Evening star., 1944-09-26
Buckley Asks 10 Put
Under Oath Attorneys
Who Accused Him
v'onts to Certify Their
'lnfosmsF' Chorse
To Grond Jury
Dy CARTER BROOKE JONES.

~ CAHTE6 BROOKE JONES.
n. Edward Buckley, jr., Q defense
attorney In the sedition case, de.
atthe trial today that two
defense attorneys, william ]. Pow
ers and Albert Dilling, who accused
him yesterday of being - Govern
ment informer," be placed under
oath, 20 that he could question them
and certify their testimony to the
grand jury.
Chief Justice Edward c. Eicher
promised to consider the mxtter
this afternoon.
The feud between Mr.. Buckley and
the other two attorneys grew out Of
Mr.. Buckley's testimony In Balti-
more last week at the trial of James
j. Laughlin, q former attorney in
the sedition case, who was cleared
OF charges that he obstructed justicA
In q robbery case.
Both Mr.. Powers and Mr.. Dilline
testified in Baltimore that MI.
Buckley had told them Mr.. Laughlin
was innocent and he could help the
accused attorney. Mr.. Buckley testi-
ned that the defendant represented
by Mr.. Laughlin had admitted his
guilt In Mr.. Laughlin's presence.
Accused Of Being Informer.
Mr.. Powers opened fire by charg.
Ing that Mr.. Buckley was q "notori.
Gus informer," who had worked for
the police and the FBI for years
while ostensibly defending persons
accused of crimes.
Armed with the transcript of this
charge, which was made yester-
day in his absence, Mr.. Buckley
told Justice Eicher he would be
ready at the afternoon session to
present q motion to place Mr.. Pow.
ers and Mr.. Dilling under oath.
Il then will ask your honor" Mr.,
Buckley added, Ito certify the rec.
ord OF what they have said to the
grand jury"
Mr.. Buckley did not explain
whether he planned to ask the In
dictment Of his accusers, but he
denounced their charge as "ab-
solutely false"
AROOS~u AhOt ~ N8uys
Earlier in today's session John
Florea, war photographer for Life
Magazine, called as q Government
witness, said under cross-examina.
ton that he went to an anti-war
rally in Los Angeles the day before
Pearl Harbor expecting to record q
riot.
you were kind of disappointed
when 1t turned out to be a quiet
and peaceful meeting?" suggested
Harry A. Grant, q defense attorney.
I was at that" the witness said.
Pressed to say why he expected
trouble at this meeting of the
Friends of Progress, of which a
defendant, Ellis o. Jones, and a
former defendant, Robert Noble,
were directors, Mr.. Florea said: II
went to q nice peaceful meeting in
San Francisco and it ended up with
people clubbing one another. It
made . very good story"
The Los Angeles audience saw .
mock Impeachment of President
Roosevelt, the witness said, and he
took pictures, supplementing them
with re-enacted scenes for which
Jones, Noble and others posed after.
ward.
Asked About Dewey's Speech.
You are prejudiced against these
defendants?" demanded another de-
fense attorney, Ethelbert B. Frey.
You would be too," Mr.. Flores
retorted.
Paul Bateman Ennis, attorney for
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, asked
whether the witness ever had seen
or heard OF satirical skits given at
dinners Of the Gridiron Club or
the National Press Club. Mr.. Florea
had not.
did you hear Gov. Dewev,a
speech last night?" the attorney
asked.
Justice Eicher sustained Chief
prosecutor o. John Roggeis objec-
ton to this question.
Asked by Jones. who is defend.
ing himself, II there were not thugs
outside the Friends of Progress
meeting waiting to break it up. the
witness said:
There were people outside How
do you distinguish between a thug
and another person?"
Asked what led I'D to certain
statements he attributed To Noble
pralslng Hitler and Japan, Mr..
Florea said: III be damned II I
know"
Amid laughter, the witness Added.
Il apologize to the court"