Strike Against War

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12529, 15 April 1935, Page 5

Strike Against War

HELD IN MANY MS. SCHOOLS

COMMUNIST YOUTH ACTIVE

(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel Copyright) (Rec. April 13, 5.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 12

A one hour nationwide scholastic '.strike ' against war was called iri scores of preparatory schools and colleges at 11 o’clock this morning. It was sponsored by the National Students’ League anq other youth, organisations. The response varied in different localities, with violence resulting in some institutions, where ’patriotic’ groups staged counter demonstrations and the police intervened.

About 10,000 students demonstrated in New York, without incident. At 'Harvard some students burlesqued the affair, donning imitations of Nazi Storm Troop costumes and goosestepping around the campus with real machine guify apparently stolen from the Reserve Officer Corps armory. In Los Angelos, the police charged a group of strikers. Two girls were knocked 1 unconscious by baton blows. At the University of Chicago, nationality and anti-war demonstrations c-:-e about evenly divided. The latter deluged the paradors with over-ripe • eggs and stench bombs. At the University of Minnesota, Governor- Olsen addressed 3000 peace advocates while President McCracken, of Vassal- College, officially closed the classes and personally- conducted an antiwar demonstration.

The directors of many institutions banned’ the strike and declared it Communist inspired and i-j- appeared that Communist youth organisations Wei’© active in many sections.