Evening star., 1933-05-01
PARADE HERE MILD
WITH 103 IN LINE
Communist Demonstration
Marked by Shouts for
"Scottsboro Boys"
Shouting demands for freedom Of the

Shouting demands for freedom OF the
Scottsboro attack defendants. race
equality, more relief for the unemployed
and the like, a few score Of black and
white men, women and children
marched to the District Building today
from Eighth street and Rhode Island
avenue in a demonstration timed as
an observance of International Labor
day.
The march was extremely uneventful.
1t started out with II persons in line.
As 1t progressed southwark on Eighth
street, missionaries from the ranks OF
the marchers exhorted the small crowd
on the sidewalks to join and succeeded
In swelling the s to l03 at New
Jersey avenue and 4M street. Thirty
five Of the marchers were women and
there were q handful Of children.
Communists Sponsors.
At the head marched Charles Spen-
Ger of the Washington Unemployed
Council and Sidney Phillips OF the
same organization with two colored
men. The march was sponsored by the
Communist party Of America and a
pathetic tendencies.
Inspector Albert j. Headley from the
Police Department. which had been ex-
pected to lead TO some trouble. did not
how up. Instead there was banner,
Stop Police Brutality"
Other banners carried by the march
CAS- said: We Demand Relief" De
fend the Soviet Union" Down With
the German Fascist" and Free the
Scottsboro Boys" A group of students
carried banners identifying them as the
National Student League and demand
ing academic freedom, lower tuition and
keeping the Summer schools open.
Song Shouted on March.
AS the marchers swung along they
shouted the words of the song, SOL
idarity Forever" and such sloneans as
We Demand Relief" and Free Tom
Mooney"
There were IA policemen accompany
ing the marchers, 8 OF them on foot
and the rest IN motor cycles which
sprayed the marchers literally with
huge clouds Of exhaust gas.
The entire route of the parade. from
the starting point to the District Build
ing. was carefully guarded by extra
police details, and headquarters detec-
tives buzzed busily back and forth in
automobiles. The higher ranks of the
department were we'll represented by
Maj. Ernest w. Brown. superintendent
and Inspectors B. A. Lamb, o. T. Davis
and L. l. H. Edwards.
District Building Guarded.
When the parade reached the District
Building. the paraders were made to
wait in Thirteen -and-a half street be-
Ct " II
delegation was admitted 10 the building
and taken up to the Office of Dr. Luther
H. Reichelderfer. chairman Of the Board
OF Commissioners, on the fifth floor
The building was heavily guarded with
police. Nobody was allowed to enter by
the Thirteen andaha street door.
Three headquarters detectives and Maj
Ernest w. Brown. superintendent of
police, accompanied the delegation into
DR.. Reicheiderfer's office.
Phillips presented the demands of the
marchers He reminded the Commits
sioners that six weeks ago, after another
parade had been stopped by police
clubs. the Commissioners had promised
consideration of the demands of his
group. The demands included more
money for unemployment relief. a cessa-
ton of evictionS and equality of treat
ment among white and colored persons
In the intervening six weeks he said
relief payments have been reduced
evictions and Determinations against
the colored have continued
This time" he said. this delegation
is not going back to our people with any
more promises. We demand action, and
We intend to get together thousands of
workers to fight for it"
We have hundreds Of them down In
the street now. They are demanding
relief"
He paused. and from the street five
stories below could be heard the voices
Of the paraders chanting:
We demand relief" and Free the
Scottsboro boys"
The demands specifically are for a