The daily worker., 1935-02-11

| for the Alabama lynchers, and KiC
Davis Amsterdam News, are there
fore in perfect agreement. Tht
, I. L. D. exploded this lie when i
! forced the United States Supreme
Court to review the Patterson a:
well as the Norris cases.
Statement About Norris Untrue
The statement that Norris, how.
ever, has stuck steadfastly to Mr.
Leibowitz during the defense fight
etc." is no less untrue. Until quite
recently, both Norris and Patter.
son repeatedly wrote letters of con-
fidence to the I. L. D. and to my
self personally. After Norris anc
Patterson first signed with attorney
Leibowitz, I visited them and both
of them sent letters of renewed con-
f1dence to the /. l.. D. and to At
torneys Joseph Brodsky an
Fraenkel. When Messrs. Fraenke
and Pollak obtained stays of execu-
ton for Norris and Patterson anc
later filed the writs requesting re-
views of their cases in the United
States Supreme Court, they did SC
upon retainers signed by both Nor
riS and Patterson. This was done
well after the so-called defense
fight" was begun. On the contrary
Norris remained steadfast with the
I. L. D. and its attorneys until the
terror of the lynchers against him
became so fierce and inhuman that
he could not possibly bear it. His
mother, Mrs. Ida Norris, now or
tour under I. L. D. auspices for the
Scottsboro defense, has steadfastly
maintained her faith in the I. L. D
defense policies and conduct of the
case, behind which all the Scots
boro mothers stand.
The present agreement between
the attorneys actually strengthens
the legal defense since it prevents
any possible controversy in the Su-
preme Court between the attorneys
themselves and gives them the pos
sibility of spending all their energies
on the vital issues (exclusion of Ne
groeS from juries, exclusion of Ruby
Bates testimony from Patterson
triaD as presented in the defense
briefs, which were prepared in line
with I. L. D. policies by the attor-
neys retained by the I. L. D.
Such unity of legal defense is ir
| accord with the united front uolicy
of the controversy" with Leibo.
clearly stated at the very inception
of the controversy" with Leibo-
witz. The National Scottsbo.o.
Herndon Action Committee which
supports the defense policy of the
I. L. D. in the Scottsboro case ha,
also made three united actor
proposals to the American SCOTS.
boro Committee. All three have
been fatty rejected Every effort
has been put forth by the I. l.. D
and by the Action Committee tt
accomplish unity in the defense.
Boys Are First Consideration
The record of the I. L. D. in or.
ganizing and leading the Scottsborc
defense for almost four years proves
that the lives of these boys are it,
first and only consideration.
The attacks and slanderous dis
tortions of the Amsterdam News
against the Scottsboro defense anC
the LID. are nothing new. Thi
yellow sheet has followed disrup
tive policy, and finally lined up will
| the Alabama lynch courts to tr,
to throw the Patterson appeal ou
of the United States Suprem
| Court.
William H. Kid Davis has man,
times exposed himself as an un
mitigated liar. in close competition
with anti-labor William Randolph
Hearst. Kid Davis sent a Telegram
to Haywood Patterson Last Oc
tober in which he stated that tn
1. l.. D. was "bulldozing the Scots
boro mothers" When a delegation
of four Scottsboro mothers an
others visited him, he squirme
but he was forced to eat thos
words. Before 5000 Negro an
white workers at Rockland Palac
last August Davis promised to tur
over every cent he collected fc
Scottsboro defense to the LID
but since then, although he has col
lected large sums of money fc
Scottsboro defense, he has nc
turned one red copper to the ILL
In fact no one knows what Ki
Davis has done with this none,
as neither he nor his handpicke
American Scottsboro Conlmitte
have made public any accountirl
whatsoever of the funds they hay
faithlessly dragged out of hone!
and sincere contributors.
Kid Davis game is clear. H