Evening star., 1932-11-17
POLICE WILL BALK
CH|LDREN'S MARCH
THANKSGIVING DAY
Brown May Invoke Laws to
Prevent Demonstration
at White House.
D. C. DETECTIVES TO SEE
PARADE AT BALTIMORE
Chief Says Minors Are to Be Used
to Exploit Propaganda of
Hunger Army"

Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superintend-
ent OF police, announced today that the
department would make determined ef-
forts to prevent the proposed Thanks
giving day demonstration at the White
House by children recruited by leaders
OF the so-called national hunger
march"
The demonstration has been arranged
by Herbert Benjamin, director of the
Unemployed Councils, which is pro-
noting the national hunger march"
He has announced that 200 children
Will be brought to Washington from
various Eastern States to protest to
President Hoover against the suffering
OF children due to the unemployment
situation.
"The Police Department" Mai. Brown
said, will put forth every effort to
prevent the proposed childrens DEM
onstration. Information in our possess
sion shows that the children are to be
used for the sole purpose of exploiting
the propaganda Of the hunger march,
ers."
District Laws Studied.
Maj Brown indicated that the de-
ReAA &4ORC0 w R1CNC1lb LIkG QCIuOQ-
Stration by invoking various laws and
regulations dealing with the exploitation
Of children in the District. He said a
summary OF these laws and regulations
Is now under preparation and the one
thought to be most effective will be
used, II necessary, to prevent children
from taking part in any kind Of Demon
stration
The nature of The proposed demon
stration at the White House has not
been revealed, but Maj Brown is in
clined to believe it will take the form
of one scheduled to be staged in Balti-
more Saturday. There children carry
ing empty milk bottles and wornout
shoes win be paraded in front of the
office Of Mayor Jackson.
Maj. Brown plans to send several
detectives to Baltimore Saturday to OBJ
serve the demonstration and check I'D
on the leaders.
The District Commissioners are un.
derstood to be prepared to support Mai.
Brown IN any move he makes to prevent
the Thanksgiving day demonstration.
Just prior to Maj. Browns announce
ment, DR.. Luther H. Reichelderfer,
president of the Board of Commissions
ers, indicated his displeasure over thu
plans Of the hunger marchers" to ex-
plot children in furtherance Of their
campaign, and declared that "some-
thing should be done to stop it."
DR.. Reichelderfer said he believed the
juvenile delinquency laws Of the District
could be applied to protect the children
from the hardships they would en-
counter IN Washington.
In the meantime the Police Depart
ment began investigation of a report
that more than 1000 men and women
I,b,~ DoI
delphia Highway, tramping toward
Washington, carrying banners appeal
ing to Congress for relief. The infor-
nation was given to the department.
by motorist who said he passed the
delegation on the road early this morn
ing, some miles outside Of Baltimore.
Brown and Burke Confer.
Maj. Brown spent about an hour this
morning in conference with Inspector
Frank S. w. Burke, chief of detectives,
going over plans Of the Police DEPART
ment for handling the hunger march,
ers" and any other groups of unem-
ployed that come to Washington this
Winter.
Police Departments in the principal
cities are keeping Mai. Brown and In
Spector Burke advised as to develop
ments. All of the data received thus
far, the officials said, indicate that the
onto Washington movements are being
fostered by Communists and radicals.
District officials are now attempting
to learn to what extent the Federal
Government will cooperate with the
Police Department in discouraging the
unemployed armies from coming to
Washington. After all, it is pointed
out, the marchers are coming to the
Nations Capital to protest to the Fed
eral Government, and thus far, the Dis
trict government has been forced to
take the responsibility for handling
them when they cross the District line.
The Commissioners have insisted that
no effort will be made by the District
government to feed or shelter the un-
funds and have made strenuous efforts
to discourage any unemployed group
from coming.
From the headquarters of the Ma
tional Committee on Unemployed Coun.
cils, which is promoting the hunger
march" kilograms went out this morn
ing to all unemployed councils and
supporting organizations, requesting
them to disregard all statements ap-
pearing in the press aimed at intimi-
dating and diScouraging the hunger
march" Mass pressure expressed
through demonstrations at the homes
Of Congressman, resolutions to Hoover,
Roosevelt and Garner and District
Commissioners, the message read, can
force recognition Of rights to march
and concessions Of food and lodging"