Evening star., 1932-05-30
Costlgan Measure Adds Sum
to S600,000 Sought for
JobIeSs Relief.
GLASSF0RD AND US.
IN DISPUTE OVER BEDS
Proof of Communist Activity
Among Veterans Shown
by Bulletin.

An immediate Federal appropria-
ton OF $4,000 to care for the armv
OF ]obless veterans now in the Cap
ltaI seeking cash payment of the
bonus would be authorized in a bill
introduced today by Senator Costi-
gan. Democrat, of Colorado
The bill calls for a total appropri-
alton of s675,oOO, including the
So0o,O00 sought by local relief agen-
cleS to take care of the District I'm.
employment situation. The remain
ing 100000 would come from Dis
trict funds. and would be made avail
able July l.
The bill resulted from Police Chief
Pelham D. Glassford's demand that
the Federal Government and not the
District assume responsibility for
caring for the veterans.
With approximately 1,5OO jobless
World War veterans quartered in the
Capital to press the fight for full pay
ment OF the bonus, and others reported
en- route here, showdown appeared
imminent today between Brig. Gen.
Pelham D. Glassford and the War De-
partment over the failure to accede to
the police chiefs request for 1000 bed
sacks for the ex-service men.
Gen. Glassford also has served notice
on the veterans that when funds for
their support are exhausted, and if Con-
n sarf to-,
he will request them to leave within AZ
hours. Veteran leaders, however, are
equally insistent that they will stay here
until l945" if necessary.
Doesn't Want Trouble.
I'VE don't want any trouble" Gen.
Glassford emphasized today. We shall
take each day as it comes, but at the
same time be prepared for any event.
ualities.e'
We are going to stay here until the
veterans bill is passed" Walter w.
Waters. leader of the Oregon delegation
Of veterans which arrived yesterday, de-
clared emphatically.
Determined to get a definite answer
from Secretary of War Hurley on his
request for the bed sacks for the vet
Grams, GlaSsford sent a telegram to the
War Secretary today, pointing out the
men had to sleep on hardwood floors
because of the cabinet officers failure
to make the equipment available.
The police chief ordered his assist
ants, detailed to take charge of the
veteran bonus army" to get two roll
ing kitchens from the National Guard
rifle range at Camp Sims. The kitchens
had been locked up over the week end,
and Glassford had to rely on a mission
to feed the Jobless ex-service men.
Says They Were Promised.
He said if his subordinates did not
get the kitchens, he would break in"
and get them himself as they had
been promised him by Maj. Gen. Anton
Stephan, National Guard commandant.
The majority of the 1,500 uarchers
estimated to be in the city were housed
today in Wagner's old warehouse at
Twelfth and D streets southwest, and
the old Bieber & kaufman store at
Eighth and I streets southeast. The
men at the southwest building are
veterans who have been in Washington
for some time, but those at the south
east store arrived yesterday after a
transcontinental trip from Portland,
Oreg.
Waters commanded the Oregon de-
tachment, but it is understood a meet
ing will be held by all veterans now in
Washington seeking the bonus, to elect
him their leader.
To accommodate other brigadeS of ex-
service men understood to be on their
way here, Gen. GlaSsford has obtained
additional quarters on Pennsylvania
| avenue southeast, between Sixth and
Seventh streets. loaned to him by the
Warner Brothers Co. and large house
C02 T IN hxy
John Kirby, author and former news
paper man.
Conclusive proof that Communist
agitators are attempting to inf1ame the
veterans was seen in a bulletin dis
trlbuted among veterans by the Work.
es Ex-Service Mems League, a Com
munist organization.
In large, black-faced type, the bull
letin declared:
DO not let the bonus enemies divide
us. Mass presentation of demands is
Wednesday. June 8.
Rank and file veterans, negro and
white. register. Receive further de-
tailed information at the Joint Commit
tee, Workers Ex-Service Mems League,
and National Provisional Bonus March,
ers' Committee, 905 I street, Washing
| ton, D. c.
During the Communist invasion of
! the Capital last December, when dem
onstrationS were held at the White
House and Capitol. speakers at the
| Washington Auditorium, where the
hunger marcherS" met, told the as
semblage to enlist every World War
veteran" in the Workers Ex-Service
Mems League as a means of gaining
their support for Communism.
Seized by Policemen,
The bulletin, labeled Bulletin No
| l." and dated Saturday, May %, was
seized by police at Pennsylvania ave.
nue. and Seventh street Saturday night
and turned over to Inspector Ogden T
| Davis, in charge of the Police Depart
ment Crime Prevention Division. II
| declared, Congress is trying to rot
us of the SO per cent still due us or
our back wage-adjusted service COM
pensation. by refusing to pay us now
in full what is due"
"On the other hand" the bulletin
| continued, another war is in prepara.
tion-millions are being spent, more
will be spent to rob, MAIN and Kill
| millions OF workers again to make
more millionaires. Our demand fol
the back wages (bonus) Is part of the
demand Of all the workers for relic.
for unemployment insurance"
No definite estimates as to the mum.
ber Of veterans now said to be en- rout,
here could be obtained at the Polio,
Department. Officers of the new Polio,
Department Intelligence Division re-
ported the contemplated movement O
1000 veterans from Philadelphia an.
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