Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 102, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1934 — Page 1

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STATE FAIR IS MONEYMAKER FOR EVERY ONE

Hoosierdom’s Greatest Exhibition Takes Final Curtain Call in Rain. CIRCUIT RACES ARE OFF Exposition Shows Return to Normalcy. Declare All Exhibitors. The Indiana state fair took its final curtain call today. In a drizzling rain, as auctioneerseried the sale of prize cattle of 4-H club boys and girls, the most prosperous state fair since the balmy days of 1929 celebrated Indianapolis and Manufacturer's day. And it was truly a day for accounting by manufacturers and exhibitors as they hailed the fair as showing a return to normalcy by checking off the number of sweepers, farm tractors and sewing machines sold. The Ford Motor company alone sold twenty-five passenger cars and ten commercial bodies during fair week it was reported. Fair Is Money Maker. In turn accountants of the fair board forecast that after payment of $99,050.44 in premiums and purses that the fair would make money. Attendance figures for last year were cracked by 29.000 up to today with this year's fair having an attendance of 209 684 to 180.687 at the same time last year. The record fair attendance of all time was 254.578 in 1929. Today's crowd must top 15.102 to beat 1933 s. Yesterday was the first day that the fair went slightly below 1933 when 35.830 persons paid admission, compared to 36.088 last year. Prize cattle, hogs and sheep went under the hammer in the Coliseum at noon as 4-H club boys and girls sold their pets to city hotels, packers and business houses. Good condition of the beef was believed to auger well for the highest of prices in several years. Circuit Races Off The Grand Circuit races were declared off when the track became a quagmire. A horse-pulling contest was another fair feature today. Lorene Margaret Ristow. R. R. 2. Indianapolis, was awarded a SIOO scholarship at Purdue university at the close of the girls’ school. The scholarship was given by Schlosser Brothers Creamery Company. Nine other scholarships to other schools were awarded. Temperly Floral Service. Indianapolis. took first honors for floral arrangements in the floriculture show. Ohio Man Is Victor Tippecanoe county captured the distinction of the highest number of 4-H club premiums. E. E. Guthery, Maysville. 0.. was blue-ribboned for having the champion ram in the Shropshire class. S. S. Smith. Lima. O- won the grand championship for a spotted Poland China boar, while Lord. Smalley Doversberger. Ind.. took Hie grand champion boar in the Hampshire hog class. C. M. Sargent. Merkel. Tex., was declared owner of the champion bull in the Hereford cattle class. A horse show tonight and Avery's •‘Diamond Revue." in front of the grand stand, will close the 1934 fair.

BARBER IS HELD FOR WORKING ON SUNDAY Complaint Filed by C'itiiens Under Old “Blue Laws." Violation of the old Indiana “blue laws" was charged today against Russell Lockwood. 22. of 1837 Lambert street Lockwood, a barber, was brought into municipal court on complaint of Roy Murray, 554 Marion avenue, on charges of "breaking the sabbath by plying his trade on Sunday." Court officials had no recollection of the charge having been preferred in recent years. The case was continued. BANK BANDIT SUSPECT TAKEN TO NOBLESVILLE Alleged Westfield Holdup Man Confesses. Police Say. Raymond Tyrrell. 21, Snover, Mich, who has been held in connectiori with robbery Tuesday of the Westfield bank, was to be removed today to the Hamilton county jail at Noblesville. Tyrrell has been held under $lO.000 bond. He is said by police to have confessed to the robbery, and jio have taken them to a location where officers recovered the car used in the robbery and a cap which police say Tyrrell admits wearing at the time of the holdup. TOADSTOOLS KILL 3: FOUR CRITICALLY ILL Michigan City Family Mistakes Funci for Mushrooms. B'l T'nitrd fmn MICHIGAN CITY. Ind . Sept. 7. Mis*aking toadstools for mushrooms, three persons were dead today and feur others were in critical condition from the poisonous food The d"ad are Mrs. Martha Prusarzyfc, 39. her daughter. Francis. 6. and another daughter. Josephine. 11.

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VOLUME 46—NUMBER 102

Sluggings Reduce Prison ‘lron Man,’ Once Giant, to Shambling Weakling

Every Bone in His Body Broken by Terror of Klan Guards, He Relates; Conditions Now Are Much Improved. BUT THERE’S MUCH TO BE DONE Big Russian Is Perfect Example of What Trained Keepers Can Accomplish; He Handles Like a Child.

Convinced that Indiana's penal and law enforcement systems must be reformed to assure a minimum of jailbreaks and a maximum of law enforcement. The Indianapolis Times is presenting a series of articles pertinent to such reform. Today’s is the third of a group on conditions at the state prison in Michigan t ity. This newspaper urges selection of a central department of correction. its members to be chosen on a civil service basis; appointment of wardens and their assistants on a civil service basis; removal of county jails from the hands of politically controlled sheriffs; operation of the state police on a civil service basis.

BY BASIL GALLAGHER Times Staff Writer ‘‘Rosenburg will tell you a good story,” said the deputy warden. ‘‘He’s had quite an adventurous career. Sailor, stickup man and professional wrestler. He speaks four languages.” And now the big Russian stood fumbling awkwardly with his blue prison cap at the doorway of the reception room. When we were introduced he grinned toothlessly. Practieallv all his molars had long since disappeared under the

pounding fists of Klanappointed prison guards of another era at Michigan City prison. Thudding fists and club failed to subdue the rebellious spirit of Rosenburg, desperate from maltreatment. Intelligence triumphed intelligence of the sort that dominates the management of penal institutions when civil service regulations take the place of the spoils system. Rosenburg had two serious drawbacks during his prison career. He is Jewish and a fighter. Nearly Every Bone Broken In fights with the prison guards he has had nearly every bone in his body broken. When he entered the state prison in 1929 for holding up a bridge party in South Bend he had a chest expansion 42 and a 38-inch waist. "And now, by Gott, look at me. I’m all belly.” His right hand continually clutches his blue workshirt over the heart. "De heart,” he explains gutterally, “it ain't no gut/ no more. All them beatings. Sometimes mv heart only beats twenty to the minute. That s bad. ain't it?” Prison officials will tell you that Rosenburg five years ago was as perfect a physical specimen as ever stepped inside the inclosure. The deputy warden recalls a fight in which Rosenburg. attacked by five guards, battled them for nearly half an hour and left his mark on each cne. He's Easy to Handle "But when you get his number, he’s easy to handle as a child,” the deputy warden explained. "I don’t bully him and now he is well behaved. At times he’s a real child. He wants me to come to his cell when he has a heart attack. He tells me he doesn’t want to die alone.” When intelligence came into play, Rosenburg ceased to be a fighter. He became a model prisoner, patiently doing his bit. There will be no more trouble with Rosenburg so long as intelligence prevails "up front,” as the convicts call the offices of the high prison officials. “Dot's right.” Rosenburg grins as the deputy warden tells of the change that has come over the Russian giant. "Me and de boss get along fine. But not me and dot other deputy. Always I was in trouble with him. Many times I got thrown in the hole in 1929, 1930 and 1931.” "I’m a funny fella.” Rosenburg says, grinning broadly, "when a fella gets after me it makes me so mad I want to fight alia time. But when a fella is nice, there ain't nothing I wouldn’t do for him.” Prison Improved, He Says Rosenburg told The Times’ investigator that the prison had improved since the dismissal of the old regime guards. Like the other prisoners he sees much room for still better conditions and thereby better morale. But little concessions have created a more co-operative feeling among the officials and the inmates. "Recently we have allowed the prisoners cigaret papers,” the deputy warden explains. "Previously (Turn to Page Ten)

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TROOPS INVADE NEW ORLEANS Huey’s Army, 3,000 Strong. Await Orders for Martial Law. (Copyright. 1534, by United Press) NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 7.—Senator Huey P. Long mobilized the Louisiana national guard today against the city of New Orleans. Troops from all sections of the state converged upon the metropolis, obeying the orders of the Kingfishs Governor, O. K. Allen. The United Press learned from a source close to Long that he did not contemplate ruling New Orleans, under formal martial law at present, but it was freely reported with some apparent authenticity that he would supercede at least partially civil government with some form of military rule. By noon. 3,000 disciplined, heavily armed soldiers will be at the Kingfish’s disposal. Development in Long's spectacular and often theatrical fight against the local political machine in control at city hall came with lightning speed. Angered because his legislative committee investigating vice seemed to be unable to produce any sensational evidence of graft against city authorities, the Kingfish threatened to declare martial law\ cancel the city's charter, and reduce New Orleans to the "status of a country road.” Within hours, Allen, Long’s puppet Governor, raced here from Baton Rouge to be at the boss’ side, and troops were being mobilised throughout the state. Members and sympathizers of the local political machine, in apparent overwhelming majority, talked angrily. Growing anger was evident on the streets and public gathering places. Local newspapers, unanimously anti-Long, denounced the kingfish with emotional bitterness Observers saw in the situation dangerous potentialities. LA BATT IS THREATENED .Millionaire Kidnap Victim Receives Death Notes. By l nitrd Pr< ss LONDON, Ontario, Sept. 7. Alex Colvin. La Batt agent, said today that John La Batt. millionaire brewer kidnap victim, had received two "death-threat” letters from his abductors since his release. He refused to state what had been the context of the letters.

$3,000,000 Slum Project Ready for Court Action

Public Works Attorney to Arrive Here Tomorrow to Open Condemnation Proceedings. The New Deal's $3,000,000 Indianapolis slum clearance program designed to bring the "abundant life” to 850 Negro families will be launched definitely tomorrow with the arrival here of Harry F. Helwig, Public Works Administration attorney.

Mr. Helwig will institute proceedings to condemn the area bounded on the north by Indiana avenue, on the east by Blake street, on the south by North street and on the west by Locke street. This area has been selected as the site for govern-ment-owned apartment houses. Nearly all of the properties involved now are under contract. The court proceedings will be taken to assure the government of valid titles. The federal housing project here will be one of the first in the country to be completed, unless there is unexpected delay in the courts. The development will consist of three and four-storv apartment buildings and row housing to be rented exclusively to Negroes _ at rentals commensurate with triose now being paid for slum properties,

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1934

NRA AND AAA ON ROBINSON’S VOTE RECORD

No Matter How Much He Roars, He Said ‘Yes’ to Both. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. When Senator Arthur R. Robinson arises at a Hoosier G. O. P. meeting to rant about AAA, NRA and other New Deal measures, he really is cursing his own children. For the record here shows that the senior senator from Indiana voted for them. Among the major measures which make up the body of New Deal laws and give President Roosevelt the powder to act in the present economic emergency. Senator Robinson said "Yea” to the following: Agricultural Adjustment Act i AAA). National Industrial Recovery Act i NRA), Emergency Banking Act, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Act to continue the Civil Works Administration <CWA>, 1934 Revenue Act, Veterans’ Compensation, Navy Construction and the Housing Act. Beer? No! No! No! Os course he voted against bringing back beer and he failed to vote when such important bills as the 1933 Gold Act, Tariff Reduction and the Securities Exchange Act passed the senate. When the Gold Act -was passed, Senator Robinson was on the senate floor. He reported that he was "paired” with Senator Hubert D. Stephens <Dem„ Miss.), who was absent, so Senator Robinson didn’t vote. The Gold Act was the measure which repealed the gold clause in both federal and private contracts and paved the way for future legislation on monetary affairs. A Champion—No Vote Having often shouted his hatred of Wall street, Senator Robinson held himself out as a great champion of the Securities Exchange Act, which put speculation under a federal board of control. But when the vote was taken on May 12. the senior senator had not yet returned from Indiana where he had gone to vote in the primary election of May 8. When the tariff reduction bill was voted June 4, Senator Robinson again was in Indianapolis taking care of his renomination, which had been threatened by an attack he launched on the G. O. P. state committee, charging them with an alliance with Democratic Governor Paul V. McNutt. The state Republian convention was held June 5. They renominated him anyway.

350 VETERANS ARE VICTIMS OF POISON No Fatalities Expected at Hospital, However. By United Preen SAWTELLE. Cal., Sept. 7—More than 350 Spanish-American and World war .veterans, residents of the National Military Home here, were under treatment for food poisoning in government hospitals today. Fifty of the veterans were reported in a serious condition although Colonel James Mattison. chief medical officer, said no fatalities were anticipated. The stricken men were part of a group of 2.000 who partook of a noon meal of ham and vegetables yesterday. Dr. Mattison intimated that he expected at least 100 more \eterans to report soon for treatment as the effects of the poisoning spread. Colonel John A. Hadley, commandant of the military home, ordered an investigation.

it was explained by Interior Secretary Harold F. Ickes, PWA administrator. The apartments will range in size from light housekeeping rooms to five-room apartments. Yards and playground space are included in the plans. Secretary Ickes announced that Russ & Harrison. Indianapolis architects. have been engaged to prepare plans. Ninety per cent of the property required has been acquired quietly to avoid publicity that would have caused prices to soar, the interior department explained. The housing division of the public works administration will designate a nonresident of Indiana to act as manager of the apartments.

TEXTILE WORKERS SEEK FEDERAL TROOP PROTECTION FOR STRIKERS AS MEDIATORS RUSH PEACE DRIVE

PROBE TEXTILE STRIKE FOR ROOSEVELT

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As violence spread at an alarming rate in the textile strike, the board named by President Roosevelt launched an investigation of the problems of workers and employers and sought a way to peaceful settlement. Governor John G. Winant of New Hampshire was appointed head of the board, other members of which are Raymond V. Ingersoll, veteran arbitrator and president of the borough of Brooklyn. N, Y., and Marion Smith. Atlanta, Ga., attorney.

Italy and France Reach ‘War Pact, ’Bindiny Hitler in an ‘ Air-Tight ’ Trap Agreement Includes Clause Providing for Naval Parity in Mediterranean, Long Stumbling Block Between Paris and Rome. (Copyright. 1934. by United Press) ROME, Sept. 7.—ltaly and France have concluded an agreement which will place 1,500.000 men in the field against Germany the moment the Berlin government of Adolf Hitler makes an overt move, it was learned today. . The agreement, which must have the signatures of the Little Entente (Rumania, Czechoslovakia and Yougoslavia) to become effective, provides both for military and political collaboration.

PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN TRAFFIC SPILL Louis B. Feldman Loses Life in Mishap. Hurrying across College avenue, south of Fairfield avenue, last night, while shielding himself from the rain with an umbrella, Louis B. Feldman, 1330 North Carrollton avenue, Apt. 10, was struck and injured fatally by an . automobile. Q A Mr. Feldman is the eighty-fourth person to die of injuries received in traffic accidents in Marion county this year. The car was driven by William Mayer, 37, of 4814 East Washington street, who was not arrested. Mr. Feldman died in city hospital shortly after the accident. Claude Timmerman, 43, LaFargeville, N. Y„ died yesterday in city hospital as the result of injuries suffered Sunday when he was struck by an automobile at Washington and Robton streets.

KUNKEL MAY QUIT, HINT AFTER PARLEY Warden in Session With McNutt, Greenlee. Reports that Warden Louis Kunkel of the Michigan City state prison would resign to "take the heat off” the state administration of Governor Paul V. McNutt were revived by a lengthy conference today between the two in the Governor's office here. The executive and the warden were closeted more than half an hour with Pleas Greenlee, the Governor’s patronage secretary and political adviser. At the conclusion of their conference, Governor McNutt refused to say what the topic of their conversation had been. Mr. Greenlee denied point blank that Warden Kunkel had been asked to resign because of any embarrassment which the Democratic party might be suffering through repeated escapes from the Michigan City institution and equally frequent "walkaways” from its honor farm. There have been recurrent rumors, especially in the last two or three weeks, that the warden's resignation might be a necessity "for the good of the party.” Quake Destroys African Town By United Preee ALGIERS. Africa. Sept. 7.—A severe earthquake destroyed the town of Carnot today. Five thousand persons were homeless and many were feared dead.

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Raymond V. Ingersoll

It includes a clause which provides, for the first time in modern history, for naval parity in the Mediterranean, long a source of disagreement between Paris and Rome. Both French and Italian sources denied today that signatures had been affixed to the document, but information concerning the treaty came from sources deemed authoritative. Conclusion of the agreement, hastened, it is believed, by recent events in Germany and Austria, means that Germany will be ringed by a circle of nations able to dictate continental peace, according to many international observers. The understanding will become official, it was learned when foreign minister Louis Barthou of France visits Premier Benito Mussolini at the end of the month. It will change completely the present European alignment. The problem of armament limitation will be settled temporarily, for Europe at least, by the substitution of a realistic policy in which the combined Franco-Italian armies, with the co-operation of the Little Entente, will become a threat to any movement from central Europe. Perhaps the most significant phase of the new international contract is the agreement for naval parity in the Mediterranean. In 1930, Mussolini withdrew his delegation from the London naval conference becaim France would not agree to this principle. The present treaty would permit Italy to join with the signers of the 1930 treaty—Great Britain, the United States and Japan—and thus operate for greater success of the naval conference scheduled for next year.

British King Intervened for English Arms Firm

Monarch Tried to Get Business for Vickers, Senate Probers Told by American Gunmaker. By United Pres* WASHINGTON. Sept. 7—Testimony that the king of England intervened in negotiations between an American munitions firm and the Polish government in 1932 in behalf of Vickers Limited. English armament company, was presented today to the senate munitions committee.

Louis L. Driggs. president of the Driggs Ordinance and Engineering Company, New York, testified that the king summoned the Polish ambassador to London to a conference about the Driggs firm's efforts to sell arms to Poland. “The king intervened in behalf of Vickers," Driggs testified. Senator Homer T. Bone (Dem., Wash.) asked if Vickers obtained the Polish order. "Oh. no,” said Driggs. "Nobody has got it yet.” Immediately after the disclosure, the committee obtained evidence that the navy department authorized a special trip of the heavy cruiser Raleigh to Turkey in March, 1929. to advertise Driggs guns. Other disclosures at the morning session included: 1. Evidence that an American na-

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Roosevelt Board Orders Rivals to Confer on Truce. 390.000 WORKERS IDLE National Guard Active in Many States; Renewed Violence Feared. (Copyright, 1934. by United Pressi WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Textile strike leaders called for federal troop mobilization today to prevent further industrial war as President Roosevelt’s mediation board rushed its peace drive, ordering all parties to the bloody dispute to conferences. National guardsmen in the south, where ten lives were lost in the labor warfare, are being used in behalf of mill owners, charged strike leader Francis J. Gorman in deciding to demand federal military intervention. Mr. Gorman said he would appeal to President Roosevelt today for federal troops to protect embattled strikers. "We’ve got to do something.” he said. "We're going to get in touch with the President some time today." Mr. Gorman’s dramatic decision came simultaneously with a move by the mediation board, after its first conference here, to confer with leaders in every phase of the textile situation. Wage Loss Is 82,500,000 Throughout the cast at the time, the strike was growing in dimensions. More than 390,000 workers were idle. Thousands of troops and armed deputies were protecting mills from Alabama to Maine. Flying squadrons of pickets were threatening to precipitate armed clashes with the mill guards. Pennsylvania and Massachusetts reported new outbreaks of violence. The strike was developing financing problems in its fifth day. Strike leaders said the walkout so far has cost the union treasury "a great deal.” Estimates were that workers have lost $2,500,000 in wages since the walkout began.

Mediation Board Organizes Mr. Gorman clarified his statement of yesterday in which he said other national unions were considering joining the strike. He said he meant only those unions connected with the textile industry and that he wished to correct any impression that a general strike was possible. Two of three members of the President's mediation board. Governor John G. Winant of New Hampshire and Raymond G. Ingersoll of Brooklyn arrived and immediately conferred witn national labor relations board and labor department officials. After formally organizing, a statement was issued calling for early conferences with dispute parties. The board conferred with Labor Secretary Frances Perkins for an hour. Chairman Winant then said he hoped to see—today—as many of the parties to the strike as possible. Miss Perkins told newspaper men she had “every confidence that tins board is going to be able to find a way out.” Mediators Are Grim Governor Winant and Mr. Ingersoll were grim. Governor Winant appeared slightly nervous, in view of the rush and bustle accompanying his race to the capital by airplane. Mr. Ingersoll, an elderly man, heavy set, •with a gray moustache, walked with nervous steps. He gave the appearance of a successful business man. He wore a brown suit, and soft brown fedora.

val officer, now retired, advised the government of Colombia on the best methods defending itself against threatened Peruvian attacks on the Amazon river in November, 1932. 2. That the war department “cooperated 100 per cent with the Driggs Company, and that the navy department likewise aided it. 3. That the war department aided the Driggs Company to obtain secret designs for rapid-fire anti-air-craft guns in an effort to build up the firm's facilities in this country. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg cßep., Mich.) said it was a "paradox for governments to say they are trying to control armaments, while the king of England and the United States government and others are promoting their sales.”

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City Strikers Refuse to Resume Work Before National Peace. PLANT SETS DEADLINE U. S. Committee Sends Wire Ordering Continuance of Walkout. Members of the United Textile Workers of America, now on strike at the Indianapolis Bleaching Company here, will not return to the bleachery department of that mill until the textile strike is settled nationally. This was the message delivered today to Charles A. Young, plant manager for the bleaching company, by a committee representing Fuller local, No. 2069, conducting the strike locally, after the committee had received telegraphic instructions from national strike hedaquarters in Washington. A demand that the men return was made upon the union yesterday by Mr. Young, who set a deadline of 11:30 a. m. today. Mrt Young based his demand on what he said was the fact that men in other bleachenes had not been called out and on the contention that the bleachery department employes were not properly textile workers. Drake Receives Wire. "Strike committee can not grant any exemptions,” wired Francis J. Gorman, national strike leader. "We are working on all other bleacheries.” The wire was addressed to Charles A. Drake, business agent of the local, who was one of a committee of three which conferred with Mr. Young yesterday and took the union’s answer to him this morning. Others on the committee were Robert Spink, bleachery department employe and strike committee chairman. and James Bryan, cotton workers’ representative on the committee. Mr. Young said the plant would continue to operate, going to one shift Monday He said he would nob need to get outside workers to keep the one shift on a forty-hour week. He also notified Chief Mike Morrissey that a police detail kept at the plant twcnty.four hours a day could be lessened in size. Strikers’ Claims Confirmed The change from three to one shift seemed to confirm claims of the strikers that they were making the strike most effective. Today, their leaders claimed that less than 100 men and women were at work. Mr. Young, not giving a definite figure, said he was “sure” that more than 100 were working. With pickets still uncomfortable in the drizzle which set in yesterday morning the strike front remained qu\et. There was no sign at the factory, 900 West Wabash street, of the bitter industrial warfare which is marking the strike in other parts of America. Hot coffee and doughnuts, contributed by Otto Dickerson, 1604 West Vermont street, a grocer, helped keep up the morale of the picket line here. Young Seems Unpertured. At a meeting this morning, the strikers cheered the decision not to return and listened to exhortations from their leaders to keep a united front. ‘lf people come around to your houses, grab something and get them out,” one leader advised. The advice did not appear to worry Mr. Young, who said he would continue to use the personal appeal as has the union. Joe Zimmerman, 45, of 336 South Harrison street, arrested yesterday at. the scene of the strike on charges of vagrancy and of resisting an officer. protested to The Indianapolis Times today that police had seized him without provocation, had abused him verbally and had assaulted him. He denied stories that he was arrested on complaint of union leaders that he was distributing Communistic literature and “trying to stir up trouble,” and that he had refused requests to leave the picket line. Kicked While Down Mr. Zimmerman, who said that he intended to protest to the safety board, declared he had been at the scene of the strike only a few minutes and was preparing to leave when police called him over, pushed him over a high curb against their car and kicked him while he was down. Asserting that he was not a Communist, he charged that he was injured to such an extent that he could not appear in court this morning. His case there was postponed until Sept. 27. Mr. Zimmerman, who declared he had lived in this city thirty years, said that he had visited the scene of the strike as the local repre* sentative of the International Labor Defense after having been misinformed that a picket had been arrested. He said he spoke to one picket who told him Communists were not desired, started to leave, was stopped briefly by a second picket, and was leaving vrhen police called him to their squad car There the alleged assault took place and there, he adds, he was held forty-five minutes befofe police took him to headquarters and booked him.