Evening star., 1947-08-04


Monument grounds.
Star Staff Photo.
against Gov. Dewey, there had been
too many Presidents from New
York.
Then he told about violence that
had attended his meetings in Chi
cago and Boston when Communists
attacked them. The young people
started to applaud. In Chicago, he
said, an automobile of friend who
tried to rescue him was ripped to
pieces.
go ahead and applaud, you
friends of Joe Stain, if that's what
you believe in he shouted. That
silenced them.
Silences, Then Provokes Boos.
Having silenced them, he started
to provoke them. In reading his
platform he would say This one will
bring boos," then would call them
"dopes" for falling into his trap.
Then he would ask for applause in
approval from the right.
you see how dramatic this is?"
he asked several times. You see
how this script works out"
But 1t wasn't working out. The
crowd was too small and too many
people were laughing at him. To-
ward the end of his talk a group of
II young men and nine girls saun-
tered from the left rear to the right
frcnt.
Il call to the attention of police"
he shouted with a gesture, that Is
or 20 persons who want to make
this other than peaceful meeting
have congregated over here"
Whats the matter, bub, you
afraid?" asked one of the girls.
His finish was a f1ve-minute de-
scription of the crucifixion ending
with the statement that his follow
ers would rather die like Christ
than see the end of this as Chris
tian country. Even though synop-
sized the above is a partial account
of what he said. He talked an hour
and a half.
No Collection Taken.
No collection was taken. Mr..
Smith said he found that it was
against the law to charge admission
or take UP a collection on park prop
erty, but that Henry Wallace had
violated that same law with impuity
by realizing $4,000 to $4,000 in
admissions to his Water Gate speech.
Edward Kelly, assistant to the
superintendent of the National Capt.
tai Parks, explained later that a
permit for collecting money had been
obtained for the Wallace speech. He
said that when Mr.. Goff obtained a
permit for last nights meeting he
was told that further permit for
collecting funds would have to be
obtained and might be refused. Mr..
Goff did not apply for it, Mr.. Kelly
said)
Cards to Meeting Offered.
At the end he invited those who
wished to. to step up and get invi-
tation cards to private meeting
tonight. Only six or seven persons
availed themselves of the opportu-
nifty. The young people gathered in
front and booed A Gordon of police,
uniformed and plain clothed, lined
up between them and the terraced
stage. He grabbed the microphone
again, demanding police protection,
said he had right to be there and
no Communist traitors were going to
drive him out.
In the jam down front one middle
aged man had his fist cooked (some
one was holding his elbow. He said
to young man with glasses in
front of him, You're nothing but a
Communist rat-I ought to let you
have it."
But disagreement with what this
man advances does not mean one
is Communist" protested the
young man, his hands at his sides.
Another serious young man with
red hair and thick glasses who
seemed to be a student for the
ministry, wanted to advance and
dispute the Christianity of Mr..
Smiths statements.
Another young man stopped him.
Hes had very unsuccessful meet
ing" the second young man said
HE had a poor crowd and he was
unable to work up any violence to
get his Washington meeting re-
ported all over the country. Now
don't help him out"
It was all over. Mr.. Smith had
gone to the Hotel Statler.