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Reynolds raised protest and the in
spector shouted back:
Don't argue with me, won't argue
with you"
After a few minutes delay a repre-
sentative of Vice President Curtis came
out and told the inspector a committee
of 10 would be received. Another arg1l-
ment ensued when the police officer
advised Levinson and Reynolds to pick
out 10 men for the audience. Both
hunger march leaders protested that
the Vice President was breaking his
word and Inspector Headley had to
shout them down before they would
proceed with the selection Of the COM
mittee.
Entering the Capitol, they were led
by Capitol guides, two metropolitan
police detectives, number of other
plain clothes men and a squad Of Cap
itol police. They were taken through
the basement entrance and led up a
fight of stairs which opened into the
lobby adjoining the Vice Presidents
| office.
Garner Receives Group.
The House delegation was received by
| Speaker Garner at 11:55 am. After
| listening attentively to Benjamins out
line of the petition he was about to
present, the Speaker said he would
| take the matter under consideration,
as we do with all such things" Asked
! by Benjamin for an expression of opin-
| ion on unemployment insurance and
cash relief for the jobless, Garner said !:
IT think my views have been pretty
well stated IL the past. and all you need
do is consult the Congressional Record"
The Speaker continued, however,
with the explanation that he would like
to see everybody in this country given
employment and would make every eff
fort to achieve that end.
IF you had gotten here at 1890, as
you said you would" the Speaker said,
81 might have had long conversation
with you AS 1t is. Congress is about to
open in less than five minutes"
What message can we take back to
the unemployedp" Benjamin asked
Are they to get unemployment insur-
ance and the other relief measures for
which we have been working?"
The Speaker replied that he could
make no such promises, adding:
You control the 5000 out there
(meaning the. hunger marchers), but ]
the members OF the House,"
VIC WILL Cd1Ay IA1nO IlSsootR6O beANh W
the unemployed" said Miss Burlak as
she and Benjamin turned and led the
delegation from the Speakers room.
March to House Wing.
The delegation of % led by Benjamin
and Miss Burlak marched into the
Capitol Plaza, where they were met by
Sergt. c. G. Hubbel of the Park police
Hubbel led them across the Plaza, which
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House wing of the Capitol as the police
gas squad and attachments Of Metro
politan, Park, Capitol and few Mary
land State police stood by
At the entrance to the House wing
Hubbel ordered the delegation to halt
until the arrival Of Capt. Andrew
Gnash, commander Of the Capitol police
Capt. Gnash told Benjamin and Miss
Burlak they could select eight others
to accompany them into the Office OF
Joseph Rogers, House sergeant at arms
After brief conference, Benjamin an6
Miss Burlak selected the smaller dele
cation, which included young white
woman and two colored men.
Led by Capt. Gnash the group march
ed into Rogers Office, where they were
given permission to climb the stairs to
the Speakers room on the second floor
After outlining the hunger marchers'
demands to the Speaker, Benjamin
handed him a copy of the petition,
which he pocketed.
In perfect order after their leaders
had returned from the Capitol, the
parade was resumed, turning from New
Jersey avenue into Constitution avenue
and swinging along what will become
in future years the great ceremonial
street in the Capital.
Chanting I'VE demand unemployment
relief" those at the head of the column
kept time with the drums and band
which played the "Internationale."
There was scattered clapping and
booing along Constitution avenue as a
meager crowd OF spectators followed
the line of march.
The police strategy to avert pos
sible rush through their lines on Capitol
Hill was to hold the marchers in long
column of tours, extending from Con-
stitution avenue north on New Jersey
avenue for some five blocks. The tear
gas squad of the Metropolitan Police
Department took up a vantage point
above the marchers between the Capt.
toll and the head of the column. The
wind was at the backs Of the gas squad,
and they held their equipment in readi-
ness should the marchers attempt to
break through and stage a demonstra-
ton at the doors of Congress.
During the half-hour which the
column waited it was broken at the in
| tersecting streets along New Jersey ave-
nue. to allow traffic to be cleared, and
| to prevent the marchers from forming
a large mass Almost continuous lines
If police and f1remen were on either
| side of the column. The marchers &C.
cupied the time by singing their propa-
ganda songs and addressing the specta-
| tors along the curb. Curb and side
walk were thronged with spectators
who filed every available vantage point
along the line of march, looking or
from windows and from the roofs Of
buildings.
Mai. Brown, at the request of Ben
| jamin, detailed 10 policemen to escort
a delegation of 20 seamen to the Ship
| ping Board to present petition. This
delegation left just as the parade re-
sumed its route.
Parade without Disorder.
The column swung on up Pennsyl-
vania avenue with the sidewalks packed
and 10 deep on either side, and po-
lice had difficulty in keeping the spec
tators back to the curbs.
| Swinging of of the Avenue, the COL
umn was turned away from the White
House and up Thirteenth street to M
street, where the turn was made east
again toward the camp. There was
no disorder anywhere along the line as
the marchers swung along gayly sing
ing the songs Of Red Russia to the
monotonous beat Of single drum.
Small cheering sections kept up cheer
ing, but there was no attempt at any
time to break out Of the closely-held
police lines.
The head Of the column got severe
casing from the exhausts of overheated
motor cycles time after time. Benjamin
complained to police that the fumes Of
the half dozen motor cycles which
cleared the way were making him and
others of the marchers sick. At one
time Benjamin was forced to halt and
gasp for air between K and L streets on
| Thirteenth and after that Mai Brown