Evening star., 1932-06-01
BILL To FEED ARMY
Of BONUS SEEKERS
IS DUE FOR HEARING
Senate District Committee
to Hear Commissioners,
GIassford and Others.
FUND OF $4,000 SOUGHT
UNDER COSTIGAr. PLAN
Several Hundred More men Ex-
pected to Join Veterans
in Few Days.

While nearly 500 more war veterans
were nearing the Capital this afternoon
to lcin The bonus army of occupation"
the Senate District Committee prepared
TO hold hearing at 2:30 o'clock on
the bill of Senator CoStigan, Democrat.
OF Colorado, to appropriate $4,000 OF
Federal money for their support.
In addition to a division of 800 vet
Grams reported near Cumberland this
morning and another group of 200 un-
derStCod to be nearing Winchester, Va,
1000 others from the North and West
are preparing to invade the city to urge
immediate payment Of the bonus.
The District Commissioners prepared
to appear before the Senate Committee,
accompanied by Police Chic Pelham d.
Glassford. District Auditor Daniel j.
Donovan and Director Of Ptct,lic Welfare
George S. Wilson, to discuss relief
measures.
In addition to the $4,000 to be sought
for the bonus marChcrS, S6O0,OOO IS
asked from District funds to take care
of unemployment relief in the District
during the coming fiscal year.
Want Item Reinstated.
The House struck cut the S60o,OOO
item when thu District supply bill was
before it. The Commissioners have
While awaiting the hearing picked
leaders Of the bonus armv now en-.
canned here continued to "buttonhole
members of Congress and request them
to sign a petition to recall me bcnus-
pavment bill from the House. Ways ana
Means Committee for a vote One hun
dred and fOrty-five signatures are need
ed to recall the bill of REPRESENTATIVE
Patman. Democrat. of Texas Approx
mately no names now are on the petl-
ton
With receipt of reports that more
than 2.40O veterans were ready to come
here 10 ioin the 1900 already in
trenched. Gen. Glassford sent out let
terS last night to number OF State
Governors. urging them Ito use sucn
resources as may be at your disposal,
including publicity. to discourage as far
as possible the destitute veterans IN
your State from assembling in WASH
iHgtCn.'
so far" Glassford wrote. I'VE have
been able to cope with the situation,
and the visiting veterans have been
housed, fed and provided with medical
attention.
unfortunately, the residents Of the
District of Columbia are forced, through
lack Of Federal appropriations, to con-
tribute to the support Of these visitors
in addition to the support OF our $4,000
Unemployed
Funds Not Yet Assured.
The police superintendent pointed
out that, although the Costigan bill
calls for a Federal appropriation OF
$4,000. there is no assurance that
these funds will be made available
Since the first invasion OF the city
by jobless veterans Gen. Glassford has
Iol EoJoral annrCnri . tlOn
to care for the ex-service men and went
so far as to call upon congressional
leaders to ascertain the possibility OF
obtaining Government funds for this
purpose He also urged upon the White
House and Republican chieftains in
Congress an immediate vote upon the
Patman bill as means Of diScouragln5
further contingentS of veterans from
coming here.
from New York Pennsylvania and Hi
nois were interviewed yesterday by the
veterans leaders, and the signatures Of
Representatives Mccormack, MaSsa-
Chusetts; Maloney, Louisiana, and
Jones. Texas, Democrats, and Seger,
Hartley and Wolverton, New Jersey,
and Kading. Wisconsin, Republicans,
we're obtained.
Chicago Men Coming.
The largest contingent of veterans
understood to be coming here is a
group of 500, reported to be prepared
to leave Chicago Whether these are
Communists. now attending the Com
munist convention in the Illinois city,
or unaffiliated veterans, is not known to
police Communist veterans have an
nounced they will leave Chicago when
their conclave adjourns.
However, Inspector Ogden T. Davis,
head of the Police Department. intel
ligence unit, announced yesterday that
200 known communists now are cOncen-
trated here, presumably to attempt to
unite the 1900 veterans in the city IN
mammoth demonstration June in be-
half of bonus payment.
The two encampmentS of veteranS-at
Eighth and / streets southeast and al
Tclfth and D streets SOuthWest-ra
mained orderly today. For their after
noon meal the men in both camps were
to be fed turtle soup made from turtles
J donated by the Carroll Fish Co. at the
Municipal Fish Market. Tomorrow
afternoon they will eat barbecue din
ners supplied by the Dixie Pig Barbe-
cue Co.
Elimination of nearly 200 men from
the veterans quarters since yesterday
was announced today by Patrolman j.
E Bennett. assigned by Gen. Glassford
to supervise housing facilities. Bennett
said the men were elected from the
two veteran camps" because they were