The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-07
jOBLESS WARN
PRESIDENT TO
STEM REVOLT
Priest ForeSeeS BIoodShed
If Government Fails to
Aid Unemployed.
10000 IN HUNGER MARCH
Appropriations to States,
Cities; Huge Building
Program Asked.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA mill
tant, but kindly priest, leading the
largest gathering of unemployed
demonstrators ever to march upon
Washington, laid before President
Hoover and congress today a pre-
diction that revolution would sweep
the country if the government did
not come to the aid Of the joblesS.
President Hoover received leaders
of the demonstration in a friendly
meeting at the White House and
assured them the problems Of the
jobless were close to his heart.
Father James R. Cox, Pittsburgh
priest, emerged from the interview
with expressions of pleasure at his
reception, both at the White House
and on Capitol Hill, where petitions
demanding immediate federal relief
were presented to the senate and
the house of representatives
The resolution predicted bloody
uprisings and armed revolts" unless
.'intolerable hardships" are elm
mated. 1t asked appropriation of
federal funds to states and cities to
aid the joblesS, aid to farmers and
a $4,000, 100000 public works pro-
gram, and higher taxes on the rich.
Economics "Out of Joint"
The resolution described the dire
plight of eleven millions of jobless
Americans who are mute symbols
of an economic order out of joint"
1.-THE foundation of ordered So
ciety is being undermined" it said.
THE colossal wealth of these United
States has been gathered into the
hands of but few, who own or con-
troll not only industry, but the
natural treasures of the earth, coal
and oil, copper and iron, and even
the power generated by the fall Of
waters"
To finance the appropriations
asked, the resolution urged the in
crease, up to so per cent, of the
SurtaxeS on large income, effective
on incomes earned in 1881; the i'm
mediate raising of federal Inherit
ance taxes on large estates up tc
10 per cent, and the levying of a
large gift tax to prevent the evasion
of inheritance taxes, now so flag
rantly practiced.
Hoover Answers Plea
Replying to Father Cox, the
President said:
Il am glad to receive you as rep
reSentatives of Pennsylvania unenl-
ployed. I have an intense sympathy
for your difficulties.
I have considered that the vital
function of the President and of the
federal government was to exert
every effort and every power of The
government to the restoration o.
stability and employment in our
country which has been so greatly
disturbed, largely from abroad.
The federal government is spend
ing now half billion a year above
normal to give employment. World
wide depressions and their result
in unemployment are like great
wars. They must be fought con-
tinuously, not on one front but
upon many fronts. 1t cannot be
won by any single skirmish or any
panacea.
Confident of Relief
I'm the present and what be-
lieve is the final campaign against
the depression, I have laid a pro-
gram before congress and 1 trust
will secure its early adoption. The
real victory is to restore men to
employment through their regular
jobs. That is our object. We are
giving this question our undivided
attention"
Before his White House visit. "a
Their Cox told the United Press:
we are not red demonstrators
we are real honest American citi-
cents and the people I represent
mere, as well as millions of others
throughout the country, are entitled
to work. In country bursting with
eWalth there is no reason why en-
ployment and other relief should
not be provided.
The 10000 jobless men who are
gathered in Washington TODAY TO
petition congress and the President
1or relief demand immediate action
II congress refuses us, we are omen
70 anything and everythine-in
other words. bloodshed.
Army Feeds Marchers
Father Cox arose early TODAY an6
went to mass, while his men hun
grlly devoured their first meal since
early Wednesday afternoon. Hun
dreds OF gallons of coffee, dozens of
bushels OF apples and thousands nj
rolls and doughnuts were handed
out from eight TT. Meyer ARM
kitchens.
A desire for cleanliness among
the army was noticeable. The
number OF shaved faces, each one
representing a struggle to Obtain
soap and water, was astonishing
Police were cooperating To see
that the men were fed and cared for
as well as possible. Evervwhere
among the men was praise Of Father
Cox, who has gone hungry with rhe
rest and even waited to eat until
the rest were fed.
Father Cox, Davis and Kelly made
speeches from the steps of the Can
itol and the thousands sang INV
Country, lis Of Thee 4" and otl,a.