Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-06

block or so ahead OF the procession, as
q rule, but during the march through
the downtown section they jumped
several blocks ahead at least half q
dozen times to take up positions at
points where 1t was thought the march
ers might try to make break toward
the White House. No such movement
was made.
Back at the camp, the fields and
woods besides New York avenue were
thronged with spectators, who. barred
by police prior to the parade, had taken
advantage of the opportunity to attain
points Of vantage.
Undecided on Course.
Leaders of the marchers were unde.
cided at lunch time just what furthel
course they would take. Levinson sale
there would be a conference OF al
leaders to map out plans, while Ben
jamin announced the marchers woulc
depart as soon as they had been fed.
Truck loads of box lunches were un.
loaded about an hour after the march
ers had reached their camp and dis,
tributed.
A field hospital was set UP for thost
who felt the effects of the long parade
Police Supt. Brown announced thai
all members of the force who had beer
on duty since midnight last night
about two-thirds of the entire pohc'
personnel, were to report to their sta
tons for further orders and retained
the remainder as a guard over the
marcherS.
Levinson, with small group thai
has been acting as his personal staff
throughout the encampment, left the
marcherS and drove into town as ths
food was being distributed.
Singing Dies Away.
Awed by the greatest massing Of
police strength in the history of Wash
ington, the column arrived at Constitu-
ton and New Jersey avenues shortly
before 1870. Their singing, which hao
been boisterouS along the route, died
almost to a whisper as they were halted
where New Jersey avenue joins Consti-
tuition avenue.
A solid double line of policemen was
stretched across the head Of New Jer-
Sey avenue and Ranking that avenue
for several blocks, while motor cycle.
with side cars were parked hub-to-hub
two deep, Just in front of the police
blockade.
Levinson preceded the marchers By
several blocks and obtained assurance
from Maj. Brown that the marcherS
would be allowed to present whatever
petition they might see fit to Congress
As the head of the column reached
the blockade, it was halted and Ben
jamin, who had been leading the paradI
all the way, went into a conference
with Maj. Brown and other polio,
officials.
Told by the police superintendent
that the entire group could not go int
the Capitol grounds or make any dem
onstration in front of the Capitol, Ben
janlin said:
II can see that you have a show o
force here that it would be impossibl'
for us to overcome. We feel that VI
are not being given the opportunity II
exercise our rights. We could no
have concentrated here"
After short further conference from
which newspaper men were excluded, {
was agreed between the police ant
hunger march leaders that two group
of about 20 should present petitions, on,
to the House and the other to the Sen
ate, and. accordingly, the groups wer
picked by Benjamin and Levinson, and
escorted by heavy police guards, wen
into the Capitol.
John Pace Returns.
Inspector Brown revealed, a shor
time before the marchers arrived be
side the Capitol, that John Pace, VIII,
last Summer led groups ousted by TIL
bonus marchers in demonstrations a
the Capitol and White House, has re
turned; washington and was mobiliZ
Ing his forces under cover Of the hunge
march.
Mai. Brown would not estimate hov
large a group Pace has mustered, bu
said that his men have found that largl
groups have been coming into the cit.
during the past "A hours. No effor
has been made, he said, to isolate thes,
Communists and unless some demon
stration Is started, no effort will b.
made.
He did say, however, that police hav'
seized a quantity Of literature presum
ably issued by PAGES organization, call
ing for a new bonus veterans concen
tration in Washington.
Throughout the wait, while their rep
resentatives were presenting their pc
titions to Congress, the main column
of the hunger marchers stood in tn
street, singing and waving banners, bu
there was no show of violence any
where along the line.
Late in completing their formation
the marchers finally swung into actor
at 1920 o'clock. Lined up four abreast
they set out with military step towart
the haze-wrapped goal of their lonl
trek-the Capitol. They appeared IL
good spirits, despite their chilly ant
uncomfortable 36-hour sojourn on tn,
bleak paved stretch Of pavement hart
by the railroad yards.
"Shock Troops" Massed.
Outside the Senate once Buildin,
police had maSsed a force of "shocl
troops" under command of Inspecto
James Beckett. This force consisted o
approximately rs bluecoats, stationed
and deep at the corner Of New Jerse!
and Constitution avenues, with abou
80 more strung along New Jersey ave
nue..
Long before the parade arrived a
this point hundreds Of spectators hat
gathered about the corner and hat
scattered over the entire Capitol plaza
Every street bore additional streams o
COEIOuS Cltl16IlS lLlIO bllc area.
Inspector Beckett also had at hi
disposal about 80 firemen, pressed int
service during the emergency, ant
hidden away within convenient callinI
distance was a force of reserves, TIL
strength of which he would not reveal
At the head of the column of march
erS as the parade got under way wa
a small group of leaders Of the demon
stration. Ahead of the marchers wer
half a dozen newsreel trucks and ,
squad of motor cycle policemen.
Immediately behind the march leade
came the 15-piece RED Front" BanS
Of New York, in the gray uniforms o
the Soviet Union
The column of marchers was grouped
In geographical units which included
only two trade divisions, those of tn
unemployed seamen" and unemployed
longshoremen."
Spectators Kept Back.
Long before the marchers moved from
their camp, hundreds Of spectators as
Sembled ON the hill to the south and
on building tops along the line o
march. The visitors were kept back b.