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" |ldeity oampagen. carey "In the jfechools and colleges the fear of radicaliem stall persists, though student organizations are freer in most schools to hear radical: land labor speakers. ... : |t4o campaign (amnesty) at Waghington wae necessary, with a central head ‘Quarters there. Accordingly a speoial fund of $5000 was. raised, half of. which wag contributed by.'Mx, Robertson Trowbridge of New York, An: ing, in-charge of Miss Mary Gertrude Fendall, and preparations were mde for vigorous and dramatic work. . The first. effort was a petition to the '|Preaident on Armistice Day... . .Pioketing of the Arms Conference immedi- lately followed, participated in by a number of these ex-soldiers, intere ested women and others, This picketing wae continued during the entire period of the Arms Conference. . . Two delegations were arranged to see the President. .. The New York : "The result of all this agitation was .the release on Christmag Day of ers‘ sentencéd for expressions of opinion or industrial activities, 1: 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 Teleasing so few was, of course, a disappointment to the advocates of amnesty, who had expected the release of & substantial number of the re- maYning 118 men. ’ the. release of Debs newspaper 0; administration arélyegeinet any: further-con: The Joint Amnesty Committee therefore turned +t ising 8a ‘be that-if the. facts.could be gotten “Koby tot country and politioals ‘suscesafully, the Administration might be induced to act. Senator Borah expressed his interest, int#o- dueing in the Senate on January 85tha resolution calling upon the De- partment of Justice for full information. . . The Department of Justice responded.to the Borah resolution with. all the available facts ina — jietter to the Senate under dat q Qe! ded ‘to follow this up with a..epesoh Ror that purpose we prepared ‘don erable additional material and analyzedthe Department of Justice's reo {for him. e's ; way.as the most likely means of keeping the-issue to the front... .In- deed so completely did the Washington work become centered in it that we accented the financial responsibility. for maintaining the Crusade and acted as their consultants and advisers throughout, both during the per- |40d 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 Cinoinnati (to July 6th). . . The presence of the wifes and children of the prigson- ere in Washineton aroused a widespread interest there and throughout the country forthe. first few weeks. . . The President refused to see any of the orusaders, even after daily appeals tothe White House for an entire YBut the Civil Liberties Union felt that a-more continuous and more drama office was'.6pened in. November,; 1931, in Washington in the Maryland Buti ‘- ., 1d assisted greatly by special mibs e 385 prisoners convicted ofwar offenses, of whom 20,were political 4 egne ; and other pri. eration)... Maroy.9,. 1932, Senator Borah inte. | B: "Our Washington Committee agreed +o assist the Children's Crusade in err de ds ‘covmmncerr ramrae orcs 1169