Show SOCIALISTS INSIST ON fAIR PlAY I 5 Defendants ai and 1 Counsel CO Warn Tarn Albany l Committee They Will Leave Hearing 0 V Unless Justice Prevails Bj By Ja Jr s. s A A. A N X Y lan Jan Tense Tense occurred today at the thc trial of the five suspended Socialist assemblymen charged barged with disloyalty It IL seemed that duren and counsel coun COUll- sel set would refuse to participate further further fur fur- ther in the hearing before assembly judiciary committee The Tho first came when committee council proposed to call on witnesses to produce books documents and papers pa pa- petS pers si to mark them for i identification cation and to c them it h ht t S 5 Ih S tee fcc for e t ln i with with h the Itie idea that the they later rater might b bd be introduced uce 1 in evidence I Morris duet chief hie defense counsel counsel coun coun- sel objected Louis M. M Martin com coal committee chairman denied the objection Assem Assemblyman Evans and Bloch committee committee com corn members dissented from Crom the ruling A WItie In Told to fo o Monk Hook Then Mr turning to the witness on the stand Mrs Anna nna Stern executive secretary of or the Socialist Bronx local said You are aro not bound to part with possession of or your OUI book unless It Is offered In evidence c The Thc statement of prosecution Coun- Coun sd so 80 often made that the committee Is a n law lass unto itself that the assembly assembly- assemblymen men under charges charses are aro deprived of oC courtesy or favor with favor with that statement fiR as a a. proposition of oC force torce I am not finding any an fault But I want to have haveIt It understood that we do not wish to appear here on or courtesy or b by favor or We c arc either cither here with all tho the rights of or counsel In an any court I of oC Justice e or o we wc tb do n not t propose to bo be I here I Committee tee The threatened walk out was avert avert- ed cd when Judge Arthur E E. Sutherland speaking for the tho committees COU counsel Continued on page 2 2 I SOCIAliSTS DEMAND I I 1 JUSTICE AT HEARING I Continued from Page Pae 1 I yielded to tho the suggestion sus of or Mr HIll HIll- QuIt that the tho documents bo ho marked for tor J I Identification but returned to their owners Another crisis came when Ezra L L. a L special policemen of or I Rochester was nas called and produced a book in Hebrew which he said he had obtained from front a Samuel Miller of oC that city Defense Deene counsel when John B. B Stanch committee counsel attempted to question the witness concerning a a. conversation con ho he had with Miller 1 Iller It Is not competent or direct evidence evi l I dence snapped Seymour Semour Stedman n o of Chicago for tor the he defense Wo We 0 dont don't know this man man Miller Who Vho is going to dispute what ho said Conspiracy Charged ed edIn In In response to m my eloquent and ano distinguished distinguished dis dis- friend from tha west let Jet me suggest that ho must have p overlooked overlooked over over- looked tine the fact tact that there is the express ex express ex- ex pre press s charge that the five fi men men here Involved ol had been a lL party PUl to a conspiracy conspiracy con con- to subvert sub our law and to overturn the government So b by force I I sa said Mr r a LLO 1 In in reply iu to tune mu ule distinguished ben ben- en- en whose consciousness of or himself U UIs Is ne never ner r absent let Jet me sa say this is anew anew a anew new thing thIn that wo we arc are now on trial for for con for conspiracy conspiracy retorted Mr 11 Sted- Sted man I we shall have ha suppose another another an nn- other offense b by tomorrow morning t r After Arter Mr had recalled that I the committee had promised a 3 fair trial Assemblyman Bloch said ho ho he objected objected ob ob- ob- ob to that continual reminder and that he ho believed belle tho the statement Ison is on only 1 made to create an impression with the press that you ou are not getting getting get Iet- ting a fair trial Strike r A Averted d dIt If It this testimony and testimony of ot otan an any similar kind is permitted we have ha not hot a fair trial we have e a 3 travesty est on justice said Mr lr to Mr 11 Bloch I 1 should be reluctant to make myself a part party to a farce taree of or this kind As s far tar as I am concerned and I think I speak for m my a associates wherever where 1 testimony of ot this kind r Is called we shall take absolutely no part in the proceedings It H is Js as ns if tr we were absent ab ab- ab- ab sent The chair overruled o the objection The Tho Socialist counsel did not withdraw but the day on which the first l c evidence enee was presented ended abruptly when despite objection b by the tho Socialist forces committee counsel obtained adjournment ad- ad until next Tuesday to review rc- rc view their evidence e |