The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-26

Yetta Land, attorney of the Inter
national Labor Defense, said in
summing up the case-it is a mat
ter of whether or not the people
found Leah Faye's leadership nee
essary in their relief struggles. AT
ter twenty minutes elaboration, the
beaming faces of the returning
jurors announced the verdict in ad-
vance of the forernar1's words
mot guilty"
Ralph r. Bush, assistant county
relief administrator and head of the
Massillon Division of the County
Relief Administration, attempted
to convince the jury that Leah
Faye is not only unnecessary to the
unemployed and part-time workers
Of Massillon, but that she was a
menace to the good order and peace
OF the city of Massillon. Faye, wit
nesses and Attorney Yetta Land
proved to the jury in the presence
of a packed court of workers, who
stood from morning till night fol-
lowing the case eagerly, that the
leadership of Faye was not only
necessary but highly desirable and
In constant demand by the workers
of the city.
In the plea to the jury Attor-
ney Land pointed out that the
workers of Massillon and the work
ers of the whole world need more
sincere revolutionary leaders such as
they have in Comrade Faye. She also
told the jury that by their verdict
of not guilty they will indicate to
the Massillon workers their en-
dorSement and approval of the I'm
employment Council leadership and
their right to be represented by
recognized leaders of their own
choosing.
Jury Out 20 Minutes
Although Prosecuting Attorney
Virgins closed his argument by
shouting, 1--WE have one Faye too
many and I urge you American
jurors to bring in verdict of guilty
in this case" the jury went out
and came back in 20 minutes with
a verdict of not guilty, their verdict
was portrayed on their beaming
faces even before the clerk read the
verdict.
The case of Willis Bray was the
next in line. Bray is a young Negro
worker charged with assaulting
Miss Crawford, a white relief work.
er. When Land informed the Judge
that she was ready for trial, Prose-
cutor Virgins arose to his feet and
read a previously prepared state
ment as follows:
Your honor I know that this
case is connected with the same or
ganization and the same people and
I cannot try this case with these
crowds of people in the court room
laughing, applauding and demon
strating every time a question is
asked, and 1, as the solicitor of this
city, assume the responsibility to
noll this case and this case is dis
missed"
The judge then said, IT want it
understood that consider that I'M
der the circumstances whereby the
people attending this trial have been
packed in this court room for two
days and most of you having to
stand up, that you have acted like
perfect ladies and gentlemen"
Demonstration Follows Verdict
A splendid demonstration fol-
lowed the verdicts in the cases, with
a mass meeting in the evening in
the auditorium of the City Hall, the
same place where the trials were
held, with an overflow attendance
of more than 500 people, where
resolutions were passed demanding
the removal of Relief Administrator
Bush, also demanding that all COM
mittees of the unemployed be recog-
nized by the Relief Administration
Cecil White, young Negro steel
worker, goes on trial today in Can
ton, charged with raping white
woman. The case is being defended
by the I. L. D. with Yetta Land as
the attorney.
The Communist Party, the I. L. D.
and the L. 8. N. r. have all been
active in these cases.
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