Evening star., 1949-04-19
. "THE EVENING STAR. Washington. D. c.
Witness al Red Trial
Tells Of Training for
Negro Revolution
by shs Asseeiotsd Press

/. NEW YORK, April 19.-Soviei
/. Army specialists trained American
/, Reds In the science OF civil wal
, ut q school In Moscow, a former
. Communist official testified yes
+. terday.
: The witness. William ODell
: NOVEL; Of Washington. Negro
Federal Government employe, de-
scribed Moscow plans for an
American blood bath to set UP q
separate Negro nation In the
South.
According to the plans, Mr.
NOVEL;, A, and Georgia born, tes-
tifled at the trial of Communist
leaders. "the revolution in the
South would aid the Northern in
dustrial workers in bringing about
revolution in the North and hence
throughout the whole country"
He said the proposed Negro ma
ton was to extend from Virginia
to the Mississippi Delta.
Before he was stripped Of his
party posts, the witness said, the
American Communist high COM
, mand sent him to the Interna-
tional Lenin Institute in Moscow
IN an effort to overcome bis op-
position to using Negroes as tools
for an American revolution.
Mentions Three Of Accused.
Testifying for the Government
about training in Moscow. Mr..
NOVEL; mentioned three of the II
top Communist leaders on trial
in Federal Court on charges of
conspiracy to teach and advocate
violent overthrow Of the Gov
ernment.
Those he named were Jack
Stachel, Irving Potash and Gus
Hall.
The witness said that when he
argued in party conferences
against the Negro nation dream.
Stachel told him he needed more
training in revolutionary theory,
and arranged for his education at
the Lenin School.
Mr.. NOVEL; testified that he ats
tended the school from Septem-
ber. 1881. to December. 1882. and
Travelled via London with a group
Of students. including Potash
and Hall. Z .
The witness said Stachel and
Potash gave travel instructions TO
the group. He said the students
were told not to travel in groups,
not to use their real names and
not to stay out late.
In Moscow, Mr.. NOVEL; said. he
attended courses in Marxist-Len-
mist revolutionary doctrines
taught by American and Russian
Communists, as well as the army
specialists course In the science
Of civil war. j.
Opposed Use Of Negroes.
Mr.. NOVEL;, a clerical employe
OF the immigration and Naturali-
zation Service. testified that the
American Communist Party ap-
proved the theory of a Negro state
In the South ut convention In
New York In 1880. a-"-.
Testifying as the trial entered
It's fourth month. Mr.. NOVEL; told
of his work for the Communist
Party in official capacities during
his 1929-1a3e membership and 81
how his opposition to spearheadfng
o revolution with Negroes forced
him out. Most of his work was in
Michigan. --e. -
Mr.. NOVEL; said he met many
American Communists In Russia,
including Stachel, Earl Browder,
former head of the American
Communists; Clarence Hathaway,
former editor of the Daily Worker,
and 'Gearhart Eisler, alleged No. l
Red In this country. who is under
criminal conviction and faces de-
portation.
The witness said he opposed the
idea OF q separate Negro nation
ut classes in Moscow, and ex-
planned:
IT said 1t would isolate the
Negroes and use them as tools,
merely, and be merely a sacrifice
Of these unsuspecting people to a
cause for which they had not the
least understanding"