Bilbaíno Jesús María Leizaola was arrested for carrying the poster “We want a Basque university”.

On the streets of Gernika he took him with some friends, met many people during the demonstration. The civil guards pressured the appearance, chopped the banner and took Leizaola and Ramirez Olano. They were taken to jail with labor. The next day, when they were walking and tied to Bilbao, they had to leave them free in Amorebieta on the orders of the governor of Bizkaia. The four Members sent telegrams condemning arrests.

III Basque Studies of Eusko Ikaskuntza in Gernika. In the congress he took advantage of the presence of the king of Spain, Alfonso XIII. He was incarcerated.

Leizaola, from 1960 to 1980, would be president of Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa in exile after the death of Agirre. He was previously elected a deputy in the Cortes of Madrid in 1931, 1933 and 1936. In October 1936, the first Basque Government appointed him as Justice Advisor and Cultura.Tuvo to exile in France in 1937 for the Franco coup and organized a small allied military support unit in the Normandy Landing. When lehendakari Agirre died (1960) he was appointed president.