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Me J} 7 ” Asked by Bronstein §f Judge). attorney said that he has agreed 80 election ‘dispute. The ques- , ing to civil rights Lean attvis time objected tol to stay until Oct, 1, 1968" eed tons were intended to refute ‘work relating to civil gh his participation in the mat t he is due back at his Wash-|Z=en's statement about nal OFFICE RAIDED Sobol said “My recollection Was| ington firm after that date, . {PaVing bad any trouble in the - He testified that on April 5, that there was séme assent by ce 1967 the office of the coopera- Jodge Laon. I can't retall the| he testified that be has prac| gf but OF DERTRES ., ittve organization was raided by words, it might have been fust| ticed in many parishes of the|, Zéiden said that the case WBS, 15 aitrict attorney and the at- a shake of the head. _—s«j._:~.- | State, including Plaquemines 3| torney who had handled the or: ‘He laiaed that ani that he has many N ization’s routine matters M routheadl clients. CBTOl first he was op) ed by Bruce} Gaza further preliminary proceedings| He was then asked by Ses-, ‘IN que-| was unavailable, =... - unet, now a judge in Pique) "rather McKnight asserted his appearances were never ob-| signs if he would refuse $olt and that’ he was in Washington, jected to by the court or present a Negro client in alnez- it sit down and he would ‘D.Cj, at the time attending a Duncan was tried and convict-|, ti ed on Jan, 25, 1967, Sobol test vol have never tur ied, and sentencing was set forg2.case of that character or any Feb. 1, 1967. - @-Jother case in which I thought "At this time, the attorney tified, Judge Leon raised the question of Lolis Elie, a part- ner in the Collins, Douglas and Elie firm, being an assistant . district attorney in Orleans Par- {ov gory ty program meeting and »lone! of the persons there sug- ' reesfed that he get in touch with qualify in an election. tained “4 3 ack Nelson, a New Orleans at i" The witness then explained, who is active in civi a person needed help,” be re-ldid not mean I had no difficul- rig 3 pee temy id handle it to thelty. 1 meant not more than/the| The priest told the court that whe atten ye med that it\UStal difficulty.” {1&P through Nelson he obtained the is not true Paso oes a on |, Fiss asked “Do you recall! seryices of Sobol and through’ erally have a a rae oF wnate(eaving the courthouse that eve-|iSoljol’s efforts the case was re. ning and being approached dyllsolyed satisfactorily. He said a. group of es?” } MEM that the United States Fifth Cir- “Yes,” Zelden said. eg feurt Court of Appeals restrained pel sions concerning his opinion as) “HOW many were there?” thelithe prosecution through Sobol’s had to:phether rights organizations|Sovernment attorney asked. —_fjeiforts. . . ey from taking part in ich as the LCDC have incul-|_ “Five. As 1 came out it was}! Father McKnight said that he nal cases in Louisiana. Elie cated and planted this feeling injdark. There were no other|ihas no confidence in local white, an assistant prosecutor for &ithe Negro population. cars around and as I went to my|ilawyers and on cross examina- shart inne se { Questioned by Provensal,” thelcar they got out of the car they|ition by Provensal he testified; Sobo} fold the court that he witness said that he had been'were in,” Zelden recounted. jjthat many of the Negro attor-. ‘attempted to convince Judge treated cordially. in Plaque-| Asked about the attitude of|jneys mentioned by Provensal Leon that he did not think this mines Parish and always the deputies, he continued, “Letilwere unacceptable to him. ; applied in cases which were al- “came away with al 2 say they didn’t have any|| He explained that he meant ready in litigation but the judge parts.” love or affection in their|ino discredit on the Negroes per- said that he did not want any- Asked if he would return toiminds." - - -- sonally, but regarded the legal A state law went into one associated with the aquemines to try a case, he; “pid they have any weap-| training they received in Lou- ‘the case. ™ "said that he would “if my pass-ons7" Fiss asked.” isiana inferior. He added that Tt was after the Louisiana Su-/Port was still good.” = = = «JUST BLACKJACKS’ _| this is especially true of those ‘ JOKING—ZELDEN any, “ake ” preme Court refused Soba t in On, close examination Bron- , No, just blackjacks, he went back to see Judge Leon stat asked Zelden, to eae i s Y sovernment attorney about posting an appeal bond to Prague ea asked the witness if hel. the United States Supreme|@Md coming away fom F7eliensayd anything to the deputies: joking the] who were educated at Southern iversity. — Court that he was arrested. |ronjied that he was joking. (@@%'Zelden replied that he DUNCAN APPEALING |/"“Zetden admitted that he has‘W0ild not repeat what he said In all of his appearances be-|never handled cases involving bepause there were ladies in the fore Judge Leon, Sobol said, helcharges growing out of the 1964¢ _ was never told not to appear|Civil Rights Act or the 1965 Vot- anh a had sinister motives without locally associated coun-|ing Rights Act or the desegre-andl. they finally changed their sel. .- + * + + {gation of schools or desegrega-minds and let me leave," he ~ Dunéan’s appeal is presently|tion of public facilities. ~% before the United States Su-| preme Court on the question of Genial ofa jury trial. On cross examination Sidney Bronstein asked him if. t @ather McKnight testi- knew any white lawyer in tfiefthat he came to Louisiana state who would handle t@in 1953 and has been stationed type of case and Zelden ansWetin Lafayette, Abbeville and W. Provensal, attorney for Le-jed ““Offhand I can’t name 82¥7 ake Charles in addition to his ander H. Perez Jr., district at-/but 1 think I do.” . “assi / - torney of Praqueming and Zelgen - also ‘Said’. that hepresent assignment, in Delcam Judge Leon, sought to shdw that],* ic. 1. 13 wt the ‘dtate In answer to Bronstein's ques- aw that}, © ws Sf hd place ti the State, In answer to Bronstein s qu has had little experience in the available to Negroes. - ment in civil rights work, par- trial of criminal cases The witness was then ques-ticularly with.the Southern Con- 1a. hon he plane on Teav-( toned by Owen Fiss, attorneysumers Cooperative and the eshadahe 0 the Washington ent about a case he (Zel-war on poverty program. m6 a, the ar the United States Justice De- The witness said that he has den) handled about 20 syeersteen successful in obtaining the ago in Plaquemines _involving services of white attorneys for *""Tegular legal work -let-not” for