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The Washington times., 1933-10-10
CHAIRMAN SAYS
COMMITTEE
WILL ACT
House Group to Check Charges
Germans Seek Grip for
Hitler in America

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 GN.SO.- -
Asserting that the Nazi govern
n1ent Of Germany is seeking to
find root in the United States, Rep.
Hesentative Samuel Dickstein CD
Of New York, chairman of the
House immigration Committee, to-
day confirmed his declaration
that he would order his commit,
tee to begin an investigation next
week Of alleged Nal propaganda
dissemination in this country. He
said:
Congress being in recess, 1
have decided it is the duty of
the committee of which 1 am
chairman to begin now an
unofficial study Of the charges
that have been made against
aliens who have entered this
country from Germany for the
purpose not only Of forming
here a brand of Hitler govern
ment but to establish here a
racial and religious hatred and
bigOtry.
DICTATOR SCENTED
Information has reached me
that the Nazi government main
tains q propaganda bureau
which is heavily financed by
the resources of the German
government. The objective of
the bureau and its activities
consist in spreading Nazi pro-
paganda in the United States
with the ultimate object of
OverthrOwing our Government
and Of installing in its place
q dictatorship on the Nazi
model.
Dickstein said he had consulted
with Representative Rainey, Of
Illinois, Speaker of the House, and
Ahe parliamentarian Of that body
% confirm his authority to order
Ehe inquiry.
Millions To Spend
DickStein said he had "Some in
formation to the effect that about
300 persons have recently entered
&he United States as employees or
servants of German consulates."
Most of those sent here, the
Congressman charged, were per-
6onally selected by the German
Gninister Of propaganda. Dickstein
said:
'"Many millions Of marks have
been made available for their
maintenance in the United
States and the expenses which
they may incur here to carry
on their propaganda"
One of the prospective wit
Eesses will be Bernard Ridder,
publisher of the New York Staatz-
Zeitung. Ridder said he had
been visited recently by Heinz
Spanknoebel, who presented Gre
dentials from the German gov
ernment as leader in establishing
pro-Nazi organizations in the
United States.
BER LIN, Oct. 10 QN.SD.
Charges by Samuel Dickstein,
chairman of the House Of Repre-
sentatives immigration Commit
tee in the United States that the
Nazi government has reached
into America" with the aim OF
overthrowing the United States
government, were branded "com-
plete nonsense and ridiculous" to-
day by an official government
spokesman.
The Washington times., 1933-10-10
$50 Police to Return
To Crime Glasses

One hundred and fifty Wash
ington policemen, most of them
rockies pounding the pavement"
from Georgetown to Capitol Hill,
will return to their classes at the
school of criminology at Colum-
bus University october IS.
When graduated from the
school they are prepared to meet
any problem that arises in crime
detection and prevention, In
Spector of Detectives Burke ex-
planned yesterday. Finger print
ing and ballistics are the only
subjects not taught generally at
the school.
The Washington times., 1933-10-10
JOINS
BRAIN TRUST
Universal Service

Another brain truster" joined
the forces of the Administration
yesterday when Paul H. Douglas,
professor of economics at the
University Of Chicago, was ap-
pointed member of the Consumers
Advisory Board of the NRA.
Prof. Douglas is noted for his
published studies of wages in their
relation to living costs and for his
analysis of unemployment prob
lens. He served as technical ad-
wiser for the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, the Pennsylvania Com
mittee on Unemployment and the
New York Committee on Stability
of Incomes.
Prof. Douglas is a contribut-
ing editorial writer to the Chi
cago Herald and Examiner.
The Washington times., 1933-10-10
Spain Will Hold
Election on NOU. l9

MADRID, Oct. 10 CU.SO -Presi-
dent Alcala Zamora today signed
a decree dissolving the Cortes and
ordering parliamentary elections
for November 10 in an attempt to
obtain a government holding a
working majority in the CorteS.
The Washington times., 1933-10-10
D. C.. DriUer Held
With Load of Rum

Carroll Thomas, colored, of
Washington, was arrested on
charges of transportation and
possession by Constable Harry
Chrysler near Laurel yesterday
and $50 gallons of alcohol confis-
Gated. Hearing of the case will
be Friday in Police Court.
The Washington times., 1933-10-10
NAH PROPAGANDA IN US FACES CONGRESSIONAL QUIZ
Dynamite Goes
Ofm Mans
Pockets

FRANKLIN MINE, Mich,
Oct. 10 Q.N.S0 Dependency
over ill health was believed to-
day to have caused John Korr.
SIS, to fill his pockets with
lighted sticks of dynamite and
chase his lanlady and her
until the fuses burned
down and blew him to bits.
The two women, Mrs. Mary
Chopp and her daughter, es-
capped the blast, although the
force of its knocked them down
and Shok the village.
The Washington times., 1933-10-10

volume Of busi-
n e s 8 enables
me to continue
my very rea-
sonable prices.
and d e Ii v e r
that ella ss of.
s e r ic e for
which my Of.
flee is so well.
and favorably.
known based
on long eXpe-I
rience, ability
and reputation.
L0r@ 41Cnl
The Washington times., 1933-10-10
VERY IMP ORTANT
DENTAL.
A Nm 20 U N c E M Mt

Prices for dent. materials and
cost of laboratory Work haze
greatly advanced, gold jumping
from little Over $1,000 to an
uncertain price between $1,000
and $4,000.
Regardless Of these facts, my large
The Washington times., 1933-10-10

while still a child. In 1928, 1
Joined the National Textile
Workers Union as a charter lay
member. By 1929, 1 had been
bIacklisted at most Of the mills.
1 then became a full-time func-
tiOnary.
II have been arrested and
jailed many times for taking
part in labor movements, but
was never convicted"
learned the Silk-weaving trade
The Washington times., 1933-10-10

been able to make an arrangement
for extended credit or easy pay
ments. 1t is not necessary to neg
lect your teeth and injure youR
health because Of lack OF all the
money at once.
Free X-RGys, Free Examination,
and Free ExtrGctions lDiH Be con.
II ed with Othe.. work.
"My Own Personal Attention 10
Every Patient"
DR.VAUGHAN, Dentist
932 F St. N. w. MET. 0S76
METROPOLITAN THEATER BLDG.
The Washington times., 1933-10-10

Regardless Of these facts, my
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-21

Tom Mooney was also greeted by
cheers. Negroes are asking and have
secured the help Of the white work
els in their battle to save the Scots
boro boys. Now they must show
t1eir solidarity with the white Wet
las OF the same capitalist frame-up
syem by fighting for the freedom of
Tom Mooney"
The audience applauded and
cleered Patterson's account OF Ruby
Bates, the poor white mill girl who
courageousIy took the stand, despite
threats of lynching, and testified that
she had been compelled to lie in the
original Scottsboro rape" trials. Pat
terson pointed out that for white
girl in the South to take the stand in
defense of Negro boys framed for
rape was a sign Of the awakening
unity Of poor whites with the Negro
tenant farmers and workers.
Mayor Stays Away.
The mayor and other officials Of
the city had been invited to the meet
ing, but did not appear. 1T is not by
accident that they are not here, "
Patterson declared, They are part
and parcel Of the machinery which
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"There Amt No Trouble Here"

mo, sir" the Attorney General
says, there won't be any trouble"
Something In the Air
The screen door opens. The bell
to the apartment is not even rung.
The natty figure of Captain Burleson
appears. He snaps sharp salute.
General, may I see you right
sway?"
They leave. For half an hour the
rewspapermen stand on the Corne-
Han Court lawn waiting for them.
Captain Burleson has never been
here before. Something is in the
air.
The phone rings. 1t is a newspa-
perman who had gone to attend a
wrestling match.
whats up?" he asks. THE bout
was stopped and two Kilby Prison
guards who are in town, PACED. The
Assistant Attorney General Tom
Lawson and Jackson County's Soil
citor Bailey were told to report to
the Attorney General Immediately"
In the Attorney Generals rooms
the state officials are comforting.
Outside Sheriff Bud" Davis of Nor
gan County and two Of his deputies
wait in an automobile.
What's up?" the attorney Gen
eral Is asked.
mot thing" he laughs.
But something is up. Something
is in the air.
In the morning few scattered
facts are Cleaned from privates on
guard outside the court room. A
mob Of 200 Morgan and jackson
County whites had started to march
on the jail to lynch the boys An
other small group were about to go
to Cornelian Court to "get" Leibow-
itz. Soldiers had been thrown about
the jail The Sheriff had addressed
the mob, threatening to shoot if they
proceeded with their plan. The mob
finally dispersed.
The State officials did not want
this to come up. 1t would be a
black eye to the State of Alabama.
1T would cause a mistrial.
When the newspapermen learn Of
it they scribble hastily. Two south
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-21

increases. There were only few
soldiers in the court room in the first
days Of the trial, but now wherever
one looks there are soldiers. Soldiers
near Haywood Patterson. Soldiers
near the Judge. Soldiers all around
the jury. Soldiers allotted to Negro
spectators, and the soldiers at the
door. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Captain Burleson is frank with the
newspaper correspondents. Tension
is rising.
Leibowitz hammers inexorably at a
State witness, dull-looking, litter
ate farmer. With every question the
farmer becomes more confused. His
story is shattered. Suddenly white
spectator in the rear of the court
room turns to a companion and
snaps:
I'm sick of this. Let's get that
Jew bastard"
Two soldiers pounce upon them
Immediately. The men are hustled
out of the court room and examined
for arms. They have none and are
permitted to return to their seats.
"If They're Acquitted. e"
The restaurant on Second Street
where most of the upper middle class
whites eat is hangout for visiting
farmers. Where the proprietor used
to greet everyone with smiles his eyes
are somber now.
II don't tisger on no trouble right
away" he says with shrug. "Hit's
when the verdict comes inf them
boys is acquitted"
Wherever one goes the tension has
increased. A Jew lawyer" Is defend
ing "niggers;" Jew lawyer" in
the defense Of "niggers" Is crumbline
the story told by white prostitute.
And the whites do not like it.
The Attorney General Of the State
Of Alabama and four of the out-of
town newspapermen covering the
trial ave in correspondents apart
ment in Comedian Court where the
defense, prosecution and most of the
newspapermen live. The newspaper
men are kidding the Attorney Cen
eral who takes 1t good -naturedly, re-
turning badinage with badinase
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-21

then attacked by a vicious censor
ship, "Kuhle Wampe" will be the last
anti-FaScist film to come out of Ger
many. Word has just been received
that the Nazis have burned all re-
naming copies of this picture, along
with those of "All Quiet on the West
srn Front.
On the Cameo screen, ''Kulle
Wampe" will open with an introduc-
tory and explanatory address by NAL
com Cowley, editor of the New Re-
public, who is taking an active part
in the. United Front opposition to
German fascism. Mr.. Cowley sounds
the keynote, when ne says: To-day
the ruling party is not only perSecut-
ing the Jews; it is also fighting what
is practically civil war against
German workers"
"Kuhle Wampe" is a triumph for
proletarian cinematic art. Featuring
Hertha Thiele, star of ''Maedchen in
Uniform, and Ernst Busch, who will
be remembered for his fine work in
"KameradSchaft' this picture pre-
sents two Of the finest artists Of the
German screen in story that vii
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-21

where near the scene of the crime.
A storm Of protest against this In
famous frame-up swept the world.
Great mass demonstrations were held
in the principal cities Of the world,
especially in front Of American en-
bassies and consulates. kilograms
flooded the state department at
Washington and the state authorities
Of Massachusetts,. Strikes occurred
in q number of South American coun-
tries.
In spite of ali this, on April 9, 1927,
Tfayer passed the death sentence and
on August %, after seven years tor
ture, Sacco and Vanzetti were burned
to death in the electric chair.
Vanzetd Denounced Thayer
When he was before Thayer for
sentence, Vanzetti said to the old buzz
card who could not even look his
victim in the eye: There could not
be another Judge more prejudiced
than you. We know. you know, we
are not guilty You know in your
heart you have been against us from
the beginning. You knew we were
radicals, un6erdogs. You spoke of
your despisement Of us in your Uni
versity Club in Worcester"
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students dismissed from colleges and
high schools.
The pledge in full adopted by the
Conference follows:
We Pledge Ourselves:
A. To carry on a vigorous fight
TO destroy all illusions Of racial SUI
premacy as fostered by our schools
and other educational agencies.
B. To carry on a militant struggle
against lynching, jim-crowiSm and
similar vicious attacks on Negro
workers and students.
C. To popularize the achieve
ments, the life and culture Of the
Negro people and make clear the
proper role Of the Negro people in
the history of the world.
D. To serve untiringly in the pro
motion of the unity OF Negro and
white students in meeting their COM
mon problems.
Resolutions On Immediate Action
/. To hold meetings in each school
in order to popularize and publicize
the program Of action adopted by this
conference.
2. To establish clubs where none
exist and to utilize existing ones for
the furtherance Of this program.
3. To spread and distribute
throughout the country and through
ell available agencies of publicity the
bulletins of the resolutions adopted
and such other factual material as
shall be prepared by the National
Student Committee for the Defense
of Negro Students Rights.
A. That we send a delegate to the
International Negro Youth Confer
ence. to be held in Chicago, Ill, June
20-23, 1888, as the official delegate
from this conference, and to make
every effort to elect delegates from
our respective schools to this con-
| ference.
5. To elect three official delegates
to the Scottsboro March on Wash
ington initiated by the Amsterdam
News, and to work for the election
Of q maximum number Of delegates
upon returning to our respective
! schools.
6. That all efforts be made to fur
ther the work of the conference by
taking another step forward by call
| ing another conference in the South.
Resolution On Y. M. C. A.
WHEREAS the Central Young
Mems Christian Association College
has barred from gym and swimming
pool privileges Negro students; and
whereas this conference has pledged
itself to fight against such practices
| Of discrimination
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
that we offer vigorous protest to such
discriminatory acts and furthermore
we demand that Negro students be
admitted on the basis Of full equal
ity to all facilities which white stu
dents enjoy. Be it further resolved
that this conference send a copy OF
this resolution to the Board of Man
ayers of the Central Y. M G. A. Col
lege, 10 South La Sale st., Chicago.
and urge all other groups to send
similar protests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-21
BY JOHN L. SPIyAK-

DECATUR, Ala.-Something has
crept over Decatur's outwardly tram
gull air. There is talk that was not
heard in the first few days OF the
trial, talk of court justice" being
too slow, talk of northern Jews"
defending nine "niggers."
The end of the second week Of the
Scottsboro trial had seen the State
of Alabama shoot its bolt and it was
weak; only the word of woman,
who feared arrest on a charge of
hoboing, that she had been raped.
That was the States case, and now
the prosecution was presenting in
disputable proof that the woman was
a liar and a prostitute. Witness af-
ter witness showed that she had lied.
Even medical testimony showed that
she had lied.
The grim spectators in the court
room did not like it, A southern
white woman, though she be the low
est Of creatures, had said she had
been raped and her word must not
be questioned. Even the Attorney
General of the state of Alabama
made a racial appeal to the jury.
IT don't care how many men this
woman slept with" he had shouted,
slapping one hand against the other
emphatically, this white woman had
never before submitted to the en-
braces Of niggerl"
SO the tranquility vanished.
Captain Joe Burleson, in charge Of
the national guard, feels 1t. He has
soldier in plain clothes circulating
among the whites, and he knows of
the changing sentiments. That is
why spectators are no longer per-
nitted to loll ON the lawn of the
court building or stand crushed to-
gether in the corridor outside the
room where the dramatic trial is 60
ing on. Entrance to the court room
is difficult. Two soldiers with fixed
bayonets on their rifles stand at each
entrance TO the court house.
With each telling question asked
by Samuel Leibowitz, chief OF the
International Labor Defense counsel,
the grimness Of the white spectators
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Thayer, presiding at the trial used
the yilest methods in order to preju-
dice the case of the victims
In spite of the fact that he had
announced with great glee that he
was going to see those italian bast-
ards burn" the authorities OF the
state OF Massachusetts,, under Calvin
Coolidge as governor and under Cool
idge'S successor. Alvin T. Fuller, re-
fused TO take the case out of Thayer's
court.
On five occasions over a period Of
seven years Thayer denied motions to
set aside the convictions, in spite OF
the fact that state troopers testified
that the bullet that killed the pay
master could not have been fired from
the weapon alleged to have been
found in the possession of Sacco, and
in spite of uninpeachable proof that
neither Sacco or Vanzetti were any
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-21

uses lynch and legal terror against
workers here as well as in the South"
When he called upon the audience
to fight for the Scottsboro boys in
their daily local struggles against
discrimination and Growing, Pat
terson was greeted with a roar of ap-
prevail He declared that the barring
of Negroes from restaurants, hotels,
and amusement places in Atlantic
City, the playground Of the white
ruling class, was of as much political
Importance as the Scottsboro case.
He called for struggle against these
bars, telling of the march on Wash
ington to demand of Roosevelt the
freedom of the ScottSboro Boys and
congress a bill guaranteeing the con-
stitutional rights OF Negroes.
1t was at this point that the audi
ence shouted: Wen march! Wen
march,"
The meeting was called by the Cit
liens Committee. Among the speak
ers we're Father Jackson Of the Epis-
copal Church; Isaac J. Nutter, we'll
known attorney, and G. Barr, a pol
itician
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under the auspices OF that organ
ization.
Mrs. Ovington, who is white, spoke
for an hour on past and present
cases handled by the N. A. A. C. P,
making her biggest point that she
once had a quarrel with her landlord
about letting Negroes visit her in New
York, and then sat down without
having said a word about the Scots
boro boys.
The audience sat back silent and
amazed until someone called out:
What about the Scottsboro boys?"
Mrs. Ovington rose again.
"Well," she said, 'the Communists
wanted their way and they got it.
We would have handled the case diff
ferently. We would not have brought
in outside lawyers. We would have
had Southern lawyers only"
She did not mention the funda-
mental questions of democratic rights
for Negroes raised in the Decatur
trial by the International Labor De-
Tense, nor that no Southern lawyer
WOllQ 1ldfG dlSCd eAtCcC pOAliVos
Calls Them riff Raft"
Her next point was that the Scots
boro boys we're "riff-raff and semi
criminal types, anyway"
Her next an attack upon the cred
Utility of Ruby Bates, in which she
repeated all over again In her own
name the questions asked of this girl
by Attorney General Knight, which
she had heard in the hour and half
she spent in Decatur courtroom,
seeking to undermine her testimony
of the innocence of the Scottsboro
boys by pointing to her new clothes y
Judge Horton is extremely fair, y
Mrs. Ovington said Of the jurist who
made no move to halt the legal
iynching of the boys. HE is very
friendly. But the Communists in
suited him by sending him kilograms
Of protest demanding that he protect
| the defendants and their lawyers"
She closed without any appeal for
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students for the solution OF their
problems" adopted a program of mill
tant action
National Committee Formed.
Resolutions were passed against
discrimination, retrenchment in edu-
cational expenditures, suppression of
academic freedom, unemployment
among students and graduates. A
firm pledge was adopted ITO support
struggle against oppression of the
Negro people by bringing Negro and
white together in the fight for Negro
liberation" A permanent National
Committee for this Defense of Negro
Students Rights was established for
that purpose. The National Students
League pledged its full and untiring
cooperation with the committee in
carrying out this program of action.
Protest for ScotSsooro Boys.
Pledging themselves "to carry on q
militant struggle against lynching,
Jim-C rowism and similar vicious at
tacks on Negro workers and stu
dents" the delegates demanded the
immediate and unconditional release
Of che innocent Scottsboro boys
The Southern delegation from Vir-
ginia, Alabama, North Carolina,
Tennessee, ETC., organized a South
ern committee to work for the call
ing of q conference later this year
in the heart Of the South.
Elect neIeqafnS tn March
Delegates were elected to partici-
pate in the Scottsboro March to
Washington, to the Tom Mooney
Congress in Chicago and to the In
ternational Youth Conference to be
held in GS:icago June 1923.
Hit Y.M.C.A. Jim Crowism.
A vigorous protest was adopted
against discrimination against Ne
groes in the Y. M. @. AS, demand
ing that Negro students be admit
ted on the basis of full equality to
all facilities which white students
enjoy" A copy of the resolution was
sent to the Board of Managers OF
the Central Y. M. C. A. College, 19
South La Sale, Chicago, Ill. The
conference urged that other groups
send similar protests.
A Negro delegate from Birmingham
denounced his city as the "hell-hole
of the South" and pointed out the
enormous number of murders ano
lynchings which occurred there, now
exceeded only by Memphis, Tenn.
Reinstatement of Expelled Demanded
Special resolutions we're adopted
demanding the reinstatement Of Don
aid Henderson, expelled from Column
bia University. and Prof. Barnhardt
expelled in Birmingham, and variou: