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Show RESIGNATION OF GOVERNOR IS DEMANDED Necessary To "Clear Good Maine Of California" Say Leaders SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2 I (U.R) Resignation of Govern-' or James Rolph, Jr., must be demanded in order to "clear California's good name," in the San Jose lynchings, a group of leading bay region citizens decided, it was announced an-nounced today. Prof. Guy Montgomery, University Univer-sity of California, announced the decision of the meeting which he said 35 San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley leaders, "including professors, attorneys, rabbis and ministers." attended. The plan outlined by Montgomery called for starting an organization of all persons opposed to Rolph's attitude atti-tude condoning the lynchings oT two kidnap-slayers at San Jose last Sunday night, i Ask Retraction The meeting decided that it would be useless to attempt to impeach Ralph, whose stand has been criticized by former President Presi-dent Hoover and other civic leaders. lead-ers. The "civic leaders" also claimed that further protests or pleas for the executive to retract his statements state-ments calling the mob action a "good job" and a "lesson to kidnapers," kid-napers," would not accomplish anything. The controversy over Rolph's attitude condoning the lynchings was started immediately after a mob of 5,000 citizens took John Holmes and Thomas Thurmond from the San Jose jail and hanged them to trees in a nearby park. The two prisoners had confessed to kidnaping and killing Brooke L. Hart, 22, son of a prominent San Jose merchant. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 2 (U.P) "That was to be expected," but it is nothing to worry about," Governor Rolph said at the executive execu-tive mansion today when Informed by the United Press that a group of San Francisco bay citizens had decided his resignation must be demanded to "clear California's good name," in the San Jose lynchings. |