Evening star., 1932-12-02

on the way to Washington be able to
exercise with safety their right to pre-
sent their grievance to Congress?"
Others in the delegation were Mrs.
Corliss Lamont of New York, daughter
in-law of Thomas w. Lamont, member
of the firm of j. p Morgan g. Co.;
Miss Margaret Hatfield, writer and
former wife of Stewart Chase, econo-
MIST Mrs. Polly Boyden of Chicago
and New York, Mrs. Carol w. King,
New York attorney; Miss Winifred
Chappell, Miss Sylvia Feningston, Mrs.
Belle Taub and Miss Helen Grace
Murray. all of New York.
Offers 2,G00-Acre Camp.
The coming of the hunger marohers
also fiared up at the Capitol when
Henry Woodhouse, self-styled scientific
economist" went before the special
Senate Committee investigating housing
conditions in the District With an o1er
to permit the hunger ma.chers to use
a 2,000-acre tract south OF Alexandra,
Va, as a permanent camp for the un-
employed. Woodhouse made a similar
offer to Inspector Brown several weeks
ago.
Senators Copeland Of New York and
King of Utah vigorously denounced the
proposal Senator Copeland said 1t
was his intention to protect residents
of the District against the hazards of
a prolonged encampment Of the hunger
rlarchers.
The encampment here of thousands
of destitute men and women without
proper sanitary facilities" Senator
Copeland declared, would create
definite menace to the health of the
residents of Washington. When so
many men and women are gathered
together in makeShift quarters there is
no telling when there may be an out
break or an epidemic of dyssntery,
smallpox. diphtheria. or some other con-
tag ouS disease which would create a
real hazard for the citizens of the
District
Relief Local Problem.
1T is not right or just for these
thousands of destitute men and women
to come to Washington for this reason.
1t would be very wrong to set up an
establishment here for the encamp-
ment Of the marchers. Provision OF
camps only encourages other thousands
to come Every citizen has a right to
petition his Government, but human
relief is a local problem.
1t is wrong even to think of creating
camps here for the permanent provision
of marchers. I propose to take steps
to protect the residents of the District
against the obvious hazard to health
resulting from such proposals"
Senator Copeland emphasized that
the various States, counties and cities,
should take care of their local relief
problems and predicted that his State
would continue to provide for its own
needy.
Woodhouse's proposal involved the
establishment outside the District OF
three camps where hunger marchers
could be housed.
The coming of the hunger marchers
inspired the Monarch Club to adopt
resolution urging legislation to prevent
similar movements in the future. The
resolution declared that the marcherS
now en- route to Washington have been
shown to be Communists. and that an
investigation by Representative Fish of
New York has made clear" that Com
munistS seek the destruction of the
American Government by force and
violence and by inciting class hatred"
One Of the first requisites to the return
of prosperity. the resolution further de-
clared, is the restoration of public con-
fidence. which is undermined and de-
Stroyed by the activities of such ele-
ments as compose the proposed hunger
march"
Order Suspended.
In an eleventh hour move to preclude
any potential trouble with the hunger
marchers. the Commissioners late yes
terday authorized Maj Brown to diSre-
gard an order Of July 80, prohibiting
entrance into the District of organized
groups that could not establish lawful
purpose for their visit Action was
taken on recommendation of Maj.
Brown, who held that the order, which
was issued two days after the bonus
army riots, applied to conditions ex-
isting at that time.
Immediately after the Commissioners
had acted, Maj. Brown granted several
concessions to the marchers.
First, he arranged to have a large
motor cycle patrol meet the columns as
they sweep across the District line and