Evening star., 1932-07-22
VETERANS FLOCK
TO GET FARE HOME
Hundreds Line Up After City
Heads Order Evacuation
of All Public Property.
Continued From First Page)

tor them ELSEWHERE. rOlSipio AeoAoe
will not be tolerated.; our obJectlveS we
feel are far too important to ourselves
and the rest of the common people Oh
the United States to risk the loss OF all
we have gained through any dlsoroer.
Arrests Mean Housing.
-"uhat measures the authorities Will
resort to to enforce their eVacua'ioh
order I do not know. But I do know
that if thev evict the members OF the
q p from their cantonment at
1Third street and Pennsylvania avenue
thev win have to evict them one by one.
IF thew choose to arrest then-Well tne
housing problem will be taken from the
shoulders of the B. E. F. and placed on
the shoulders Of the District OF Column
ola and its jalls."
Waters explained, in his statement,
that the original order lssueo yesIeroat
morning, by the Treasury Department
cave the bonus army until Sunday night
to get out of the Avenue encampment
and AT that time he had promised 10
co-operate with the authorities TO get
the movement under way and had IN
str7,cted his national billeting officer TO
assist in locating other quarters.
The Commissioners order, however, ne
pointed out. putting the evacuation lnn
caect Immediately made II mposin- :
to get other barracks. He SAID s,e
9Th Regiment, along with other uIa.s
have orders to make no move until tf.ey
hear from him and that ne proposes
to issue no orders until satisfactory
housing is provided.
Ready to Cooperate.
AS for the evacuation by August =. ne
said, we will meet that situation When
it comes" o;d
The B.E.F. command, " V'.ters SAID
"is ready to cooperate VIVA the gov
ernment of the District OF Columbia IN
any fair and reasonable or2er anectlne
the District and the B, E. F. But !et
the people of the District OF Columbia,
thnir Commissioners, the national ad-
ministration and the people OF the
United States clearly understand one
thing: The B. E F. intends to remain
in washington. a property OF the GOV
ernment for which they once offered
their lives.
Talks to yNerans.
Immediately after ,ssuing his order
calling for defiance Of the police order
to evacuate Conld" Waters, sporting
a heavy black walking stick, addressed
the veterans at Third street and Penn
svlvania avenue, who have been Or
dered to get off this Government prop
erty Immediately.
Eve come here" Waters shouted, ito
await the arrival Of police. We don't
want a riot, and if the police get rough
be sure and let them be the aggressor
"All you have to do is stand by
and let them arrest YOU They can
take you to jail at least take some
of us to Jail aad 1 will be among
them, for we are not going to move an
inch from this gy'und.
I'VE don't want a riot nor DO we
want the police to stampede US, and
that is what they are trying to 40.
Down at the Capitol the other day we
could have had riot if I had at
tempted to struggle with the police
/ submitted to arrest peacefully to avoid
that. an dtoday our slogan should be.
as it always has been, Law and oroer'
Wen Show Them"
But let the police get" rough and
we'll show them. I. as your commander
in chief, need only to raise my hand
above my head and my following OF
$4,000 men will act according to my
wishes-either fight or frolic-
Now. let's don't organize any oebat-
ing societies when the police come.
Let's don't debate this thing with them.
] will take up position in your head
quarters and await the arrival OF the the
you'll let me do the talking because
you have confidence in me. .
II am going to dismiss you and send
you back to your billets now, but re-
member we don't want any rough stun
unless the police get rough first
The men left their positions around
the speakers stand and went lmme-
diately to their billets to await the
arrival of the police.
In only one block covered by the
Commissioners orders are members OF
the bonus army entrenched = three
buildings and large group OF rude
shacks, housing something more than
500 men and about so women and
children. in the block bounded by Third
and Fourth streets and Pennsylvania
and Missouri avenues. There are other
settlements to the south of this, and in
one of these, occupied by the I'd Regi-
1nent between Twelfth and Thirteenth
and c and D streets. the Treasury De-
partment also has orders for evacuation
in progress. This area. along with that
on the Avenue. is wanted for the Gov
ernment building program.
Conference Is Held.
While Waters was making his state
ment, Gen. Glassford was in con-
ference this morning with Acting United
States Attorney John w. Fihelly at the
latters office
Called into conference were Acting
Corporation Counsel Vernon E. West
and Assistant Corporation Counsel Ed
ward w; Thomas. United States Mar
Shal Edgar C. Snyder and his chief
assistant. Stephen B. Callahan. Later a
request was sent to the office of Lieut..
Col. U. S. Grand Sd, superintendent of
public buildings and public parks. and
to the Office of the solicitor of the
Treasury, r. j. Mawhinney to have
representatives dispatched to join the
conference.
Fihelly pointed out that number of
legal questions might arise by reason
that some of the properties sought to
be evacuated are in the hands of con-
tractors. working under authority of the
supervising architect of the Treasury.
and others being under the jurisdiction
of Col Grant. He said they we're en-
gagged in a general conference as to the
method to be adopted by the chief of
police in his effort to carry out the
very large" order given him by his
superiors Nothing definite had been
agreed on as a result of the conference
up to noon.
Recommendations Made.
AT the conclusion OF the conference,
which lasted more than three hours,
Gen. Glassford sent a letter to the
Commissioners setting forth the results
of the parley and including certain rec
concentrations. These were not imme-
diately made public. Gen. Glassford
desiring that they come from the Com
miSsionerS
r. He said that only the immediate sit
uation confronting the authorities-that
is tonights evacuation-waS taken care
of this morning, but that some of the
conclusions reached probably would
apply to future activities. although he
said further conferences would be neces-
sary-
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