Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-30
VETERANS
CON NT|NUE'
TO MOVE.
Capital Police Keep Up
Search For Stragglers
In Washington.
RADICALS ARRESTED
Waters Seeking To Rally
Men At JOhnstOwn For
New Encampment.
Ry LYLE C. WILSON


WASHINGTON, July 3O.-Police
cleared stragglers of the bonus
army out of Washington today to
complete the rout of thousands who
fled before gas, torches and bayo-
nets in the hands of federal troops.
Police estimated at 7 a. m. that
about 400 men had been rounded
eup and escorted out of the city.
Walter w. Waters, erstwhile COM
mander of the bonus army. ap-
pealed to the remaining veterans
to leave the city by noon.
The troops had finished their
assignment by burning scattered
bonus camps that escaped Thurs
day nights holocaust
Thousands of veterans were being
speeded across Maryland in trucks,
school buses and automobiles
pressed into service by state author
tiles. Others were crawling along
in their own dilapidated automo-
biles. Many were headed toward
5ohnstown, Pa, where Bonus Com
mander Waters hopes to reorganize
his retreating forces.
Police combed the parks for
stragglers. Migrants who had never
been identified with the bonus army
were caught in the drive. All who
could not show means of support
were being escorted to the District
of Columbia borders.
The Red Cross announced it
would provide transportation home
for women and children. Many of
the families had no homes to re-
turn to.
Early today squads of police
in deployed formation marched
through the spacious Washington
monument grounds in which a
number of veterans had taken
refuge. They poked into the shrub
berry with flashlights, dragged out
the stragglers, dumped them in
patrol wagons and sent them on
their way. Other parks and public
property were being cleared out
similarly
Spurred BY Hoover
District authorities in acting to
complete the evacuation of the
bonus army were spurred by a let
ter from President Hoover who said
he expected ''the police to strictly
enforce every ordinance of the dis
trict in every part of the city,"
rl;raafiOx.
federal authorities also were in
vestigating alleged Communist agi-
tators. The administration blames
such elements for the rioting which
caused Hoover to summon troops.
Forty-two persons were taken
into custody at a meeting spon-
Sored by the Workers Ex-Service-
amen's league, alleged Communist
organization. 1t was this group
that clashed twice with police in
attempts to picket the White House.
.- Twenty-Five of the left wing"
group were released and sent out
of the city. These included James
w. Ford, Negro, ce-presidential
candidate of the Communist party,
anu ElIlIlldIluSl IeVlI1 Oh OleV6laIlu,
a leader in the Workers league.
The other II were being held for
investigation by the labor depart
ment. They were unable to produce
proof of citizenship or legal right
to be in this country. The labor
department planned to deport them.
= Eighteen agents of the justice
department were detailed to ques-
ton other veterans suspected of
being agitators. The agents will
present their. evidence to a District
of Columbia grand jury which At
torney General Mitchell ordered to
investigate bonus army disorders.
The war department was assist
ing by checking available lists of
bonus marchers against its files.
General Douglas Macarthur, U. S.
army chief of staff, expressed be-
lief that not one in 10 of the bonus
marchers was a bona fide veteran,
Commander Waters of the B. E. F..
hotly disputed this assertion. He
declared the B. E. F. had checked
the discharge papers of every re-
cruit.