Evening star., 1932-06-18
Only Scattered Groups Begin
Trek From Camp Mark
Toward Home.
PATMAN MEASURE LOST
BY VOTE OF 62 TO 18
All Hopes for Cash This Year Are
Lost-Veterans Determined
on Long Wait.

Ihe weary army Of no occupation"
composed Of thousands Of World War
veterans macsed here to demand fv.l
payment OF the bonus, showed little
signs today of weakening in its deci.
sion to remain in Washington until
it obtains favorable congressional action.
An avalanche of Senate votes last
night buried all hopes of the army
cashing in on its s2,400,O 900 900 claim
against the Government this year. BY
62-to-18 vote the Senate rejected the
Patman bill, which had swept through
the House, 2l1 to 176.
Only 10 Democrats, Republicans
and l Farmer-Laborite voted for the
legislation.
Crouched around camp fires on the
flats of Anacostia or huddled in groups
within buildings in other camps the
bewildered army of mud-spattered and
tattered-clothed veterans took stock of
their future during the early hours Of
this chilly, rain-threatening day.
Scattered Groups Leave.
Before noon there was a noticeable
exodus from Camp Marks, but it did
not assume any large proportions.
Scattered groups made their way out
of camp with their possessions tucked
under their arms or slung across their
backs.
Comdr. in Chief Walter w. Waters
of the Bonus EXpeditionary Force Wis
tied the camp and was cheered when
he told the men they were at liberty
to return home if they wished to, but
those who did were certainly weak
sisters"
At the camp headquarters, it was said
about 200 men reported in overnight
One of the groups that went out today
in a truck apparently feared its de-
parture might be misconstrued and had
painted on the vehicle in huge letters
philadelphia vets not going home
going for food"
Veterans Vow to Stay.
statement reiterating the intention
Of the bonus army to stay here until
its aims are accomplished and repeating
that the veterans will seek the defeat
of those members of Congress who
voted against them was issued this
morning by Comdr. Waters.
His statement follows:
we OO IlOI dOullt we are Dcdteu. we
regard the vote in the Senate as only
a temporary setback. The determine.
ton of the men to stay in Washington
was only stimulated by the vote. We
are answering the Senate by sending
men to all parts of the United States
to recruit men and supplies.
I'VE positively intend to remain here
until the bonus is paid and to launch
a Nationwide campaign to defeat the
men who voted against us, because we
feel that they have voted against the
best interests not only of the veterans.
but CT the common people as whole"
The Senate vote came shortly after
o'clock last night, after an amazing
day-long siege by 10000 former SOL
die-s in front of the Senate wing OF
the Capitol.
The fateful roll call was counted out
under galleries packed solid with vet
erans. Several hundred more milled
about in the corridors. and from the
outside we're plainly audible the songs,
cheers and boos of thousands who
swarmed over the broad plaza, blocking
all traffic, but causing no disorder and
voicing no threats.
Motion to Reconsider Tabled.
The Senate made doubly sure that
the bill would not come up again at
this session, its opponents resorted to
strategy which is as rare in the Sem
ate as it is effective-tabling motion
to reconsider passage. This extin-
guished the last hope of sponsors to
bring the question up later.
This move was engineered by Senator
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