Evening star., 1932-12-01
Speaker Tells Reynolds and
Benjamin He Will Not Sane
ton Demonstration.
VICE PRESIDENT DECLINES
TO RECEIVE TWO LEADERS
Civil Liberties Union to Back Pro-
testers in Effort to Stage
March Monday.

Speaker Garner today fatty refused
to approve issuance of a permit to the
national hunger marchers for a parade
or demonstration at the Capitol Mon
day when Congress convenes.
The position of Speaker Garner was
made known to William Reynolds and
Herbert Benjamin, representatives of
the Unemployed Councils of America,
sponsors Of the hunger march, who
presented to him a petition demanding
a permit for authority to stage dem
onstration.
Vice President Curtis refused to see
Reynolds and Benjamin.
Reynolds and Benjamin went to the
Capitol after a protracted conference
with Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of police, and other police off,
cials. At this conference the hunger
march leaders were told the Police De-
partment would not issue a permit for
a parade to the Capitol Monday unless
the Capitol authorities agreed to per-
init the unemployed army to come there
for demonstration.
Promise Cooperation.
Cooperation with the Police Depart
ment was promised today by leaders Of
the national hunger march at the con-
ference with police officials.
Invited to the Office of Maj. Brown,
Reynolds and Benjamin went over the
plans in detail for the proposed mass
demonstration Monday at the Capitol
and White House.
Benjamin announced after the con-
ference, he had promised to cooperate
with the Police DEPARTMENT "as far as
Is possible
Benjamin and Reynolds, it was said,
told Maj. Brown the hunger marchers
would make every effort to feed and
shelter the army Of unemployed, but
they did not disclose how 1t would be
done.
Leaders Visit Capitol.
+. Immediately after the conference,
however, Benjamin and Reynolds went
to the Capitol to present demands to
Vice President Curtis and Speaker
Garner that the Federal Government
feed and house the n1archers.
Maj. Brown also was assured that
the hunger marchers would make ar
rangements for off-street parking Of the
several hundred motor trucks and
other vehicles bringing them to Wash
ington. Maj Brown previously had an
nounced that the Police Department
would not rope OF several streets as
was done last year for the exclusive
parking Of the trucks of the first army
of hunger marchers.
The march leaders advised police ON
cials that the seven columns of march
ers now en- route to Washington would
arrive about o'clock Sunday after
noon. Benjamin insisted there would
be minimum Of 5000. majority of
whom would leave Tuesday night. The
remainder, he said, will depart We'd
nesday morning.
Union to Back Parade,
At the same time, the American Civil
Liberties Union announced 1t would
resist any attempt on the part of the
! Police Department to refuse q permit
to the marchers to parade to the
Capitol. The statement declared the
organization had instructed Edmund d,
Campbell, its Washington counsel, to
respond to any request for aid made
by those in charge of the march.
The union also urged the District
Commissioners "scrupuously to observe
the rights. of these demonstrators to
enter the city, hold meetings, parade
and petition Congress under ordinary
rules fixed for regulation of traffic, and
without any such display of force as
marked the demonstration a year ago."
In the meantime, Maj Brown pre-
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