Evening star., 1933-12-30
THOMAS PROMISES
MARCH HASPROTEST
Students Here Charging
Mistreatment by Police
May Parade Today.

Police officials were in the dark today
as to proposed march on police head
quarters by a group Of delegates to the
National Conference on Students in
Politics, under leadership of Norman
Thomas, former Socialist candidate for
President, as protest against alleged
mistreatment of delegates by police.
In a speech to the students last night,
Thomas promised to lead the group to
police headquarters today in protest
against the alleged attacking Of group
Of the students yesterday by group of
plainclothes men headed by Police
Lieut.. Gustav Lauton.
The convention is meeting at the
United States Chamber Of Commerce
Police denied reports that any stu
dents had been attacked or mistreated
Lieut.. H. w. Lineberg, head Of the
Crime Prevention Bureau, said Lauton,
alone, went to a group of student pick
eters in front of Seventh street store,
took their placards and told them to
move on. The students moved on with
out protest Lieut.. Lineberg said
The group picketed the store of Harry
kaufman, 1916 Seventh street, to test
an injunction obtained by Kaufman
against picketing by group Of colored
persons in protest against his refusal
to hire colored labor
Among the placards taken from the
youthful picketers were those reading
kaufman Refuses Negro Help"
The New Deal Should Be a Fair
Negroes Buy Only Where They Can
Work"
Hear Editors and Educators.
The picketing group was made up of
representatives Of the intercollegiate
League for Industrial Democracy at
tending the convention. at which II
student groups are represented.
Four educators and two editors
pointed out to the students this morn
ing theoretical means of achieving
their Utopian ideals
Devere Allen. editor of World To-
morrow, discussed pacifsm as the way;
Jay Lovestone, editor of Workers Age,
pointed to revolution In his address,
and Clyde Eagleton. professor of gov
ernment at New York University, de-
scribed his means as Evolution
Wallace B. Donham. dean of the
Harvard Business School, discussed ma
tional -sufficiency, while, almost
diametrically opposed. Arnold Wolfers,
Yale government professor. told of the
merits of international Cooperation. "
An idealistic World Society" was the
topic Of another address by Henry
Ward. professor of Christian ethics at
Union Seminary.
Socialist Hits New Deal.
The new deal was the object of more
criticism last night at the opening ses-
the Socialist leader. speaking to the
group, said:
The codes are unsatisfactory, Your
new deal Is only another version Of the
The failure to impose and enforce
codes has brought out spirit Of arro-
gance, typifed by Henry Ford, who has
locked out workers at Chester, Pa, and
had faith in the one good feature of
the new deal-collective bargaining"
Robert Minor, Communist candidate
for mayor Of New York City in the last
election, compared capitalism with
slavery.
Finally, after William z. Sweet. for
mer Colorado Governor and now an
N. r. A. employe, had praised Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Thomas r. Amlie,
Farmer-Labor leader, had said the
Presidents efforts ito stabilize capital
ism" would fail, Eugene Meyer, pub
Usher Of the Washington Post, took the
floor.
L have no plan for the salvation of
the world he said simply, stimulating
a burst of applause
He concluded the speech making by
saying the overthrow of social orders
often results in the responsible ideal
lists becoming "hardshelled reaction
aries
Round table discussions were schad-
uled for this afternoon, and a play
The American Plan" by Halle Flan-
agan and Mary St. John. will be pre-
sented before the convention tonight.
The conference will close tomorrow
afternoon. These organizations are
participating:
The Committee on Militarism in Edu-
cation, intercollegiate Council on In
ternational Cooperation, International
Student Service, League for Industrial
Democracy. League of Nations Associa-
ton, National Council of Student
Christian Associations. National Stu
dent Council. Y. W. C. A.; National
Student Federation of America. Ma
tional Student League, American Stu
dent Union, Young Mems Christian
Association, student DIVISION War Reg
isters' League. Student Enrolment
Committee.
CONVENT FIRF F0IIGHT