Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-06
TEAR GAS CHECKS
NEAR,R|OT OF REDS
Police Disperse Paraders at
White House by Quick
Action.
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He addressed a gathering Of the
demonstrators prior to the parade at
the Communist headquarters in the
1900 block of Seventh street.
A detail of nearly IS policemen from
the second precinct were watching this
meeting, with instructions to make ar
rests If the demonstrators attempted 10
parade from that point, They LETT
quietly in small groups, however, ana
there was no disorder.
| Mrs Hoover was receiving delega-
ton from the local convention of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
when the parade started at the White
House. Many of the delegates remained
and watched the riot.
| The demonstrators carried banners
which bore the following inscriptions:
| Down With Child Labor" Plight
| Against Labor Takers of the Country"
Fight Police Brutality" Increase
| Workers Pay" Unity of White and
Negro Workers Is What We Want" and
Fight or Starve."
An unidentified woman, said to be
about 35 years old, caused great confu-
| sion only few minutes after the dem
onstration reached its peak when she
stepped on the base of a statue in La
| Fayette Park and began making a
speech in support of Communists. Sew
eral hundred men and women swarmed
to the monument. Police broke through
the crowd and the woman stepped down
and disappeared. She was not arrested.
Maj. Henry @. Pratt superintendent
| Of police, took charge of the large police
detail as soon as he learned of the dem
onstration. Inspector william s. Shelby,
chief Of detectives, and other ranking
odlcials, also aided in maintaining
order.
| Among the several thousand persons
| attracted by the disturbance were nu-
merous clerks from Government Offices
| within radius Of half dozen blocks.
After the disturbance had been
| quieted, group of the demonstrators
marched away down the avenue singing
the "Internationale."
Plans Made at Meeting.
Plans for the march on the White
House" were made earlier today when
Communist leaders met in the 1900
| block of Seventh street
! outside their meeting place were
about IS uniformed police under the
leadership Of Lieut.. j. G. Pierson.
If they violate the law-and merely
forming for q parade without license
4 is violation-we are going to arrest
them" Lieut.. Pierson declared.
The Communists, however, left in
small groups by street car for the White
House.
A crowd of nearly 1000 persons had
formed outside the meeting place.
Maj. Pratt said that he had made no
special preparation to suppress the
parade other than to instruct Capt. o.
T. Davis of the second precinct to ar
rest any Of the demonstrators who vio-
late the law in his precinct The terri
tory OF the second precinct includes the
Seventh street block, where this morn
ing's meeting was held.
Is Held in Reserve.
Inspector Shelby, however, after at
tending the meeting this morning, re-
turned to detective headquarters and
ordered that IS plain clothes men be
held IN reserve there.
The White House was not at all
alarmed.
the matter not seriously.
The White House authorities did not
call upon the local police for any adj
ditional police to be stationed about
the White House or the state, War and
Navy Building, in which the Presidents
ONCE is temporarily located, Orders
were given, however, to prohibit any
parading or other demonstrations or
large gatherings on West Executive
that thoroughfare in going 70 and from
his ONCE.
Long before noon Q considerable sized
crowd Of spectators gathered in the
vicinity Of West Executive avenue and
pennsylvania avenue in anticipation Of
some demonstration.
COlored Men In Majority.
The meeting at the Seventh street
headquarters was attended principally
BY colored men, but there were nearly
score OF white women and minor girls
In the group
Speakers urged them to march on
the White House and demand. the right
to work for the necessities Of life"
After declaring that police interfer-
ence with their plans would not be toll
Grated, one speaker said that "any
worker who backs down merely because
few police are present is yellow and
oetrayer OF his party"
The demonstration was arranged here
as one OF similar revolutionary mass
actions" called by the Communist Inter-
Tr tionale throughout the world.
A demand for an investigation of
communistic activities in the country
came in the House yesterday while
plans we're going ahead in other sec
tons Of the city for the parade today.
Calls Attention TO Plans.
i Representative Fish, Republican, New
York, sought the investigation in Q res
olution which called attention TO the
announcements Of plans for the general
demonstration. .-.
In Q, formal statement Fish said he
'.depiored the unemployment situation,
but 1t y not going to help the honest
and willing American wage Garner to
| get q job to join in any demonstration
| under auspices Of the, Communists In
America, who would destroy the high
standard Of living and of wages In this
country and make slaves Of the work.
ing class, as they have in Russia"
The resolution would have the inveS-
tigation cover:
lie school system, the activities and
membership of the Communist Party Of
the United States, the Trade Union
| Unity League ana all afiiliated groups,
| the ramifications of the Communist In
| tefnationale In the United States, the
Amtorg Trading Corporation, the Daily
Worker, a publication and all groups Of
individuals who advise. teach ana ad-
vocate the overthrow by force OF vio-
lence of the Government Of the United
States or attempts to undermine our
republican form Of government BY in.
citing riots, sabotage and revolutionary
disorders"
Leaders Issue Statement.
A statement issued by Communist
leaders here said:
There are over 5000 900 iobless in
the United States walking the streets,
looking for work that does not exist.
Conditions are worse than ever before, a
fact, that cannot be hidden with the
lcry of Communist propaganda raised by
the united chorus of the bosses, press
ard yellow labor fakirs.
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