Show I I I TO TOr r HELPA HELP A DEfEND fl REDS Former Fonner U 11 S District At Attorney At- At Attorney Attorney torney Also Aiding St Joseph Communists CHICAGO reb Fob 6 By B By the th Associated Associated PressA Press Pres A A labor defense cou coun council cil Including among Its officers a 8 former former United States district attorney and four foul ministers and church hurch lead lead- leaders leadore leader ore ers er has been formed to organize the dEfense of alleged communists who are to go to on trial February 2 26 6 at St Joseph Mo charged with nIth ad ads advocating th the 0 o overthrow of ot the United States go got Th The organization has retained P Walsh of Kansas City and Wash Wash- W ash sh I ington and other counsel to defend the prisoners who Include VII William ham Z roster Charles Charle E H and others who has hav hD e been well know known n as radicals radical Tile rhe Th stationery of the th defense coun coun- council coun- coun council cil cli Includes on its lis it national commit commit- committee committee committee tee Eugene Eucene V Debs Deba Francis Fisher Kane United States State district attorney at Philadelphia under President Wll- Wll Wison's 11 sons son's ons on's administration John Haynes Holmes of ot hew l York pastor of the Community church the Rev John Ryan of ot Washington professor It university Norman D B Barr of Chicago associated a with Oil Oil- Oli Olivet vet set et In Institute a Baptist organIzation Dr John A Lapp of Chicago director of the social activity Sty department ot of the National Catholic Welfare coun coun- coun council council cil ell Frances C Lillie Liilie of Chicago daughter of R T Crane Cran wealthy stealthy Iron master and J G Brown of ot Chicago national secretary of the th Farmer Farmer- Farmer I Labor LIbor part party Others Other who nho are named nam d include Rob Rob- Robert Robert Robert ert M H Buck of ot Chicago editor of New New Majority Roger Roeer N Baldwin of New Nw York Tork director of the th American dell Liberties union John T Taylor president of the Federation of Labor Eugene ru ugene enc J Brock of Detroit In- In International in international organizer or of the th machinIsts machin machin- machinists union tinion Hulet M Wells former president of the Seattle Federation of Labor and George P Wet West est San Frn-clico Frn Fran Fran- FranI Francisco I cisco labor leader The Th announced purpose of ot the lie organization 8 1 wa as foi the defense of the Michigan u criminal sn s-sn- yn and also 1 o for a a campaign against all 1111 InfrIngements upon the right of ot free speech tree free pres press and freedom of or assemblage and andI andall andall andall all measures restricting the rights ot of ofa I a council Robert Hobert Buck is chairman of tee I |