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_ fehe President. . . The New York Wopld aesisted greatly by special wibs ‘| "” [aed ‘to folVow this -up with a.epesoh.: ee Smetana eee ne ee ee oe - [#But the Civil Liberties Union felt that a-more continuous and moze drama: - |$40 campaign (amnesty) at Washington wae neceasary, heads |. . |@uarters there. Accordingly a speoial fund of $5000 was. raised, half. -.| | ling, dn-charge of Mise Mary Gertrude Fendall, and preparations were made | jested women and others, . This picketing was continued during the entire oners ! satin _ fof the dgsue.. The Joint Amnesty. i. (tie: Leeue-in Congress in the belief jaeross tothe country and politioagis. >> (for him, oe "In the /sohools and solleges the. fear of radicaliam still persists, though student organizations are freer in most schools to hear radical. and labor speakers. ... with @ central head~ | of. which wag oontributed by.'Mr. Robertson Trowbridge of New York, An ||. office was.bpened’ in. November, 1931, in Washington in the Maryland Bulida. , for vigorous and dramatic work. - The first. effort was a petition to the President on Armistice Day, . . .Pioketing of the Arms Conference immedi~ ately followed, participated in by a number of these ex~soldiers, intere period of the Arms Conference. , . Two delegations wers arranged to see "Tie result of all this agitation wag the release on Chriatmas Day of |” 35 prisoners convicted ofwar offenses, of whom 20,were political prison. |: ers‘aenténeéed for expressions of opinion or industrial activities, (AIL |. guilty on & number of counts) | Six of them were members of the I.W.W. . Among those released was: EUGENE. V. DEBS... .The Presidenti{s action in. — releasing so few was, of course, a diaappointment to the advocates of . amnegty, who had expected the release of a substantial number of the re- |. maining 118 men. 7 ee | So "The. widespread newspaper oriticiem of the release of Debs and other pri«. oneye set the ‘Admini stration sduarely against “any: further consideration |. ttee therefore turned to raising | — 1tAf the. facts.could be gotten uscesafully, the Administration -| might be tnduced to act. Senator Borah expressed his interest, intto- dueing in the Senate on January 35th':a resolution oalling upon the De. | partment of Justice for full’information. . . The Department of Justice. responded.to the Borah resolution: with all the available facts ina — Letter to the Senate under date:of Maroy 9,°19382. Senator Bomh inte. |. -Kor that purpose we prepared conpds d- erable additional material and analyzed'the Department of Justice's reconds "Our Washington Committee agreed to assist the Children's Crusade in every way as the most likely means of keeping the issue. to the front. . .In- = |- deed so completely did the Washington work become censered in 4¢ that we! accented the financial responsibility. for maintaining ‘the Crusade and acted as their consultants and advisers. throughout, both during the per- [10d when Mra, Kate Richards O'Hare was-in charge (up to June ist) and | following that under the direction of Mrs. Mary D. Brite of Cincinnati (to July 6th). . . The presence. of the. wifes and ohildren of the prigon- ers in Washineton aroused 2 widespreadinterest. there and throughout the country forthe. firet few weeks. . . The President refused to see any of|*: the orusaders, even after daily appeals tothe White House for an entire GOVERNMENT FREXTIXG OFFICE J—1160