Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-02
MAY DEMAND
RESIGNATION
Of GOVERNOR
San Francisco Group Leads In
Plans For Statewide Campaign
To Gust Rolph.
EXECUTIVE NOT WORRIED
Attitude On San Jose Lynching
Vigorously Condemned By
Leaders Of Home City.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. U.P)-
Resignation of Governor James
Rolph Jr., must be demanded in
order to "clear California IS good
name' in the San Jose lynchings.
group of leading citizens decided,
it was announced TODAY.
Prof. Guy Montgomery, Universi-
ty of California, announced the de-
cision of the meeting which he said
35 San Francisco, Oakland, and
Berkeley leaders, including pro-
fessors, attorneys, rabpis and min
isters', attended.
The plan outlined by Montgom-
cry called for statewide organiza-
ton Of all persons opposed to
Rolph's attitude condoning the
lynching of the kidnap-slayers at
San Jose last Sunday night.
The meeting decided that it would
be useless to attempt to impeach
Rolph, whose stand has been crit
icized by former President Herbert
Hoover and other civic leaders.
The civic leaders also claimed that
further protests or pleas for the
| executive to retract his statements
calling the mob action "good
job" and a ''lesson to kidnapers
would not accomplish anything.
Those joining in the newest pro-
test against Rolph IS attitude in
cluded Mrs. Henry Francis Grady,
Alameda county women S leader III
the NRA movement; Prof. George
M Stratton, University of Califor-
mia; DR.. George T. Tolson, head of
the Pacific School of Religion; and
Father j. l.. O'Hara, attached to
the University of California, accord
ing to Montgomery.
Denies Third Degree
At San Jose 20 protestant min
listers signed a resolution condemn
ing Rolph s stand in condoning the
lynchings. The resolution also pro-
tested the lawlessness of the mob
violence which resulted Tin the
deaths of Hart s confessed slayers,
Thomas Thurmond and John
Holmes.
Sheriff William Emig, back home
after hospital treatment for injuries
received in defending the prisoners,
denied that Holmes confession had
been obtained by third degree
methods Maurice Holmes, father
of the mob victim, had made the
charge in asserting his sons in
nocence in the Hart case.
'That is nonsense, Emig said
in his reply. "The only third de-
gree 7 gave Holmes was to tell him
that Thurmond had told everything
Then Holmes started talking.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 2. U.R--
"That was to be expected, but it is
nothing to worry about, - Governor
Rolph said at\the executive man.
sion today when informed by the
United Press that group of San
Francisco bay citizens had decided
his resignation must be demanded
to "clear California S good name'
in the San Jose lynchings.
'I'm not scared' Rolph said,
and then added: II m still COVER
nor of California, you know, and
I'll handle this when it gets to my
office.
81 haven't changed my mind
about the San Jose affair. 1t is
only natural that there are indi-
viduals and groups of people who
would not agree with me, but I'm
getting accustomed to that
While the governor refused to
commit himself when asked wheth-
er he thought majority of citizens
of the state favored his stand, he
indicated the preponderance of fav-
orable kilograms still pouring into
his office showed he was we'll backed
in his move "to drive kidnapers
out of California.
Rolph refused any further COM
ment other than a curt nothing to
say' concerning the proposed plan
for statewide organizations of an
persons opposed to his attitude
toward the lynchings.