Show AT ADING thy With Soviets wl Party of Accused Brings Tilt Three Big pints rs Are at at Issue y William G. G Shepherd News Service Staff p Correspondent ANY BANY NY 1ST NI Y Jan 21 i ree momentous qU questions today oday jn iii the proceedings proceeding unseating of five S Social Social- ci lI l- l I p state ass assembly m lt wM wb whether theror or the th t-th nt in the United St States tes unprecedented that it Justifies in acting without preceS prece- prece b S save Ve its ith honor s second ond was was whether the ac ace ac- ac e assemblymen are present at att the e right or by and nd bird was whether or not it Isri is lm mg ri to hold hod faVorable opinion ding i g the soviet government in inS S SOLE JUDGE g rd to the first question John counsel for tor the state e d e dl j jl l dh h r precedent exists or not notha ha hal haiJ j this assembly is doing at atline uri time line it cannot be denied that the question of loyalty to this has been raised the ass assembly ti the th right to proceed l as it itt S. S t TO APPEAR ond ond question was vas raised by bY ld when he declared that i ionly it only by suffrage that the five list Ifs members were were being he heard rd f in their own defense defene statement T was hotly refuted by for the Socialists mour Stedman counsel f for r theists the lists raised the question about 35 He rea read tn th the charge that the belonged to a party I Iliad d declared itself self in sympathy Lb aims of soviet Russia JON OF F OPINION ice Lc When shouted Stedman n nt li t become a crime crIm in hi the United or an American citizen to opinions ion about foreign govern govern- govern govern- 9 How does this assembly t at the soviet government in in a. a s a bad thing Not t many ago the chief chie of the thein thein in n Paris r raised the block blockade de deit it t Russia and declared them them- m ri n favor of beginning trade tradeR R Russia ve not charged charged that it was ne to believe In fn soviet Russia Chairman Martin of the try LY committee which is con- con ig the investigation i yit It is the first first charge in n your aint responded n ed Stedman did id not say it was wa a crime I IN TILT Littleton counsel counsel for the theand therose 1 arose rose and dem demanded of eS a man under suspicion of off could serve in a legislative body tild f shouted Men un- un of crime and guilty of pf Serve erve in some legislative odies bodies hs legislative body demanded on grimly fd Ednot not say this particular r body legislative b body Y then led ded Littleton ci started to reply when Chair Chair- tf tin interrupted With his i emen men I cannot have such a i 2 for this committee Will wm you J T me to order ordet R Roe dramatically raised a copy cal ocal f n newspaper and displayed a ane I ne which read Revolution if men Are Ousted Says Hillid HillEnd Hill Hill- I End id d protested against such Inton in- in ton of or attitude of the ocial- ocial jon I II BERRY CASE CITED I Pe said that Senator Senator Smoot I Lafollette both kept their I the senate while t they Y were i Charges barges arges pointed out that Senator Newel New New- el of f Michigan now under indict indict- JB B that state with his seat eat in ih j C Continued d on page 3 iM tj CRISIS AT SOCIALIST I Continued from page 1 1 i th the s seriate senate nate under question q still sUll takes part in Ja the senate procedure f Over cases of trials for I s sion n has J arisen n in Washington a and d never once he insisted had the accused ac accused ac- ac I been unseated pending trial i iI I This house has exercised a revolutionary I flonary power he said It is a power j that tha destroys destro s 's s representative e govern- govern I ment in this in-this this state when a speaker can I 1 call all the sergeant at and order him to lay Jay hands on members of the assembly and remove them from the cha chamber ber without first proving them deserving of such action lie He is exercising exer- exer his authority in a dangerous way INDICTMENT DENIED A tilt occurred before re the session I Chairman Chair Chair- I adjourned until 2 o'clock when man Irian Martin l objected to to the use use of or orth I th the word indictment in Je referring erring t to th the charges against the assemblymen This is harly an indictment said Mr MI Martin This Is an allegation I Strict criminal law cannot apply here We ve are not claiming these people are I criminals It is important to o know said Morris Morris Mor Mol ris Hillquit attorney for the defense 1 if they are not charged with crime if It they are not charged with anything else what ar are we here er for tor I |