The Washington times., 1932-07-16
CHIEF Of POLICE
BOOED DOWN
BY CROWD
Bonus MarChers, in Angry
Mood, Mill About MadIy
on Capitol Plaza
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getting waters ana carter, IOOA
them to the outskirts Of the
Capitol grounds and released
them, He declined to state
whether he had told them not
to come back.
Calls for Singing
While this was going on the
crowd of veterans, seething with
anger at determination that
Congress must not adjourn,
shouted:
"Down with GIasSfOrd. He's
cut his own throat"
"Reds" Donlon, adjutant Of
Camp Marks, Anacostia, then
mounted. the platform and
through the megaphone he uses
to address his men, called on
everybody to sing. However, after
one song was completed, he had
to jump back and start another to
Quell the riotous feelings.
Urbain Ledoux. New York's
''Mr. Zero" attempted to address
the veterans and urge them to be
law-abiding, but was shouted
down. ,- q,
Numbers of veterans leaped on
to the platform and were ordered
removed by Glassford.
Only newspaper reporters and
photographers were permitted on
the bandstand, but police officials
advised newspaper men:
''You better display your pass
If something pops"
Victory For Veterans
Waters and his men won a sig
nal victory when General Glass
ford compromised with him and
permitted his group of 10000 to
assemble on and in front Of the
Senate steps on the east side.
This permission was given
Waters after he and three other
men, arrested by Glassford during
the disorder, had been released.
Waters was asked by GlasSford:
''What did you mean by lead
ing a procession in the Capitol
grounds in violation Of police
regulatiOnS?" ~
Waters explained that he had
nothing to do with the proces.
sion: that he had merely started
across the plaza and that the
other men had followed.
Waters and Carter were seized
by the police chief for leading
the procession while the other
two men, whose names were not
learned by police, were seized be-
cause they were haranguing the
other men to repel police.
Used Side Exit
Waters, in his speech from the
Capitol steps, told his men that
he had had trouble with the po-
lice while being taken from the
guard room through a side door
of the Capitol building. He said
he wanted to come out the same
way he had gone in, through the
center entrance, but had been
forced to go out side exit.
Glassford said he knew nothing
of this, explaining that he was
not with Waters when he was
taken from the building.
After several speeches by
Waters and other members of his
aggregation, the veterans were
entertained by Donlon, who ear
1ier in the day had relieved a
tense situation by insisting that
Everybody sing"
While this was going on,
Waters and a committee of four
other men were closeted with
Vice President Curtis regarding
bonus legislation.
Call on Patman
Immediately after Waters COM
mittee had gained entrance to
the Capitol Building, Robertson
and a committee of his group,
whose men are still marching,
presented themselves at the
House side of the Capitol, seek
ing a conference with Repre-
sentative Wright Patman CD Of
Texas, chief supporter of the
bonus boys.
Robertson declared:
eff Congress adjOurnS today
without passing bonus legiSla-
tiOn, we will either go to the
White House and continue our
PICKET or move over to Union
Station where we can bid the
dear boys (meaning members
Of COngreSSl goodbye but not
good luck. Don't you think
that would be a good idea?"
General Glassford reasserted
his authority in policing the
Capitol grounds when he inter-
fered, as a plainclotheS member
of Capitol police sought to eject
newspaper photographers from
the Capitol steps.
The" Capitol police officer told
the photographers:
aft you take any pictures
from here, you will never take
any more in these grounds"
Backs Camera Men
General GlasSford overheard
the statement and, while at first
admitting that the officer was
right, suddenly changed his mind
and decreed that the Capitol
steps were part Of the Capitol
grounds.
He told the photographers: