The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-30
Mass March To Protest
Scottish orc Verdict
In n. Y. Saturday
By Sender Garlin


here to expose the conspiracy of
Samuel Leibowitz and Negro mis-
leaders and to mobilize mass senti-
ment for their framed-up sons, were
yesterday barred from addressing a
meeting of the International Min
listers Alliance held in the Salem NJ
E. Church, 129th st. and Seventh
Ave.
Escorted by Ben Davis, Jr., at
torney for Angelo Herndon and ed
itor of The Negro Liberator, the
mothers appeared at the conference
only to be insultingly informed that
the ministers prefer to listen to an
intelligent report from authorized
counsel of the boys" referring, APP
parently, to Samuel Leibowitz and
the group of Negro misleaders who
are seeking to wreck the Scottsboro
defense.
While virtually slamming the door
In the faces of the Scottsboro moth
ers, the Negro ministers took time
to listen to a campaign speech by
j. Dalmus Steele, Republican can
didate for Assembly in the 221st A.
D., Harlem. Later, after excluding
the Scottcooro mothers as well as
representatives of the press, the
, ministers conference went into ex-
ecutiye session to listen to an at
tack upon the International Labor
Defense by George w. Chamlee, who
has lined himself up with the
Leibowitz gang.
When the Scottsboro mothers ar
rived, they were given seats near
the chairman who, from the first,
displayed considerable embarrass-
ment at their presence. No sooner
did the Negro women find seats
than Rev. L. H. King, the most yiru-
lent enemy of the I. L. D. in Leib-
owitz's so-called Americans
boro Committee, arose to move that
the executive committee of the Min
listers Alliance to rule upon the adj
visibility of permitting the mothers
to speak. 1t was Rev. King and
Rev. Bolden who had recently made
the trip south to disrupt the mass
fight for the ScottSboro boys by at
tempting to persuade the boys to
repudiate the T. L. D. and place
themselves in the hands of the
Tammany politicians, Leibowitz and
his cronies.
Asked Mothers To Leave
The chairman thsreupon ruled
that the Scottsboro mothers be
asked to leave the conference and
be questioned" by Rev. A. G. Gar
ner, representing the executive
committee of the Ministers Al
lance. In an ante-room Garner
was joined by DR.. George H.
Haynes and three other ministers,
who proceeded to buiiyrag the har-
raised mothers with a series of hos
tile questions. Typical of these
was: do you know that the I. L. D.
has collected hundreds of thousands
OF dollars and has made no ac-
counting?"
When Ben Davis objected to this
star-chamber proceeding, he was
informed by the committee that he
had no right to be present at the
questioning. When Davis also OBJ
jected to the presence of Haynes,
the chairman OF the committee
suggested to the latter that he
leave, at the same time ordering
Davis to depart, also
A few minutes later Rev. Garner
returned to the meeting with the
recommendation" that the body
declined to hear the Scottsboro
mothers. Fearful of the public re-
action to this step, Rev. johnson
said it would be unfortunate if
word went abroad that this con-
ference refused to listen to these
women, for whom we all of course
have the most heartfelt sympathy"
Rev. King thereupon moved-as an
obvious maneuver to conceal their
antagonism to the Scottsboro fight
that "the way be left open for
these women to appear before this
body" providing, of course, that the
Executive Committee should SO de-
eide.
To Save Their Faces
Supporting Kings motion, Rev.
johnson was tactless enough to
blurt out that 'this procedure is abb
solutely necessary in order to save
our faces in this matter
Johnson's remark upset Leibo-
Wits Man Friday" Rev. King. to
such an extent that the latter i'm
mediately moved that the gathering
go into executive session. This
proposal was unanimously adopted
and Ben Davis as we'll as the sew
sral reporters present we're ordered
70 leave the conference.
Following the virtual election of