. L. D. "a
associate counsel.
Haywood Patterson was overjoyed
at the news that the I. L. D. and tbs
League OF Struggle for Negro Right,
had together sent his mother north
to rally the workers and all synpa.
thizers to the fight to free the boys
Haywood called upon all to give her
the support necessary to save him
and the other eight youngsters from
the electric chair.
Boys Protest Innocence.
The boys protested their complete
Innocence to their parents.
The attitude of the bosses and thei,
jailers towards the boys is so Tciou:
that twas only under pressure that
the sheriff permitted these mother.
who had come almost 200 miles t.
see their condemned sons to enter
the Jail. Although all nine boys i1ave
Officially accepted and approved de.
Tense by the T. T. D., the sheriff die
not permit the I. L. D. representa-.
tive to see them.
-------------4-----------r~.--
Only the organized power OF tbs
vorking class can save the politica'