Evening star., 1944-09-13
Noble Accused
|0f Encouraging
War Stacking
Sedition Jury Sees
Poper Circulated by
Friends Of Progress
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

The Government presented at the
sedition trial today an exhibit rur.
porting to show that Robert Noble,
an alleged co-conspirator and former
defendant, circulated at Los Angeles
meetings after America entered the
war statement promising to send
interested persons full particulars
on how you can individually degally)
keep out of the war effort"
The meetings, according to Gov.
ernment testimony. were sponsored
by the Friends OF Progress, OF which
Noble was director. and Ellis O,
Jones. a defendant, associate direc-
tor. A second defendant, Franz K.
Ferenz, took part in the meetings,
the District Cpuft Jury was told.
The circular 6aid to have been
distributed by Noble stated:
But remember, one who Is
drafted does not enlist. And fur
thermore, a young fellow who en-.
lists usually does so because he
desperately needs a job. Terrific
pressure Of economic circumstances
usually causes 1t. Certainly we
can't conceive OF any one joining
up because he really wants to kill
some one"
Circular Put Out at Meetings.
Noble allegedly added:
I'VE can today, constitutionally
and legally, take this stand against
war. have taken it. VIII your"
A Government witness said the
circular was put out at meetings
January IA and II and February
10, 1912.
Another document attributed to
the Friends of Progress charged
Gen. Douglas Macarthur with "de.
sertion Of his troops in the Philip
pines" calling this probably the
smallest and cheapest Dunkirk of q
long series
Gen. Macarthur was referred to
as the off1cer who "valiantly fired on
the bonus army in Washington"
Chief Justice Edward Eicher ad.
mitted in evidence, over defense OBJ.
Jections. several exhibits relating
to Noble and Jones.
When Jones, alluding to comment
by Justice Eicher yesterday that
Jones was defending himself by
choice, attempted to reply further
today the court interrupted him.
Eicher Denies Jones' Plea.
Jones said he wanted to retain as
his attorney, James j. Laughlin, who
was ousted from the sedition case
defense for filing an impeachment
petition against Justice Eicher.
Il submit" said Chief Prosecutor
o. John Rogge, this is not offered
4 in good faith"
Il submit it is in good faith, =
Jones shouted.
Justice. Eicher. refusing to hear
Jones further, denied his request.
The court denied a motion by
Ethelbert B. Frey fer a nolle PROSE
on directed verdict in favor of his
client, Robert E. EdmondSon.
| The trial was delayed an hour and
a half today because Hans Diebel.
a defendant, is suffering from q boil.
Diebel was brought in from District
Jail. bandaged and seated on q
cushion.
The German-American Bund was
part OF larger movement designed
to bring national socialism to this
country, William Luedtke, former
national bund secretary, testified
yesterday.
Luedtke. returned for further
cross examination some six weeks
after he closed his testimony, was
questioned by Lawrence Dennis, .
defendant representing himself.
Dennis. whom Prosecutor Rogee
in his opening statement to the
jury called the Alfred Rosenberg
OF the Nazi movement in Amer
lea, elected from the witness that
he never heard of Dennis dur
ing his years as a writer with
the bund except as a writer from
whose articles the bund news
papers had lifted excerpts. Luedtks
said he studied a book by Rosen-
berg, Hitler's Idea man." at a bund
school in New Jersey. But Dennis
name was never mentioned in bund
council that he could recall.