Evening star., 1932-08-03
D|SGRUNTLED B. E.F.
PREPARES TO MOVE
FROM JOHNSTOWN
Waters Statement to Dis
band Army in Pennsylvania
Brings Confusion.
MARCHERS' CHIEF ADVISES
AGAINST MARYLAND SITE
Commander Recommends 0rganiza
ton of Camps in Home States.
Doak Carter Resigns.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa, August 3.-After
comforting with leaders of the Bonus
Expeditionary Force, Mayor Eddie Nc
CIoskey said today he would obtain
trucks tomorrow morning to carry the
bonus-seeking veterans from their camp
here.
Doak Carter, chief Of staff Of the
3. E. F.. announced that the bonus
force will move from Johnstown as
soon as possible, probably to some other
Pennsylvania site.
Carter in addressing the marcherr
later announced he had resigned.
The announcement was made follow
ing a conference called by Mayor
McCloskey for a showdown" The
mayor previously had announced he
would wire Comdr. Walter w. Waters
asking him to clarity" his plans fol
the immediate future of the veterans.
The mayor asked the field staff to
tell him whether Comdr. Waters wants
the expedition disbanded.
He referred to conflicting statements
attributed to the commander last night
Summoning Carter and other members
of the field staff to his office, McClos-
key said:
Mayor Is "Sick."
I'm getting sick and tired Of this
monkey business First hear reports
that Waters says to dlsband the army,
y
why doesn't he communicate with
me? am the mayor and was good
enough to invite you here"
While the conference was in session,
q telephone call from washington ao-
yised Carter that Eddie Atwell, COM
nander Ct Camp Marks, will come to
Johnstown at once.
Pinchot to Furnish Trucks.
McCloskey said he will obtain trucks
from Gov. Pinchot. :,
''The Governor will let me have all
the trucks want, and you can leave
the city as peaceably as you came, NC
Closkey said. II want you to get out,
when YOU do, without leaving a bad
taste in the mouth of Johnstown.
IF anything happens out there we
will be blamed If deaths occur out
there we will be blamed. want you to
be fair with me as I'm trying TO be
with you =
No Site in View.
1--WE have no particular spot in view,
Carter said. But we have been in
vited to several places In the State, ano
Pennsylvania is as good as any other
place to stay. So we probably Will
select some other spot in Pennsylvania. y
McCloskey impressed on the field
staff that camp conditions as they eX-
ist are injuring the health OF men,
women and children.
The mayor said many of the veterans
are Ill and, that If conditions continue
as they are sickness may become
calamity"
Unit leaders at the camp, chaf1ng at
uncertainty at field headquarters
pressed for establishing regular mill
tary organization.
Several hundred veterans arrived to-
day and registration showed there were
close to 5000 now in the camp.
A disgruntled contingent filed in and
out of the field headquarters in City
Hall, asking an explanation Of state
ments credited to their leader.
The staff it-elf is in a state Of con-
fusion end said Waters is being urged
TO come here to address the army.
Dispatches from washington early
today quoted Waters as advising mem
bers of the B. E. F. return to their
home States to form organizations there
Earlier the commander was reported
TO have said In Annapolis that he Il
convinced the proposed camp neal
Laurel. Nd, is not advisable because
of sanitary conditions and that the
army should disband until definite
plans are laid for the future.
Question Truth of Reports.
Thousands at the camp refused Il
believe the reports. insisting they can
be true unless Waters tells us with h.
own lips"
A short time later the field staff an
ncunced Waters had said to tell them t,
stick it out until we formulate ney
plans" D. B. Ellison, National con
tact officer, said he was informed tina
Waters is seeking a new permanen
home for the veterans.
The vets were told that Waters ais
plans TO provide for separate camps Il
each State and that he has com
municated with the Governors Of a.
States. with favorable" replies cominI
from many.
Ellison. in a statement. said tina
under no circumstances will the arm
be broken up.
Mayor McCloskey urged the veteran
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