Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-03
F|REMEN WILL AID
POLICE TOMORROW
Will Be Sworn In as Special
Officers to Help Control
Hunger Marchers.
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special drills and curtailment Of liberty
N many cases. All such inquiries were
referred to brigade headquarters which !.
In turn contented itself with the simple
statement that mo orders have been
issued" st- e.
1t is generally admitted at the War
that any demand for
shock troops" from the Army would be
carried out under the same procedure
rs was employed during the eviction OF
the bonus army last Summer. All that
Is needed to put the Army into action.
It was said, Is an order from the White
House.
Lieut.. Col. Louis A. Kunzig, COM
mandant at Fort Washington, later in
formed The Star that he is doing moth
Ing on his own initiative to hold troops
In readiness. :
1--WE have made no curtailment Of
liberty at this poSt-in fact, a good
many of the officers have gone to Phil
adelphia for the Army-Navy game" he
said Nor are we making any other
precautions in the matter of special
drills or issuance Of special equipment"
Benjamin explained today that only
small group of the marchers would par
ticipate in the two added demonstra-
lions, but that the entire army Of 5000
would attempt to reach the Capitol and
White House. The group going to the
Board, he said, would consist
of longshoremen and other. marine
workers, who were given special per-
to join the national hunger
march. Organized workers from the
Midwest. he declared, would make up
Federation of Labor.
Refusal of the Police Department 70
grant the marchers q permit to parade
will not prevent them from starting to
the Capitol Tuesday, according to Ben
janljn.
Marchers Threaten Force.
1--WE understand" he said, that the
police have superior physical force
1t will be our policy to safeguard the
marchers against the possibility of at
tack, but We do not contemplate resist
ance by force Of arms.
In any case, we will be prepared to
assert our rights and to defend them If
they are attacked. 1t viii require
forcible action to deny the marchers
their rigt ts."
Possibility that the marchers may be
forced to sleep in their trucks and cars
and hold their three conventions in the
open is still imminent According to
Benjamin, the march leaders have not
met with success in their efforts to rent
buildings to shelter the army or have
they been able to find meeting hall
large enough to accommod ate the ex-
pected 1000 marchers.
He gave assurance, however, that the
marchers would not suffer from hunger.
A large store of food already is in WASH
ington, he said and an emergency re-
serve has been set up in Baltimore.
Arrangements also have been made, he
declared, to bring additional supplies
from New York
Ready to Sleep In Trucks
Benjamin declared the hunger march,
ers are prepared, If necessary, to sleep
in the trucks and hold their meetings
in the open, on public property, but
he still had hope that the District au-
thorities would acquiesce to the de-
mands for free food and shelter.
BENJAMIN said the marcherss did not
fear the opposition OF the American
Legion and the Ku Klux Khan. The
hunger marchers,p he declared, can
handle them quite we'll" y;
Incidentally, Howard e. Biting, grand
cyclops of Khan No. of Ballston, Va,
announced that the hunger marchers
will not be disturbed by the khan In
Arlington County unless the members
are called upon to aid the constituted
authorities in case of disorder. Biting
described as false a. report that the
khan would bar sthe. progress Of tbs
marchers through Arlington County.
The completed program of the three
day encampment of the marchers, a.
announced by Benjamin, revealed the
proposed special demonstrations at the
American Federation of Labor and the
Shipping Board.
The marchers are scheduled to arrive
tomorrow afternoon between 2 and
O'Clock.
AS soon as all of the columns have
reached concentration point, Benja-
min said the marcherS would be fed
and allowed to rest before the opening
of the conference at 7:3O o'clock to-
morrow night.
Confer ALI Day Monday.
Conference also will be held all day
Monday, according to the program, and
Tuesday morning between and $50
o'clock, the entire hunger march army
will start for the Capitol to present
demands to Congress fo- unemployment
The next objective. Benjamin said,
would be the White House, where the.
will make an effort to pre-
sent similar demands to the President.
During the afternoon special delega-
lions will go to the Shipping Board and
American Federation of Labor.
After the proposed demonstrations,
Benjamin said the marcherS would hold
a final conference to elect new officers,
summarize the results of the pilgrimage.
to Washington and organize for de-
parture.
Some of the marchers will leave i'm
mediately after the final conference and
the remainder will depart Wednesday
morning.
In connection with Benjamin's re-
leaders had made an attempt to rent
a vacant warehouse at so Florida ave-
nue., an agent for the property issued
the following statement:
No negotiations have been held for
the rental of this property within the
last 48 hours for use by the hunger
marchers. About three weeks ago, q
telephone inquiry asked about rental of
the building, and member Of the firm
tried to make an appointment to show
it. The inquirer, however, refused to
give his name or the purpose for which
the warehouse was to be used, and
wanted to get the key to look at it him.
self. He was told he would have to
call at the Office, but nothing more has
been heard from him.
THE firm did not know until the
story appeared in yesterdays newspa-
pers that the call apparently came from
an agent of the hunger marchers.
Since the call three weeks ago. the
property was rented to the Post once
Department as of December /.
The property, however, would not
have been rented to the hunger march
srs under any circumstances.
MARCHERS AT RICHMOND.
RICHMOND, Va, December 3 LP-