Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-05-29
j. S.FUNDSASKED
FOR BONUS ARMY
GIassford Says Congress
Should Help Support March,
ers Due Here Today.
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and I shall ask for rations II an
emergency arises It amounts to mat
ter of getting a Federal appropriation
or putting these men out"
Outlines Position.
The police chief said his position
with respect to unemployed bonus ad-
vocates fell in three categories
l. '"rhe men have a right to come
here.
9 District residents shomo con-
tribute to their support to the same ex-
tent that the people Of the various
States through which they pass.
3. But there is point beyond which
the residents of the District should not
be asked to contribute. From that
point on, it is the duty of the Federal
Government to contribute"
He explained that the position of the
people here Is vastly different since
they have no representation in Con-
gresS.
Gen. Glassford devoted virtually the
entire day to planning for the recep-
ton and handling of the veterans,
working late into the night arranging
facilities to feed and house the men,
many of whom have threatened to stay
here if necessary until 1945'-the
date the adjusted service certificates
will be paid according to the bonus act.
With Capt. William G. Stott. police
department property officer, as his aide,
assisted by two other policemen, Glass
ford last night had obtained quarters
for approximately 1000 veterans IN
vacant buildings throughout the city
Approximately $50 Of those now in
town were housed in Wagner's ware
house, Twelfth and D streets south
west.
Definite Number Unknown.
How many veterans eventually are to
scamp" in Washington Is not definitely
known by Glassford. 1t Is this lack OF
knowledge which constitutes his biggest
problem. for he cannot accurately make
plans for caring for them. Aside from
the 1000 already here and the 500
from Cumberland reports indicate 1000
others assembled in Philadelphia and
Camden trying to get transportation;
an unnumbered group in Chicago now
attending Communist convention, but
planning to come here after 1t adjourns,
and several struggling groups from the
South and elsewhere. These figures
contrast sharply with the $4,000
marcherS" which were asked to come
here in circulars said to have been dis
tributed throughout the country.
Inspector o. T. Davis, chief OF the
new Police Department intelligence
unit, announced early today he had
received reports indicating the Phila-
delphia outfit had disbanded, but that
approximately 1000 veterans from Cam
den would come here.
Gen. Glassford's campaign OF dis
couragement involved sending tele-
grams to governors Of States "aS far
away as Illinois, he said. He also wired
Philadelphia Police Chief L. B. Mills
and President Daniel Willard OF the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad to dissuade
the veterans in the Pennsylvania and
New Jersey cities from coming mere.
The ex-service men had proposed catch
ing rides on B. & o. freight trains.
Food Is Solicited.
Among the houses obtained by Gen.
Glassford's aides are the old Biebec
g. Kaufman store at Eighth and
streets and the whole row OF business
places on PENNSYLVANIA avenue south
east between Sixth and Seventh streets,
owned by the Warner Brothers Co.,
which plans to erect theater there.
The veterans arriving today will be
escorted by police guards to the Eighth
and l streets quarters.
Food also is being solicited by men
working under supervision of Gen.
Glassford and rolling kitchens have
been obtained from the District Ma
tional Guard. One of these probably
will be set up today near the southwest
camp site"
Whether the police chief carries out
his plan to build temporary barracks
near Boiling Field depends now on
1r,hot ha If fNpniyU
here exceeds the capacity Of the quar-
tiers obtained.
Seeks 1000 Bed Sacks.
One thousand bed sacks for the vet
Grams were requested Of Secretary of
War Hurley by Gen. Glassford, who
called at the War Department yesterday
afternoon.
The veterans, in Cumberland last
night, were reported by Gov Richie to
be entirely orderly" In his second
telegram, received at about midnight
the Maryland executive stated:
The veterans are spending the night
In Cumberland and are reported to be
entirely ordsrly. They will leave in
trucks tomorrUu-Sunday morning-at
7 o'clock and sl,culd reach the District
line on Wisconsin avenue sometime be-
tween l and 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. They number about 300.
Good luck and best wishes.
(Signed) ALBERT c. RICHIE"
Dispatches from Cumberland stated
the eX-service men arrived there about
o'clock and were taken to an aban-
doned building which had housed the
Communist marcherS who came here
last Winter. Mayor George Henderson,
himself war veteran and now colonel
in the Army Reserve Corps, made ar
rangementS to house the men, while the
Salvation Army planned to feed them
An advance guard, travelling in tour
ing car placarded Bonus Seekers En-
Route to Washington" arrived ahead Of
the main body and slept in their ma
chine until the rest pulled in.
Group Well Disciplined.
The group, although none too we'll
dressed and travel-stained from the long
trek from the West Coast, appeared to
be well disciplined, according to press
dispatches. Military police appointed
from within the ranks maintain order
and expulsion faces any one found to
have liquor
The men had begun the days march
from Gainesville, Ohio, from where
they were transported by Ohio State
trucks to the West Virginia State line,
Virginia owned trucks, and into Cum
berland by trucks placed at their dis
posal by Gov. Richie
To support them while they are here,
Gen. Glassford has arranged for q
spectacular midnight show at the Gayety
Theater on Thursday night. Manager
Jimmy Lake of the Ninth street bur-
lesque house has arranged for the whole
Gayety show Of next week to participate,
along with the show at the Howard
Theater, 10 special vaudeville acts ap-
pearing tn local theaters and a num-
Der Of sporting celebrities, he announced
last night.
Admission prices will range from 50
for box seats to SO cents in the balcony