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The Washington times., 1933-10-13

Two hundred and fifty friends
and admirers of the late Senator
Francis Griffith NeWlands gath
cred at Chevy Chase Circle in a
drizzling rain yesterday to wit
ness the unveiling of a fountain,
placed there for the man who did
much to beautify Washington.
Senator Key Pittman, of New
lands own State, Nevada. eulo-
gized Newlands as a far visioned
statesman, and spoke of his con-
structive legislation. Arno B.
Cammerer, director of Public
Parks and Buildings, accepted the
memorial from Charles Moore, OF
the Fine Arts Commission.
Born in Mississippi in 1848, the
late Senator moved to Illinois
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
Boy, II, Disappears
From Md. Home

Prince Georges County police
have been asked to search for
William Roberts, IA, of Edmon-
ston, Md, who disappeared from
his home last Monday. The
youth is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Roberts.
The boy failed to return home
from school. When he disap-
peared he was wearing a blue
shirt, tan knickers, black shoes
and brown stockings. He has
red hair.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
Maryland u. Body
Names H. T. KeLLu

Harry T. Kelly, Of Takoma
Park, has been named to head
the Scabbard and Blade Society
of the University of Maryland for
the ensuing term. He is a major
in the r. o. T. c.
Kelly is also president of the
Engineering Society, treasurer of
the Rossbourg Club and vice
president of the Sigma Phi Sigma
fraternity.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
CAMP
!. PROVES BAND
Of GYPS|ES
General Smith Still Missing;
Members Begin to Think
They've Been Stunu
Lost-20O Khaki Shirt marchers,

Lost-200 Khaki Shirt marchers.
The marcherS, headed for
washington with the announced
intention of proclaiming Presi.
cent Roosevelt dictator of the
united States, were reported early
Today to be camped near Laurel.
AS soon as the report reached
mere. detail of men from the
Crime Prevention squad was
rushed to Laurel. Other police
were sent out from Baltimore.
Camp Can't Be Found
Maryland State police, whose
headquarters are at Laurel, joined
IN the search for the marchers.
But they couldn't locate them.
The officers did locate a band
Of gypsies who Indignantly denied
that they were Khaki Shirts or
knew anything about the Facisti
marcherS.
A group of 66 Khaki Shirts was
turned back at the District line
yesterday by Washington and
Maryland State police. They Of
fered no resistance when told
that their leader, Gen." Art ].
Smith had deserted the army in
Philadelphia and that 27 of their
comrades were under arrest there.
Advance Guard of Million
They claimed to be the advance
guard of the lone million" that
Smith had ordered to march on
the Capital and proclaim Presl-
dent Roosevelt dictator of Amer
lea, But when they learned of
the developments in Philadelphia
they began to believe General
Smith had victimized them.
At least that was the opinion
Of some of the them. One mem
ber. stopped yesterday by a high
way patrolman after the group
had been turned back at the
District line, said:
81 believe we are the goats
Of this thing. I for one am of
the opinion that we have been
victimiEed both by a clever or
ganizer and by our own desire
to be 'joiners.'
Looking for New Leader
His opinion was shared by
several of his comrades, although
most of them were less severe
in their remarks.
Another member said:
"It looks like our little play
house has been blown down.
OF course we may try to re-
organize with new leader"
The men, arriving at the Dis
trict line about 2 o'clock in three
trucks and several private cars,
said they did not know of the
sudden ending of the Khaki Shirts
in Philadelphia, until they were
told about it by the patrolmen.
General" Smith was still miss
ing in Philadelphia today after
his escape from detectives yester-
day when they sought to question
him in regard to a reported plot
to raid the armory in Philadelphia
and obtain arms for the march
on the Capital. Twentyseven of
his followers were arrested by the
detectives, and several were re-
ported still in Jail today.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
Newlands' Vision Is Praised
At Fountain Dedication

where he attended high school,
His later education was received
at Yale and at the old Columbia
Law School, now a part of
George Washington University
He practiced law in the West,
was elected to the House of Rep
resentatives, and, in 1908, was
elected to the Senate where he
served until his death in 1917.
At the unveiling, the Garden
Club Of Maryland was praised for
the shrubbery it donated for the
fountain, and the Garden Club of
America was thanked for its
State line markers, placed yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
Former Councilman
Dies in H00erStOUN

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Oct. 13.
Frank P. Alsip, aged II, former
city councilman of Hagerstown,
died yesterday at his home here
of kidney trouble.
He was superintendent of streets
in Hagerstown for a number of
years and later superintendent of
Bellevue, the county home. He is
survived by three daughters.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
BOw WOwS Get
New Pound
In TakOma

Unable to keep the public
from retrieving their dogs from
the local fire engine house,
Earl Seek, dog catcher of Ia
koma Park, Md, today moved
the pound to his home.
Seek reported that since the
pound has been located at the
engine house, people have been
going there and getting their
dogs and sometimes letting
dogs 'out.
1t is expected that he will
partition off the cellar of his
home in the 100 block Of
Flower st. N. W., and keep the
captured CANNES there.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
WOOdside Citizens
Name Committees

Committee heads of the Wood
side Park (Md0 Civic Association
have been announced. They are
A. H. Gardner, membership: H.
w. Kacy, legislation; V. E. Grot-
lisch, education; M. K. Armstrong,
buildings; A. K. Blakeslee, streets;
Mrs. R. j. Boyd, entertainment,
and H. E. johnson, publicity.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
Citizens Protest
Dim Street LiQhtS

The Indian Spring Park (Md.)
Citizens Association last night
voted to protest the shading Of
street lamps on Sligo Road, near
Seeks Corner.
It was said that trees and
brush have grown to such extent
as to hide the lights. The group
will elect officers next month.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
MARLBORO LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
at Upper Marlboro yesterday to
Joseph Berlon. 81, and Hattie
Young, 18, Alexandria; Owen w.
Sears, 81. Tracy. Md, and Esther
w. Catterton. 3, Fair Haven, and
Adam F. Werner, %, Cheltenham,
and Louise M. Suthard, "a. Glen,
dale.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
Relief Headquarters
Opened in BerlvV11

Destitute persons in Berwyn,
Md, can register for jobs today
at Mabel's Beauty Shop on Gen.
tral Avenue, one of many set up
by the Prince Georges County
Board of Welfare in it's relief
drive.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
NEW PEERLESS LISTED

The New York Stock Exchange
approved the listing of 554,O87
shares of So par value capital
stock of the Peerless Corporation,
successor to the Peerless Motor
Car Corporation.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13

VIEW OF FOUNTAIN

FRIENDS of the late Senator
Francis Griffith Newlands, Of
Nevada, yesterday dedicated a
fountain to his memory at
Chevy Chase Circle. Senator
Key Pittman, of Nevada, and
Charles Moore, of the Fine Arts
Commission, were among the
speakers at the dedication.
Times Staff Photo.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
9th St. Between DE

Smoking permitted in balcony only
Today-RICHARD ARLEN in "Three
Cornered Moon" Comedy. "Fighting
With Kit Carson No. 5. Tomorrow
Jack Holt and George E Stone in
'The Wrecker." Arbuckle Comedy and
Cartoon.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
AVENUE GRAND sss ssnts:a.. Rs: Ave

MatInee-2 p. NJ.
Today-KATHARINE HEPBURN in
Morning Glory" Kennedy Comedy
Hollywood Short. Tomorrow j c k
Holt and Genevieve Tobn in '"The
Wrecker." Cartoon. Traveltalk and
Gordon of Ghost City" No 4
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
WARNER BROS. THEATERS

EkpV 18th St. Below
@PAhA6 st. N. w.
SCREEN-"BR1EF MOMENT" with
CAROLE LOMBARD e. GENE RAY
MOND STAGE-LOWE, BURNOFF
and WENSLEY and Other Acts.
The Washington times., 1933-10-13
METROPOLITAN AsFN ~ : lSth y

Third Smash week-BING CROSBY
in TOO Much Harmony" with Judith
Allen, Jack Oakie and Skeets Gala
CHER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18
BY STANLEY GIBSON.

Almost more than the Scottsboro
boys, the white bourbons of the South
now hate Ruby Bates.
They hate her because, white
girl born and bred in the South, she
took the witness stand in Decatur,
Ala, and with her testimony exploded
the ancient legend that niggers'
rape white women" Exploding that
legend has deep social and political
significance. 1t means putting cut
Of gear the machinery with which the
ruling class Of the South terrorizes
Negroes and keeps them in slavery.
When Ruby Bates took the stand
and declared that the Scottsboro boys
had never touched her, the court
room went into an uproar. That
night the Ku Klux Khan and the
young upper class blades about De-
catur talked of lynching Buby Bates.
1t was new thing for the South
ern rulers to see a poor white girl
side" with Negroes. Yet this new
spirit is slowly seeping into the con-
sciousness Of white share choppers
and workers throughout the South
Slowly they are beginning to realize
that the same powers that lynch Ne
eroes and frame them for "rape,"
are likewise grinding out the poor
white cotton tenant.
That's why they hate Ruby Bates.
That Is why they said of her that
such people aren't fit to be members
of the white race" and threatened TO
lynch her.
And that is why the dramatic ap-
rearance Of this slim white girl in an
Alabama court to tell the truth about
the Scottsboro case is Of such mo-
mentous and political significance.
For sixteen years Ruby lived in
squalor In a white trash" shack
in Huntsville, Ala. AS a child, bare
footed, with skinny calico dresses,
she played about the unpaved streets
where the mill hands" lived. Upper
class whites looked down upon these
mill hands as scarcely better than
Negroes.
Nearby was the Negro quarter, but
Ruby kept away from that. The poor
whites we're taught that they we're
better than niggers," This was the
one thing that Bates family chung to-,
their sense of superiority" over the
black people down the street. In
this manner, the Bourbons who con-
troll the South keep the masses, black
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18
THE STORY OF RUBY BATES
Product of the Oppression of Poor White Workers the South

down the poor white workers almost
to the same economic level as the
Negro people.
Next followed that internationally
famous hobo ride on the freight train
which took Ruby Bates and another
mill hand, Victoria Price, to Chat
tanooga and back to Huntsville again
via Scottsboro.
"Say We Were Raped"
To cross the Tennessee Alabama
line with the white boys who had
accompanied them and with whom
they spent some days in a hobo jun
gle, meant arrest for vagrancy or per-
haps even more serious charges.
Victoria Price had already spent
time in jail The mill had beaten
Victoria Price down till she had sur
rendered. In sex and in squalid I'M
derWorld life she found some escape
from the blight of the mill drudgery.
Say we were raped by the mig
gers" Victoria whispered when they
were arrested at Paint Rock. "Tnat
will let us out and we'll make some
money as witnesses"
So the girls said they were trapped"
and Scottsboro had Roman holiday
while the nine Negro boys were
tried" and sentenced to death.
Ruby Bates was only child, and
not so hardened as her companion.
AS time went by, and the Scottsboro
case resounded around the world,
Ruby began to do some thinking. Con-
ditions In the poor little shack be-
came worse and worse. Sometimes
there was no food to eat.
1t was then Ruby began to see
that poor whites were treated as
badly as Negroes. She began to see
that poor whites cannot rise by
stamping the Negro deeper into the
nire. Some faint glimmering of
unity with the downtrodden black
workers up the street began to flicker
in her mind
somehow I began to think it was
not right" she told the writer in
Decatur the evening after her fateful
testimony that she had lied in the
original Scottsboro trials. Sure,
them boys is 'niggers.' But 'niggers'
got feelings Just like white folks
ut Bothered Me"
After the trials when I went hobo
ing again just couldn't get the idea
out of my head. Them 'niggers was
human. They was on the way look
ing for work, just like we was. They
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18
Scottsboro Protest Meetings
Sweep Thru Country
Birmingham Negroes
Defy NAACP Edict,
Hold ScOttsbOro Meet

BIRM1N GTIAM, Ala, April II. -
The First Baptist Church was
damned with Negro and white work
ers here today in a mass protest
meeting against the Decatur lynch
verdict against Haywood Patterson.
The meeting, called by the Citizens
Scottsboro Aid Committee, was ad-
dressed by Mrs. Ada Wright. mother
Of Roy and Andy Wright, Bishop B..
G. Shaw, DR.. Howard Hester of the
Fellowship Of Reconciliation, and
Jane Speed, representing the Inter-
national Labor Defense. DR.. Benja-
min Goldstein, Jewish Rabbi who
has been ousted by the directors of
his congregation here because of his
participation in the struggle to save
the Scottsboro boys, and in the de-
Tense of the Tallapoosa shared crop
pers, was chairman.
A press statement attributed to the
local board of directors of the N. A..
A. G. P. was published in the white
Birmingham capitalist press de-
nouncing the mass meeting, and CAL
ling ON workers to stay away. The
statement demanded retreat by the
I. L. D. from mass pressure, and the
abandonment of the boys to the ten
der meroies of the lynch-courts.
This statement followed an address
here by Mary White Ovington. a ma
tional director of the NA.A.C.P., fol-
lowing the same line and brazenly
denying that the N.A.AC.P. collected
funds for the Scottsboro defense at
any time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18

and white, apart. divide and rule"
is their motto.
Ruby stayed in school barely long
enough to read and write. BY six
teen she was already an experienced
mill hand, with drsb life of tending
the looms ahead of her She worked
II hours a night and earned IS a
week. Living seemed sordid and emp
ty to the girl.
In An Alabama Mill
Sometimes the family was in ex-
IRENE want. There was no money
for clothes, for food, for the little
pleasures that a girl wants. In the
bleak daybreak she came home ex-
hausted from the whirr of the looms
and the throb of the machines; she
ate her scant meals, slept, and went
back into the linty atmosphere of
the mill again.
The only fun for a young Adde'S
cent girl in these barren mill-owned
towns is the thrill Of sex. Ruby was
never taught the dangers Of PROM
iscuous sex relations. When she was
still a child, she was already the
victim of yenereal diseases.
Then the mills shut down and even
what little security Ruby had was
snatched away. The crisis ground
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18
Tammany Judge Sends
Worker To Jail For
Sc0ttsb0rO ,Leaflet

NEW YoRK.-Cynically disre-
garding previous decisions by
higher courts to the effect that
arrests for distributing leaflets
we're illegal, Tammany Judge
Hirshfleld sentenced ISidor Major
Saturday In the Pennsylvania
and Liberty Ave. court to 10 days
for having passed out Leaflets
calling workers to Union Square
for the Seottsboro demonstration.
Told by the attorney for the
N. Y. District International Labor
Defense who defended the work
er that action would be taken to
nullify the vicious sentence, Judge
Hirshfeld replied, go ahead and
appeal the case"
Judge Hirshfield knew of course
that by the time an appeal could
be carried through the worker
would have served his sentence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18
Omaha Cops Attack
ScottsbOro Protest

OMAHA, Neb.--Police attacked and
broke up an open-air Scottsboro-
Mooney Protest meeting here, and
arrested three workers George Stall
ker is held for deportation Two
others are held incommunicsdo by
police.
Protest meetings are scheduled for
Bethel Baptist Church on Monday,
and Alamo Hall Thursday evening.
At the meeting which was broken
up, Williams Pickens, assistant ma
tional director of the NAACP, was
denounced in roaring protest by the
workers for his continued betrayal
Of the Scottsboro boys defense.
At a meeting here last week, Pick
ems, on tour for the NAACP in an
attempt to divert the mass protest
against the Scottsboro lynch verdict,
opened up with an attack upon the
Communist Party, and the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, and the Scots
boro Defense.
Sue Stalker, lid organizer rose to
ask him to make statement of his
stand on the Scottsboro case itself
please call an officer and have the
lady arrested" was Pickens answer.
There we're only ten lynchings in
the United States last year." Pickens
said you should have faith in the
U. S. Supreme Court to save the
Scottsboro boys"
There were at least 81 lynchings of
which public record was made, in
1882, the LID pointed out, and all
news was suppressed of many others.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18
United Front Scottsboro Conference
Prepares Action to SAGE Nine Boys

They've convicted my boy twice, but
l know he's innocent and won't
give up the fight. I'd like to hold
out my arms ana ask all the white
and black workers to come into the
LID. and help fight for our rights"
Throughout the conference, speak
ers emphasized the need for unified
action of black and white workers.
Eve want peaceful march on
Washington, but it must be a milit-
ant one too" declared William l..
Patterson, of the international La
Dor Defense, who traced the social
development of the Negro from the
status of "chattel slaves, to the status
of slaves under an industrial system
which gives them only false SEM
blance of democracy"
DePriest Alta liked
An attack on Oscar DePriest, Ne
gro Congressman from Chicago, was
made by one of the delegates. De
Priest had made no comment on the
Decatur decision WEIGH stated, be-
cause he was afraid Of antagonizing
moneyed interests both black and
white. He asked that during the
march on Washington the marcher5
compel De Priest to voice in Con-
gresS his protest on discrimination
and terror against Negroes in the
South.
Other speakers included Benjamin
J. Davis, Jr., attorney from Atlanta,
Ga, and counsel for the LID. in
the Angelo Herndon case; James
Ford, Communist candidate for the
vice presidency in the last election;
John Stachel, Of the Trade Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18

NEW YORK. Meeting together
Sunday afternoon, April 16, in
Harlem Masonic Tempe at the call
OF the Scottsboro Unity Defense Com
1nittee, representative of the most
widely divergent political, economic,
and social organizations laid the basis
for concrete national action to sup
port the LID. in its fight to save
the Scottsboro boys.
Participants.
Many Negro organizations were
among the IS represented by the 233
delegates present. Among them we're
churches, clubs, and social and bene-
fit and political organizations. Among
theses participating in the confer
e11ce were the Rev. P. E. Batson OF
the Community Rescue Church: Mrs.
Mary James of the Order of Moses !;
Alex Richardson, of the King David
Council of the same Order, Haywood
Broun, colurnnist and socialist; Bishop
A. Collins of the Samaritan Rescue
Episcopal Church Synod; A. J. Music,
of the Conference for Progressive
Labor Action; William L. Patterson,
national secretary of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, which is con-
Quoting the defense of the Seottsboro
boys; Harry Haywood of the Commu-
mist Party, and J. B. Matthews of the
Fellowship Of Reconciliation.
Mrs. jamie Patterson, mother OF
Haywood Patterson, first of the
Seottsboro boys to be tried at Deca-
tur, was greeted with shouts and a
rising ovation. She declared that
Negroes have no rights in the South
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18

oppression Of the Negro people, their
rights to the land they till, ETC."
H. M. Wicks, received an ovation
when he stated that "the fight for
Scottsboro is not only a fight for
these boys but is part of the fight
towards the day when those who
cause Scottsboro trials will them
selves be put on trial, the lynchers
will be brought before the courts Of
the workers.
Sam Don received an ovation when
he was introduced as editor Of the
Daily Worker and spoke as a repre-
sentative Of the Communist Party.
When Abraham Lincoln freed the
slaves. he overlooked one little detail,
he forgot to give the land to those
millions of Negro farmers who had
titled 1t for 300 years. We say that
the land shall 60 to those who till
it,"
The audience stamped and cl1eered
this statement. A collection Of over
$50 was raised for the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18

gets treated even worse than us poor
whites. And 1t bothered me, mister.
Yes, sir. 1t just made my head hurt
thinking about them niggers me and
Victoria was sending to the electric
chair-just because we wanted to es-
cape being put in the bull pen and
get few dollars for being witnesses.
Then I went to New York, you
know. saw DR.. Fosdick, this min
lister was telling you about on the
stand, and I told him the whole
story. just couldn't see Tiny lies
sending them boys to their deaths.
That's how come back.
Sure know I took a chance go
ing to prison for perjury for lying
the first time. But, mister, I feel
better right here" She pointed to
her heart.
'Niggers' is human. They gets
treated worse than us poor whites.
Yes, sir, I finally saw what I done,
so I told the whole truth"
Defy the Bourbons
Ruby Bates does not yet understand
who it is that treats poor Negroes
worse than poor WITHSTAND treats
both badly. But she does UNDER
stand that they belong in the same
class and are fighting against the
same brutal forces that strips both
Of freedom, health, and Joy in life.
And so this child Of nineteen, her
life almost wrecked by disease, by
gruelling labor in mill, by the hope
lessness Of her future, walked cour-
ageously into the Morgan County
court room and defied the hatred and
contempt Of the Southern ruling class
to save the lives Of the Scottsboro
boys.
When a white woman has the
strength and courage TO face South
ern lynch court In an effort to save
a Negro framed for rape" there
occurs an historic moment in the rise
of the black and white masses of
America. Ruby Bates appearance on
that witness stand is a symbol OF a
deep change in the South.
1t means that the poor whites, at
the bottom, are beginning to awaken
1t means that slowly the veil Of race
prejudice drilled into them by the
owners of the mills and plantations
is beginning to drop from their eyes.
1t means that some day they will
join hands with the still poorer blacks
and together will face their common
enemy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-18
DAILY" CORRESPONDENTS REPORT
ON DECATUR TRIAL, 1000 ATTEND
Spivak and Allen Draw Word Picture Show
ing Actions of Judge and Jury

NEW YORK.-Over 1,cJ0 work
ers, most of them Negro workers Of
Harlem, gathered at Rockland Palace,
Sunday night to hear eyewitness re-
ports on the infamous trial at Deca-
ttir, and to protest the Scottsboro YER
dict under the auspices of the Daily
Worker.
John l.. Spiyak, reporter for the
Associated Negro press and author
of the chain gang expose, Georgia
Niger" Prof. Charles Kunitz, Sam
Don, editor of the Daily Worker,
James Allen, Daily Worker reporter
1T the trial Of Haywood Patterson
and other spoke Harry Haywood was
chairman.
Spivak gave the crowd word pic
ture of the trial and the action
around Decatur at the trial. He ex-
posed the attempts of Attorney Gen
eral Knight to suppress the evidence
Of attempted mob action against the
defendants, their lawyers and wit
iiesses.
James Allen, spoke OF the growing
unity of Negro and white toilers in
the South. He told the story CT a
young white share cropper who track
ed down every evidence of lynch r,obs
To forewarn the LID during the
course of the trial The audience
cheered this example of working class
solidarity. He stated that "the course
Of the Scottsboro trials will bring out
more than just the question Of inno-
cence Of these boys. 1t will bring
out the whole question of the national