File:Bert Acosta and Gordon King Berry in The Times of Shreveport, Louisiana on 15 January 1937.jpg

DescriptionBert Acosta and Gordon King Berry in The Times of Shreveport, Louisiana on 15 January 1937.jpg	English: Bert Acosta and Gordon King Berry in The Times of Shreveport, Louisiana on 15 January 1937
Date	15 January 1937
Source	Bert Acosta and Gordon King Berry in The Times of Shreveport, Louisiana on 15 January 1937
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Bert Acosta, Gordon Berry Land At New York. Are Met at Quarantine by Justice Operatives. FREED AFTER THREE HOURS QUESTIONING N. Y. Socialists Continue Enlistments of Volunteer Soldiers. New York; January 14, 1937 (Associated Press). Thft pftvprnmpnt p V n c complete American neutrality in the Spanish civil war, brought its great powers of moral and legal suasion into play, while undeterred American sympathizers with Madrid went on musterin? men to fight the battles of Loyalist bpain. Tbes development occurred tn i Btrurela mada dramatic bv Its lm' plications and by the very quiet In which It was being waged: 1. Bert Acosta, on of the most picturesque of American pilots, and fellow filer, Gordon Berry, returning voluntarily from brief service as Rruuitxh government war pilots were met by federal agents at quarantine ana rusnea on to ine leoeru ouua- Ing to tell their story. Face Prison Term. The agents said Uncle Sam wanted to know who hired the aviators, and aU the other circumstances. Under law, maximum penalties of three years imprisonment and $1,000 fines may be levied for enlistment In the United States for armed service In foreign state. 9. While Acosta and Berry were being questioned. Jack Altman, a New York official of the Socialist party, said the equipping of tolun teers to' aid Loyalist Spain In the "Eugene Debs Column," would eon tlnue. Volunteers were coming; Into the column In such satisfactory numbers, be aald, that a "quota" of S00 set for New York wis expected to be met. Already, he added, some 40 men, Including technician and military experts, bad gone aerosi, Altman contended no man joining the Pebe column wit violating the law. Tbey wolunteer they aren't asked to," h Mld. "Besldea, tbey take no oath of allegiance to Madrid." He explained the Socialists were supporting the project, but it officially was being equipped by an organization known is the "friends of the Debs column." Urge Stricter Btatnte. S. In Washington, a score -odd members of the bouse organized for an attempt to pass ths most rigid of new neutrality legislation. Evfn as Altman wis making clear tbat no bait In the Debs column project was contemplated, the medical bureau of the "American Friends of Spanish Democracy" here was making plans for a farewell meeting tonight for 18 members of a surgical and ambulance unit. Or ganized to support the Spanish Loyalists. This mission, called the organization's "first," sails Saturday. At A meeting of Its personnel dur ing the day, Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passes, the American writers, announced they, too, would leave soon for Spain to give what' ever help they could to Madrid. Just what they would do was not made clear, but writing about the war was among their plans. The state department, publishing warning of the Invocation of criminal statutes against enlistments in this country, bad appealed to patriotism through a statement by Acting Secretary B. Walton Moore. To enlist on either Spanish side, be said, was "unpatrlotlcally Incon sistent with the American . government's policy of the most scrupulous non-intervention In Spanish Internal affairs."; Aviators Are Freed. Before appearing at the federal building, Acoata had said he and Berry were "motivated In leaving Spain by the fact that President Roosevelt was working out his own ideas on neutrality laws. We didn't want to get Into any foreign en tanglements. We were going to get out whether we got paid by the 8panisb government or not." (The fliers claim Madrid still owes them 16,500 apiece for their services). Late in the day, after three hours of questioning by L. a. Turrou, special agent of the Justice department, I the fliers were released with tns understanding they might be recalled Assistant U. H. Attorney jonn r, Dalley, Jr, declined to maae pumic tneir disclosures. Upon advice of their counsel, Col. Lewis Landes. neither Berry nor Acosta who had said he was damned glad to get out of Spain" would discuss what he bad told government men. Berry, however, spoke I UD tO insist CO Sna ACOBia UttU violated no law, Landes announced the fliers would go to Washington Monday or Tues uay lor quesviuuiiiB vy ewjuj wiiwb4 Oscar Westover, chief of the U. S. Air Forces, at ths general's request. federal authorities made plain their Interest was not so much in Acosta and Berry as Individuals, but in learning, through them, who is recruiting Americans, and all the details. Grand Jury subpoenas handed the aviators were adjourned until an un specified later date.

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