Johns, Gordon to Talk On Scottsboro, Herndon Cases

Orrick Johns, noted author, and Eugene Gordon, well-known negro journalist, will speak this evening at 8 o'clock in Phillips Brooks House on the Scottsboro and Herndon Cases.

In the former case, nine negro boys in Alabama were sentenced to death for a rape which one of the prosecutrixes has since denied was ever committed. The third appeal of the case is now being heard before the Supreme Court.

The Herndon case, which is less well known, is that of a 19 year old negro sentenced two years ago to 20 years in the chain gang for inciting to insurrection under an obsolete statute of the post-Civil War era. His crime was the possession of radical literature. Herndon is now at liberty on $15,000 ball raised by the International Labor Defense while his case is also being appealed before the Supreme Court.