The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
took us. It's 1882 now and we
want transportation"
Enthusins,,n HinI

enthusiasm High
The main body of the delegation,
with enthusiasm high, came here
from Detroit in 10 freight cars which
they compelled the New York Cen
trail to furnish. The army moved
with precise military discipline.
Cops Repulsed
The police attacked the veterans
twice after they entered yards, but
the vets defended themselves well,
reentered the yards and urged the
shopmen in the roundhouse to sup
port them. The railroad workers
fraternized with the vets and pledged
them their solidarity in the struggle
for the bonus and unemployment in
Surance.
The Pennsylvania Railroad routed
its passenger and mail trains over the
New York Central after the veterans
had boarded passenger train and
demanded transportation.
Railroad Got Millions
The Provisional Bonus March
Committee pointed out in a state
ment today that the government had
given to the railroads sum total of
over a quarter a billion dollars in
loans and special bonuses. These
same railroads, which gladly trans
ported the men in 1917, said the
statement, have now called on the
police to shoot down these men in
1882. The Provisional March Com
mittee issued call to workers and
workers organizations all over the
country to raSie the demand that the
veterans be given transportation,
NEW YORK.-six hundred war
veterans were cheered enthusiast
cally by voer Thousand workers as
they marched aboard a Central New
Jersey ferry Saturday morning at the
foot of 23rd st. and demanded, and
won the demand, to be transported
free to Communipaw, New Jersey.
This was the New York veterans
delegation enroute to Washington
under the leadership of the Work
ers Ex-Servicemen's League.
The men marched off the ferry
into the Communipaw railroad yards
where they waited while a delegation
visited the offices of 1. w. Brown,
vice president and general manager
of the Jersey Central TO demand
further transportation,
Get Train
Brown at first said that he could
not transport the vets but the mass
pressure forced him to, change his
mind.
When the vets piled on the coaches
they were followed by second
group which arrived from New York
on the next ferry, Both contingents
arrived in Newark about noon.
All during the trip to Newark the
police aboard the train did their
utmost to keep the two groups di-
vided. The second group fell for the
cops advice, did not form united
front with the members of the
Workers Ex-Servicemen's League and
were thus disorganized late Satur-
day night.
The veterans led by the Workers
Ex-Servicemens League proceeded
into Elizabeth where they were
joined with contingent from New
ark. Here the vets were given food
by the Workers International Relief.
Armed Camp
The whole police force of Elizabeth
and Newark was called out to attack
the men in case they attempted to
take train But despite the police
mobilization the vets, over 600 strong
marched into the Waverly yards
across the Elizabeth line into New
ark.
Thorough the dark dozens of police
cars sped into the freight yards
loaded with sub machine guns and
tear gas. The Waverly yards was
an armed camp
The Daily Worker reporter heard
Police Captain Bolger Of Newark say
that he had ordered police to fire ON
the veterans if they did not retreat
frot1, The freioht vorJe
THE Pennsylvania Railroad pays
taxes and we must protect their
property said Bolger
The veterans, however. outwitted
the police massacre plan by counter
marching TO Eliza beth, where they
slept overnight in the Russian Hall.
The marchers were given food here
by the Workers International Relief
and marched on the town of Linden
where they will demand transporta-
ton to the Capitol.
Phila. Group Leaves Today
PHILADELPHIA Three thousand
war veterans demonstrated here Sat-
urday in support of the Bonus
march. A delegation of several
hundred will leave here today for
Washington.
Pittsbs1rg Vets Protest
PITTSBURGH.-The Workers Elk
Servicemen's League here protested
to Police Commissioner Walsh
against his sending police to the city