Evening star., 1932-07-25
RADICAL VETERANS
CLUBBED BY POLICE.
Nine Arrested-Street Fights
Mark Attempt to Picket
White House.
Continued From First Page.)

men turned back.
The veteran who resisted W.
pounced upon by two officers. wis
struck him first with their fists, and
then, when he fought back desperately,
dubbed him with their nightsticks.
The shouting. milling Jnrongs then
moved slowly eastward on New York
avenue to Thirteenth street, and thence
south, where the second fight broke
out.
At F street another veteran resisted
police efforts to shove him off the side
walk and onto the street. When he
struck at burly detective, Two other
officerG jumped into the fight and one
O. them get neck lock on the veteran
and turned him over on his head.
Three officers jammed him into a
taXicab which took him to the police
station. His shirt was torn of in the
struggle.
Seizes Policeman's Gun.
While this encounter was going on
q third veteran grabbed an officers
gun from his holster and sped down F
street, with a dozen policemen at his
heels. The sudden fights had attracted
thousands Of pedestrians to the scene,
and they took off after the policemen
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Oyertaken near Twelfth street. the
veteran relinquished the revolver. and
was led meekly back to a patrol box,
from whence he was taken to the po-
lice station.
Hardly had this engagement con-
cluled before David Budd, who said ne
IS q District veteran, slugged a Wash
ington Times photographer in the eye.
The man was arrested. and Francis
Hoffman, the photographer. said ne
would prefer charges OF assault.
The mob then was showed down Thn-
teenth street to E, where Flicker was
arrested. The radical leader had
climbed into a tree over small park
there and was telling his followers,
Comrades, this is only the beginning"
vnen Policeman r. NJ White and De-
tective j. B. Baker climbed up after
him and succeeded in quieting him.
Cautioned Not TO Fight.
The two policemen we're cautioned
b. Capt. Homes not to fight Flicker in
the treetop, as they might be thrown
out and injured. Flicker resisted arrest
and for a while refused to leave his
perch, but after Officer Baker got
stranglehold on HIM he decided to climb
down.
Meantime. Pace, chief Of the "red
forces" which are billeted at Thir-
teenth and B streets southwest, had
been taken into custody. Pace had not
resisted arrest. but, being the leader OF
the demonstrators. was charged with
inciting a riot. He was arrested by
Detective Sergt. Howard E. Ogle and
HEADQUARTERS Detective j. PoStilitiS.
we were just out for a walk, that's
ell" said Pace after he had been as
signed to a cell in the station house.
Now ve are waiting for bond. which
will be put up by the International
Labor Defense League" he added.
The purpose of the demonstration.
Pace explained, was to get in front of
the White House, where committee
would be named to present President
Hoover with a petition, demanding
that he call Congress into Extra session
to approve bonus bill.
Want General Relief Bill.
"In fact" Pace said, ''we are seeking
q general relief bill for the unemployed
more than we are bringing pressure to
bear for the full payment Of the bonus.
We are going to stay here and agi-
tate, If you call 1t such, for some re-
lief measure"
Pace asserted he was the leader of
the group, which he said was made up
of veterans from Chicago, New York
ard Detroit
He admitted that some of the orders
for activity came from Emanuel Levin.
chairman of the National Provisional
Bonus March Committee of the Work
ers' Ex-Service Mems League, a Com
munist organization.
Pace said he arrived here this morn
ing from Detroit, where yesterday he
addressed mass meeting with Nor
man Foster, candidate fer President Of
the United States on the Communist
ticket.
He said he was called to Detroit by
the International Labor Defense League
to tell CT conditions in Washington.
He said he was promised full support
OF the league in staging the White
House demonstrations
The league has promised to feed us
as long as we are in Washington and
th3t means until some relief bill Is
passed" the leader said in conclusion.
He said he did not know for what he
v2s arrested.
As Pace. Flicker. Budd, John Dimitri,
Detroit and Sylvester Mckinney Oak
land Calf, were being herded into
patrol wagons, Police Chief GlaSsford
arrived on the scene and commended
his officers for the manner in which
they had handled the demonstration.
Dimitri and Mckinney, both were
ch7rged with inciting a riot.
Police said Mckinney had in his
possession a bonus certificate worth
SI553, of which nothing had been
d.awn.
They identified him as one of the
leaders of the radical group, and said
h was from Oakland Calf.
The last concentrated attempt Of the
bonus marchers to get into the pro-
hibited area occurred along Treasury
place and the Ellipse, nearby. About
100 veterans. carrying with them q
crowd of twice as many onlookers,
streamed past the Fifteenth street bar
rier as the police were quelling the dis
turbance at Thirteenth and e streets.
EIIipse Mob Dispersed.
They had formed into compact mass
on the opposite side of the street from
tha White House when about IS motor
cvcle policemen whirled up and they
dismCunted and started dispensing them
under GlaSSfords leadership. Gen.
Ciersford and his men followed the mob
a5 1t dispersed in the Ellipse and the
l-9t concerted move of the B. z. F
ended with their struggling back along
Pennsylvania avenue to their billets.
During this dispersal plain clothes
policeman snatched a large club from
Robert MacRea, so, who said he was
a Spanish War veteran. A few minutes
later MacRae approached Gen. Glass
ford and complained that he was q
cripple and that the police had taken
his cane away from him.
He showed Glassford a card showing
he had received treatment at Providence
Hospital for a back ailment, and the
police chief drew from the mans pocket
4 bottle containing medicine for his
back
Informed, however, by several police
men that the man had developed limp
only after he had been relieved of the
club. Glassford paid no heed to the
complaint.
Police were greatly handicapped by