Evening star., 1932-11-06
125POL|CE TO BAR
CAPITOL P|CKET|NG
Demonstration of Any Kind in
Scottsboro Case RigidIy
Forbidden Tomorrow.

approximately 125 policemen from
the Capitol and Metropolitan forces
will be on hand tomorrow morning to
repel with force, if necessary, the prom
ised demonstration on the Capitol Plaza
In the interest Of the defendants in the
Scottsboro assault case. The United
States Supreme Court is scheduled to
render its final decision in the case
some time during the day.
The Capitol Police Board has issued
orders that no banners or signs will be
allowed within the grounds; that there
will be no picketing, and that no or
ganized group will be allowed to pass
the Capitol gates If the demonstrators,
recruited by the International Labor
Defense, desire to enter the grounds as
private citizens they will be allowed to
do So
Meanwhile, representatives Of the In
national Labor Defense, reiterated last
night their determination to picket and
promised to march onto the Capitol
grounds at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing with between 200 and 800 men
and women.
Police Under headley.
seventy-five of the police assigned
to prevent the picketing are members
of the Metropolitan force and will be
under the command of Inspector Albert
j. Headley. Inspector Headley said
he did not intend at present to equip
his men with gas bombs as he does not
think anything more than display OF
force will be necessary.
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made up of Capitol policemen under
issued the original order forbidding the
demonstration. All police operations
will be under direction of the Capitol
Police Board
David Lynn, Capitol architect and
chairman Of the Police Board, decided
last night not to forbid photographers
taking pictures Of the demonstration.
II thought the matter over" Mr..
Lynn declared, land came to the con-
clusion that pictures are as much news
as that which is written"
Yesterday afternoon committee rep
resenting Baltimore sympathizers with
the International Labor Defense called
at the Capitol and conferred with Mr..
Lynn, Capt. Gnash and David Barry,
sergeant at arms Of the Senate. They
ufReO LQdI CIle OIQGT pfUIuUltAlS eliC
picketing be rescinded. The delegation
said it was neutral in the Scottsboro
case, but was interested In the right OF
citizens to picket.
Refused to Reconsider.
Mr.. Lynn refused to reconsider and
cited law enacted July l, 1882, which
gave him no discretion in the matter,
specifically prohibiting demonstrations
Of any sort on the Capitol grounds
The petitioning group then asked
that, If q permit were not to be granted,
the Capitol police agree not to use
violence To this Mr.. Lynn replied that
the police will not take the initiative IN
precipitating any trouble, but that they
will employ adequate means to enforce
their orders.
Those who conferred with the Capt.
tol authorities included Bernard AIDES,
Baltimore attorney; DR.. Albert Blum
berg, Johns Hopkins University pro-
fessor; Cough Mcdaniel, professor OF
history in a Baltimore school, and
T. C. Pinkerton, Johns Hopkins Uni
versity student.
The demonstration is planned in be-
half Of seven young colored men who
were convicted by an Alabama court
of criminal assault on two white girls
in Scottsboro. The case was brought
to the Supreme Court on the plea that
refusal to grant change Of venue
resulted in the defendants not receiv-
ing a fair trial.