Evening star., 1944-09-07
Noble AssaiIed
Bond Buying,
WifnessSdys
Former Defendont
Accused Of Claiming
Victory for Joponese
BY CARTER BROOKE Jones,

Two defendants and former de-
fendant in the sedition case took
part at public meeting in Los An
geles during the month after Pear
Harbor at which the audience was
told the war was really over and ad-
vised against buying War Bonds, q
Government witness testified in Dis
trict Court today.
The witness, Mrs. Betty Lee Nc
Laughln Of Los Angeles, said Ellis
o. Jones and Franz K. Ferenz, de-
fendants, and Robert Noble, a for
mer defendant, were on the plat
form.
"Mr. Noble" she testified, said
that whether we, liked it or not, the
war was really over, that we had no
ships and no place in the wide world
to 60. He said, Don't let them scare
you into buying any War Bonds,
either"
Mobiles Charges Quoted.
Mrs. Mclaughlin quoted Noble as
adding: What can you expect
when, as our good friend, Ellis o.
Jones, says, We have a loud -mouthed
old newspaperman running the Navy
and a corporation lawyer running
the Army?"
Noble admitted at another meet
ing, the witness said, that he was
"a Nazi sympathizer, explaining
that he admired the way things
were done in Germany.
Noble, Mrs. Mclaughlin told the
jury. said at meeting sponsored by
the Friends of Progress that he had
almost unbelievably good news"
Predicted Early Defeat.
"He' said," the witness recalled,
that the Americans and British
were about to be run out of the
Orient. He said we were over there
only to protect the Shell Oil Co.
and other British interests"
Other quotations which Mrs. Nc
Laughlin attributed to Noble at
various meetings were:
THAT guy in the White House
has to give up because the jig is
almost up.
Roosevelt himself is nothing. He
got In because mad man shot
President and another Roosevelt eot
In and the people got used to the
name =
This is only phony Jap war .
The United States stole the Ha-
waiian Islands"
Japs in Hawaii Cited.
Mrs. Mclaughlin said Noble
pointed out to an audience that the
population Of Hawaii was 81 per
cent pure Japanese" and "a land
belonged to the people who worked
it."
The witness added: He said we
were In Hawaii only to protect the
Spreckles sugar interests and the
Standard Oil Co."
Noble, according to the witness.
described the Marine Corps as "a
disgraceful thing. which stuck its
nose in other peoples business"
The speaker was quoted as saying
Mayor La Guardia was making no
progress as head of Civilian Defense
because a large percentage of the
people wanted no part in this war"
At one meeting, Mrs. Mclaughlin
said, Ferenz praised Noble, adding:
why should we do all the fighting
Tor the privileged class?"
Mock Impeachment Held.
Earlier in her testimony Mrs.
Mclaughlin described a meeting at
which a mock impeachment of
President Roosevelt was held. She
said Jones, dressed in cap and gown.
announced that the President had
been "impeached'' and two men
placed an eff1gy of the Chief Execu-
tive on the platform.
Jones was quoted as declaring the
President was "the blackest criminal
In the pages of United States his
tory"
Noble, whose case was severed on
motion of the Government two
months after the trial started, is in
District Jail pending an appeal from
denial OF a habeas corpus writ.
Noble faces prison terms in Cali
'ornla totaling 10 years on previous
convictions of violating Federal and
State sedition laws.
During Mrs. McLaughlins testi-
nony, defense attorneys demanded
;hat Noble be brought into court so
hey could confer with him prepara-
tory to cross-examination. Chief
Justice Edward S. Eicher refused