Evening star., 1932-07-17
VETERANS CLASH
AT WHITE HOUSE
Tense Situation Is Created
as B. E. F. Moves on Ex-
ecutive Mansion.
Continued From First Page.)


bated whether they should stage big
demonstration at the White House.
As an anti-climax to a night of wild
excitement, large detail OF police
broke up a Communist meeting at
Fifteenth and H streets, in front OF the
Union Trust Building, and chased from
the scene 80 Reds under the leader
ship of John Pace, Detroit veteran.
The sudden raid. led by Capt. Jere-
miah Sullivan, assistant chief OF the
Police Department crime prevention
division, caused hundreds OF persons to
congregate on the corner and 1t was
with some difficulty that order finally
was restored.
Gen. Glassford arrived on the scene
aStride his motor cycle just as the last
of the spectators were being herded up
and down H street The general pre-
viously had ordered 10 motor cycle po-
Hcemen to make tour Of all the Bonus
Expeditinary Force camps to check-up
on reports that thousands Of veterans
were marching upon the heavily
guarded White House.
Shortly before a group of veterans
began picketing the Veterans Admins
tration Building on the north side OF
Lafayette Park shortly after midnight,
but police quickly dispersed the band.
About 25 marchers gathered for this
brief demonstration,
The police, while not expecting any
further demonstrations during the
night, prepared to meet any eventuality.
Gen. Glassford mingled among the
groups endeavoring to discourage the
veterans against another demonstration
When Congress adjourned without
acting on the demands Of the veterans
for the bonus, Samuel j. Stember Of
the Workers EX-Service League, which
is directing the destinies of the So-called
radical left wing" of the bonus army,
announced that his organization pro-
posed Immediately to start campaign
erans' legislation. This campaign, he
said, would include picketing OF the
White House.
Outbreak at White Houss.
The outbreak at the White House
started when police officers attempted
to break up band OF marchers parad-
ing with flags back and forth in front
of the Executive Mansion. One little
man, with only one arm, resisted arrest
so strenuously that it took five husky
officers and Police Chief Glassford to
haul him into an automobile and 10
send him to the third precinct. The
little marcher, who said his name was
Nathan Kalb, ST. of Manhattan, N. Y,
was stopped by police in front OF the
entrance to the White House near the
corner of Pennsylvania and East Execu-
tive avenues. Kalb insisted he was
within his rights, but police seized him
and while he was being held Inspector
L. L H Edwards, assistant superin-
tendant, snatched the flag from him.
The New Yorker kicked and struck
out with his fist. One officer was
kicked as whole squad closed in on the
diminutive fighter. Another snatched
Kalb's eyeglasses from his nose as he
was being borne to the ground fighting.
Before police got him into de-
tective's automobile, they had to drag
Kalb nearly half block while he fought
Vlciously.
Kalb refused to step into the ma
chine, and he was lifted bodily and
showed into it by Gen. Glassford and
his five officers At the same time three
policemen brought in another marcher,
Patrick Joseph Hannigan, 4l-year-old
Los Angeles veteran. Hannisap did not
put up such fight as the 5aSoot Kalb.
Mr.. Zero Arrested
The fighting drew hundreds Of spec
tators to the scene, and Pennsylvania
avenue for two blocks was jammed with
milling throngs Urban LedouX, well
known Mr.. Zero Of New York, social
worker also was arrested. Mr.. Zero too,
resisted Arrest, and his portly figure was
forcibly hurled into taxicab which car
ried him to the third precinct. As he
grappled with the officers, Ledolx kept
shouting:
II stand upon my constitutional right
to walk on the public sidewalk
After the three had been taken away,
Police Chief Glassford. taking personal
command Of the situation, ordered the
street cleared Of all pedestrians and
automobiles. The order was reluctantly
followed by the marchers and the citi--
Zens who had congregated A detail OF
police was called and cleared first the
south side of the Avenue and then the
Lafayette Park side, pushing spectators
back into the park and up to H street.
Gen. Glassford said that the order to
keep the Avenue clear between Fifteenth
and Seventeenth streets was issued by
the District Commissioners.
At the third precinct station, Ledoux,
Hannigan and Kalb were charged with
parading without authority. An extra
charge of diSorderly conduct was placed
against Kalb.
Crowds at White House.
Meanwhile, at the Capitol, report
that President Hoover was expected to
go there just before adjournment
brought out large crowd Of spectators
and police rigidly enforced their instruc-
tons to keep the crowd across the plaza.
The crowd lined the curb on the east
side of the building, completely shutting
off the view Of the marching veterans.
However, Roy Robertson's so-called
death marchers" continued on with
their walking. with a dropping and bat
Ar1n IN ha Nd
Members Of this California outfit
were forced to march through gaunt-
let OF men and women eager to get
glimpse of the President. After waiting
for more than an hour, the crowd be-
gan to thin out.
Meantime, the police and Secret
Service men were exceedingly active be-
meath the steps of the Senate wing
They, too, were waiting for Mr. Hoover
and had planned to block the entrance
to this side OF the building when the
presidential party came into sight. The
private elevator allotted to Senators
was kept In waiting on the ground floor
OF the building and the gallery visitors
were kept on the move. Shortly be-
fore IL o'clock the word was passed that
the President would not go to the Capt.
tol as planned, and large body Of
Secret Service men Immediately took
their departure from the Capitol for
the White House.
The police strength, however, was
not reduced and as soon as one bonus
marcher would stop in his tracks he
was ordered to continue to moveAon.
Shout for Bonus.
. Shouts of 1--WE want our bonus" rang
out at intervals as the Californians kept
up their siege. Occasionally they would
break into a song and every few min
utes husky-lunged veteran would let
out cowboy YELL
Shortly after the crowd began leav-
ing the Senate wing of the building
the word was flashed to the bonus
marchers that Congress had adjourned.
Stepping out from the milling veterans,
Robertson announced that he would quit
Immediately. He called four lientenants