The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-21
Angelo Herndon Waits

"Since the Georgia Supreme ]
Court upheld my chain gang SEN
tence of 1920 years the bosses
and their Jail tools have increased
The pressuse on me-" is the way
Angelo Herndon, militant young
Negro unemployed organizer ad-
dressed me the morning when l
visited him in the Fulton County
Tower. Herndon said, Il know
tbev must be raiding the homes Oh
tho comrades and militant Negro
and white workers outside, by the
wav they were treating me IN
here They hold up all of my |
mail and won't let me have any
thing at all to read. l used to get
the Daily Worker sometime, but
now they won't let me have that
or anything else since the Supreme
Court decision"
A letter had been sen to Hern-
don from New York. with a $500
money order inside. The letter
wae postmarked May 81, but he
did not receive it until June =.
This is the usual practice now, es-
pecially since the Georgia Supreme
ror,+,s decision has said in effect
"that Negroes in Georgia have no
rights which the Southern ruling
class is bound to respect" The de-
cision lends an official endorse
ment and color to all the torturous
treatment which Herndon receives
Two months ago mass pressure
forced the Georgia authorities to
give Herndon a special physical
examination, but they whtiewasheo
the report and tried to hush the
ma ter up" But the news was
spread that the examination was
mere form, so the authorities were
. forced to examine Herndon again
This time they stated nothing
was wrong with Herndon, that nj
chest and stomach were oxen, al
though he may have gall bladder.
, n addition to this, the physician
! report read that "Herndon refuses
treatment" This morning | aske'
J Herndon abou' this, and he stated
"these fascist dogs are lying. The
i didn't even offer me anv treat
? ment, and they know it. Certain
! ly didn't refuse treatment as ba
= as | need it." l asked Herndol
: whether he was receiving an
" medical attention at all. l tol
= him that a sympathetic white VIZ
: man doctor had sent him a she
= box full of medicine which she
= gave to the county physician. II
{ county physician promised to CIV
the entire box to him. But Her
:. don has only received two bottl
of medicine from the box. III
county doctor gave me bottle
liver extract and said that tn
white woman doctor had suggest
that I take this. He led me to b
an lieve that he had gotten the mex
n cine for me himself. ] didn't ev
r.. receive a shoebox of medicine
Is. Herndon stated.
in Herndon said, They have be
threatening to send me to Il
ON chain gang every day since tt
ed Supreme Court ruling. Jailer B
s. Holland says 'nothing's the matt
" with Herndon. Other niggers e
in here and nothing's the matt
of with them'," Hernden would hs
eet been sent to the chain gang af'
It'll the expiration of ten days fir
d the Supreme Court ruling, but !
e. tice Of appeal to the United Sta
Ter Supreme Court was filed, and t
no has stayed the execution of He
W don's sentence. Therefore, lega
to the state has no right to sc
ess Herndon to the chain gang as Il
as his case is in process of apps
on Herndon's health is seriou
the broken. A leading Negro surg
ter whom the Georgia authorities W
asst forced to secure to examine He
at don, has already stated that He
don's chest is not normal and t
md in certain spots it recedes. indie
+ho ing that there might be incipi
tuberculosis. Herndon hims
states that Everything eat HI
- en nv stomach, and most of the t
ne ne causes vomiting" He has
NS more than 20 pounds during
two years Imprisonment. Ag
sew he says, "my eyes hurt and We
d. me all the time and they W
give me anything for them"
nan Herndon has made some v
'no valuable and interesting conts
mp in Jail. Recently he formed
Inc friendship with two Jewish p
~ oners who were charged '
one swindling a Greek merchant on
10 $4,000. "They were very nice
me and said they thought
ing charges were framedup. They
enc. ,,ossnd r. Sand ma a Rusciay1-T