The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-12
l. L. d. htensifes Struggle
For ScOttsbOrO Boys Lies

built to a worldwide scale within
a few short months.
Joseph R. Brodsky, Of the In
ternational Labor Defense legal
staff, went South, interviewed the
parents of the boys, took them to
see theiy children in Kilby Prison.
Montgomery, Alabama. He obtained
retainer dated May IA, 1881, signed
by all of the parents of the de-
PENDANTS, as well as by the defend
ants themselves. He retaine d
southern counsel, General George
w. Chamlee, who has been asso-
ciated in the case ever since.
Constitutional Issues Raised
He made a motion for a new
trial in the Scottsboro court house
where, in spite of threats made
/ against him, he raised the con-
stitutional questions of the exclu-
sion of Negroes from the Grand
Jury that had indicted the boys and
1 the Petit Jury that tried them; of
the hostility Of the atmosphere, the
lynch mobs that surrounded the
court house during the trials, yell
ing for the blood of the innocent
victims; of the actual hostility of
defense counsel" to the defendants.
THE first date set for the execu-
ton of these boys was July 10, 1881;
4 this statement is being issued on
Oct. II, 1884, and the Scottsboro
boys are still alive. Even Mr.. Sam
uel LeiboWitz has time and time
again been forced to admit that if
it had not been for the international
Labor Defense the Scottsboro boys
would long since have been executed.
The International Labor Defense
retained Mr.. Walter H. Pollak,
known throughout the country as
an outstanding practitioner in the
United States Supreme Court. An
appeal was taken to that court, and
Mr.. Pollak argued the appeal before
that court. Mass pressure was in
tensified everywhere. A reversal was
forced. The International Labor
Defense was faced with the question
of securing an outstanding trial
lawyer.
Sought Best Lawyer
Following its policy of securing
the best available lawyer for the
particular legal job at hand, the In
ternational Labor Defense retained
Mr.. Samuel S. Leibowitz for the
trials. Again the boys were con-
victed. We are now faced again
with an appeal to the United States
Supreme Court. Naturally, we turned
again to Mr.. Pollak to take this case
up to the court of last illusions
This was made known to Mr..
Leibowitz on Oct. l, 1884. We read
in the public press of Oct. 4th that
Mr.. Leibowitz announced that he
had withdrawn from the Scottsboro
cases.
To-day we are met with the in
formation that group of Negro
ministers went South and succeeded
in getting the boys to sign retainers
to keep Mr.. Leibowitz in the case as
sole attorney.
This is not the first time that
efforts have been made to hinder
! the successful defense of the Scots
boro boys. During the last three
and one-haf years repeated efforts
have been made to separate the
defendants and their parents from
the International Labor Defense;
red scares were raised; the charge
was hurled that the International
Labor Defense was not interested
in the boys but was interested in
making propaganda out of thei1
plight. Those who made these
charges and attempted to drive Q
wedge between the defense orcani-
sation and the defendants always
conveniently omitted to state that
1.-THE Scottsboro boys had first beer