Two women and a boy among the spectators near Municipal Auditorium before beginning of Communist rally, San Antonio, Texas, 1939

''San Antonio Saturday surveyed the havoc wrought in the greatest exhibition of mob violence and vandalism in the city's history--caused by a meeting of a handful of Communists in the Municipal Auditorium. In the wake of the mass hysteria participated in by a crowd of 10,000 Friday night, were 17 identified injured....The demonstration, brought on when veterans' and other organizations condemned action of the city in granting a permit to the Communist party for a rally in a structure dedicated as a war memorial, was led by teenage youths and a sprinkling of veterans. The scheduled meeting was halted before speaking began....'' ; ''...Lining the circle of violent mobsters were several thousand people who apparently were mere onlookers. They took little part in either the cheering or rock-throwing....'