Evening star., 1932-07-31

THE American Red Cross, in CO.
operation with the District
CHAPTER, American Red Cross
Il has set up temporary head
quarters for assisting the fami-
lies of ex-service men to reach their
homes. in the same building, at Four
teenth and B streets southwest, which
served for the B. E. F.'S family head
quarters when the group was in town.
Neville G. Hall, liaison representative,
is in charge, assisted by H. j. Davis
and Charles H BeauvaiS, field directors.
Ladies of the District Chapter supply
food to the families there and cots for
those compelled to stay overnight. The
motor corps of the District Chapter
has been hard at work since the evacu-
alton rounding up those stranded and
getting them on their way to their
homes.
The families are given railroad
tickets to their homes at special rates
provided by arrangement with the rail-
roads, together with an allowance of
rs cents per day per person during the
trip. If the family has a car, the
transportation allowance is 2 cents
per mile. The largest outlay for a
single family so far has been $l0650
for a man, his. wife and three children,
on their way to Los Angeles, Calf
Before the transportation is furnished
the man of the family must produce
evidence that he is an ex-Service man
This is enough to get him anywhere
he is going except to Johnstown, Pa.
To get a ticket to that city requires
absolute proof of a bona fide residence
there. So far none has been sent
there.
Volunteers of Service.
Among the women volunteering their
services for the work of the District
chapter, under direction of William
Spencer, acting chairman are Mrs.
Homer Phillips, Harvard Hall; Mrs.
Marion Hiley, 1900 Huntingdon street,
Chevy Chase; Miss Marie Suter, 4ll9
Connecticut avenue, and Mrs. E. G.
Montgomery, "a West Kirke street,
Chevy Chase
Las night there were Is persons
spending the night at the headquarters.
Forty persons had been sent home.
The Office is open for business from
o'clock am. to 10 pm
brief history of one Of the families
there will serve to show the straits to
which some of them were put by the
military evacuation of the bonus
marchers Thursday.
Leroy j. Hauser. his wife Margaret
and their five children, Robert, z;
Donald James, 6; Jean, 4; Harold. g.;
and Raymond. almost 2. came here
July 10, and had been living at the
family headquarters most of the time
since. Hauser led group of 20 men
and brought them here from Buffalo
June l6. He then returned for his
family as a means of showing that ac-
comrodations in Washington were
good enough for women and children.
Hauser said he spent his early days
here trying to persuade Representatives
from his New York district to vote for
the cash payment of the bonus with
cut success. OF late owing TO TIE talk
Of evacuation, he has kept close TO the
family.
The youngest child, Raymond, is in
Children's Hospital suffering from
dysentery.
Family Quarters Spared.
Thursday night, although the mill
tary eviCted all in the nearby billets at
Thirteenth and B streets, they did not
enter The family headquarters, although
few of the inmates got any sleep.
Nevertheless District residents came
to the headquarters with offers of as
sistance- Mrs. Hauser and the children
were taken by a visitor to a house on
the 1900 block of Columbia road, put
up for the night, and given breakfast
next morning.
Friday morning at 9 O'Clock the
family headquarters building was
ordered evacuated.
Here a second good Samaritan put in
an appearance. This was a man who
concealed his identity under the name
of John Doe, but offered to take care of
s.ny women and children who needed
assistance. He supplied money for gas
for the cavalcade of autos, and directed
them to the car barn at Four Mile Run,
Arlington County, Va. where he fed
the group out of purchase of nine
dozen eggs, a tub of fish, case of
snaqhetti and the like