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Ellis o. Jones, Los Angeles, organizer
of Friends of Progress" and already
convicted of sedition; William Kull-
gren of Atascadero, Calf, publisher
of The Beacon Light; William
Robert Lyman, jr., Detroit, an Of
ficer OF the National Workers
League; Donald Mcdaniel, Chicago,
a dentist, who financed and dis
tributed Brennermann's cartoons.
Also Robert Noble. Los Angeles,
another organizer of THE Friends
of Progress" who has been convicted
of sedition; Eugene Nelson Sanctu-
ary, New York, writer for Winrod;
Edward James Smythe, New York,
writer for Publicity; Herman Max
Schwinn, Los Angeles, German
American Bund leader and member
of the Silver Shirts: Ralph Town
send, contributor to Scribner's Com
menta tor. who is under Jail sentence
for failure to register under the
Foreign, Agents Registration Act.
The Indictment also said that the
accused did use and make use
of" the Congressional Record to
publish, convey to and urge upon
members of the military and naval
forces of the United States OF
America, for the purpose OF OBJ
structing and designed and intended
to impede, obstruct and defeat the
preparation Of our national defense
against aggression and invasion and
the national war effort. - ="
The special grand jury, in follow
ing the Nation-wid activities OF
those indicted. heard $50 witnesses
and recorded $3.50 pages of testi-
mony.
Other Organizations Listed.
The other organizations which the
grand jury alleged were used to un-
dermine morale were the National
Workers League of America tDe-
troit. National Committee to Keep
America Out of Foreign Wars, Cit
liens Committee to Keep America
Out of War, Make Europe Pay War
Debts Committee, Islands for War
Debts Committee, War Debts De-
fense Committee, Coalition of Pa
triotic Societies, Crusading Moth
ers of America, Citizens No Foreign
War Coalition, American Guards,
Social Republic Society, Committee
of Patriot Organizations, Protestant
Gentle League, Pioneer News Serv-
ice, Crusaders White Shirts, James
True Associa tions, Women Investors
in America, Constitutional Educa-
tional League, We, the Mothers
United: Flanders Hall, Inc; United
Mothers of America, We, the Moth
ers. Mobilize for America, Inc, and
American Mothers.
The National Committee to Keep
America Out of Foreign Wars was
headed by Representative Fish, Re-
publican, of New York. The Make
Europe Pay War Debts Committee,
another of the organizations named
by the jury, listed the late Senator
Lundeen as one of its organizers.
Publications Named.
The publications which the in
dictment charged were used in the
conspiracy included:
The New York Enquirer, The De-
fender, The Octopus, The Cali
lean, X-Ray, Publicity, Beacon
Light, The Roll Call, Weckruf Bund
Beobachter (also known as The
Free American, Industrial Control
Reports, World Service published
at Erfurt. Germany, and also known
as Welt Dient), Social Republic So
ciety Bulletin, America in Danger!.
The Broom, Patriotic Aesearch Bu-
reau Newsletter. Road to Victory,
Women Investors in America Bull
letin, Constitutional Education
League Bulletin, Scribner's Com
mentator. War Guilt and Warmon-
gers, Revolution and the Fifth COL
umn, EdmondSon' Economic Re
search Service, American Vigilante.
Citizens No Foreign War Coalition
Manual America Awakes, Lord
Lothian VS.. Lord Lothian, War. War,
War, The Gross and The Flag,
Cease Firing. Purdy Publishing Co.
The jury said that the propa-
ganda distributed by the defendants
had attempted to destroy faith in
our Allies, to indicate that the
United States was safe from at
tack, and to undermine confidence
in American public officials. In this
connection the jury quoted from
publications controlled by the de-
PENDANTS
Called Dishonest War.
Among the quotations were allie
cations that the present conflict lis
dishonest war waged al the ex-
pense and measured in blood and
dollars of the people of the United
States solely for the benefit Of, and
to insure the continuance of. world
domination by international Jew
ry-organized finance and British
American capitalists British i'm
perialists,' etc
Other statements cited by the
grand jury included attacks on aid
to Russia and statements that Ger
many and Italy have committed
no aggressive act against any ma
ton.
The propagandists, according to
the jury, also declared that the
japanese war against China is
morally right and just and consti-
tutes an effort by the japanese to
establish right and justice"
Another quotation given was that
no real danger exists anywhere in
the world to the United States, its
possessions, or its republican form
of government"
The jury also quoted the state
ment the Japanese attack upon
Pearl Harbor was instigated by