The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08
RULING OF U.S.. COURT
STAYS THE EXECUTION
OF NORRIS, PATTERSON
Partial Victory Smashes Descriptive Efforts of
Leibowitz Clique |. L. d. Urgently
Calls for Funds to Continue Fight

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE unfinching fight Of the
international Labor Defense to win the liberation of the
Scotsboro boys today brought another victory when the
United States Supreme Court announced that it would
grant review of the death verdict in the of Car
Norris and Haywood Patterson
The announcement of review automatically stays the
execution of the two innocent Negro boys condemned to
die in the electric chair on Feb. 8.
The fight of the L. D., through its organization Of
of the greatest campaigns of world protest in history
backed by the brilliant and resourcefu work of its attor
neys thus blasts to pieces the sanderous attacks Of Samuel
Lebovitz and the groups he organized to attack the
strategy Of theLIs. D. Jas 4blundering"
IL d. POLICY UPHELD
Leibowitz who deserted the at its most cr@5al
moment had freely predicted that the Supreme Court
would agree to review the because of the blum
derng' of the l. L. D. attorneys Todays announcement
by the Supreme Court confirms the correctness of the
policy by the powerful
just at the moment when straning
mobilize all possible support for the bows in the fight in the Supreme
Court vicious assault the
with the of driving the LID from the and dis
migrating the defense
Stopping at no shady methods Misrepresentation
jail Lebowitz the prosecution
opportunity to smash the efforts of the LID win its appeal for
Supreme Court
Knight attempted
n reven the H. from making an appeal Iebovitz justified the
ground attorneys had bungled'
Leiboviz attempted to
ganize nationwide effort to drive
crucial its four fight to berate the innocent
JM-CRow JURY BASIS
The victory today utterly INSCRIPTIONS
ebow dangerous they
o scottsboro boys.
from the court by the l. D.
that the basis of the LID
appeal that the onvctng the boys had been
chosen typical Of the southern landlords to
the complete exclusion Negroes
application the certiorari granted
today prepared by H Poak
working direction the LID
vndaes the at another point here
had L.
noted constitutional lawyers the before the court in
1bovtz place because IboT had had experience argu
FUNDS NEEDED
Court the national Office
legal papers and briefs for the coming appeal before the court
fight forward with
the greatest speed setting the sum OF $4,000 as immediately necessary
Funds should be sent to the L. at 80 East Eleventh Street New
York City, Room So
victory today Supreme hailed
Anna Damon acting national secretary the international Labor De-
appeal and the strug
liberation intensity the fight force
reversal of the ynch-vd and complete freedom for the nine boys
victory step further the road freedom of
scottsboro However does not fight
The big fight only beginning That the struggle to
Supreme ynch-verds these
freedom scottsboro boys who have
VICTORY DEMONSTRATIONS
illusions this lives of these boys
in the Negro
They their lives and force their freedom"
organization united front
action to intensity the struggle to save the scotooo BOYS Victory
every part country fight
victory higher level called for by the l. l.
This viii be the that the u Court hears
appeal in the Patterson
In decision handed down by the u Supreme Court on Nov T.
1882 in the first appeal in the Patterson case that court Of last m
the Negroes petit well
the question of the mob atmosphere which the trial held and
techncaty which
ston to southern how to conduct legal nching without
interference
ciated with osmond Fraenkel