Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-08
RADICAL VETERANS
TOFORCE DEMANDS
Workers Ex.Service Mems
League Plans Siege on
Both Houses Friday.
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kept in session for a vote Monday OF
whether to take up legislation for i'm
mediate payment Of adjusted service
certificates
Rainey said that since l45 member.
had signed the petition to discharge thu
Rules Committee from further consider
alton Of the bonus bill, they are en-.
titled to vote in the House
"A lot Of those who signed the petit.
ton have been coming to me, asking Il
we are not going to adjourn before Mon.
day." Rainey said, but told them No
you signed the petition and you can e
to the mat on it, When members take
such steps they should go through with
their proposition. In fact. think thu
House and Senate both should vote or
the question and settle it,
Representative Patman, Democrat, Of
Texas, told newspaper men today that
besides the 145 signers of the banus
petition he had assurances that &c
bill making a total of 225, more than
the majority needed for passage
Patman also said he received today
three money orders from Texas for q
total Of SOS which he is turning over to
committee of the bonus marchers to
help pay expenses.
$500 En- Route Now.
Among additional units OF veterans
coming to Washington are $500 from
Los Angeles, due to start the long trek
Saturday; 500 from the Lehigh Valley
In Pennsylvania. now passing through
Delaware in trucks and automobiles,
and about 500 from Texas and Okla
homa. traversing Tennessee in trucks.
One veteran was killed and two others
were critically injured last night when
truck carrying group Of bonus petit
TONERS upset on curve near Fellows
vile. W. Va.
The specter of hunger today hung
over the Anacostia camp Of the bonus
army.
The camp virtually was stripped Of
food after breakfast this morning, when
the men were given short rations, and
the only relief in sight was the commits
sary supervised by the Police Depart
ment under Capt. William G. Stott who
said he had enough supplies to feed
the men today and at breakfast tenor
row morning.
The situation last night produced
some discord when the thousands who
had marched in the parade returned
to camp and could not be fed.
Given Only Coffee.
Mike Thomas, the camp commander,
said all the food on hand yesterday
had been used by about 1000 men left
behind because they were unable to
parade and that when the marchers
returned last night he was able only
to furnish them with coffee, being
helped by a restaurant man who con-
tributed some.
For breakfast this morning the men
had only small amount of bread and
their coffee, he said. and he with other
leaders, was studying plans to call on
the people back home.
In the meantime the ranks of the
army were increasing steadily. 1t was
said by George Altman. acting national
commander. that arrivals during the
night totaled about 600, and this morn
ing additional groups continued to trek
in. stable group coming in from
Brooklyn in truck just before noon.
The Executive Committee is meet
ing this afternoon to choose a national
commander to succeed Walter w.
Waters, who resigned because Of i'll
health. Waters is back with the vet
Grams now, however, and the Oregon
delegation. Of which he is a member.
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post.
Police Details Bigger.
Police were taking all necessary pre-
cautions to preserve order during the
presence of the bonus army. A group
Of so Metropolitan policemen aug
mented the regular Capitol police force
and park police were assigned to as
sist White House officers. Radical lead
ers said they would stage no demon
stration at the White House.
Two extra sentry posts have been es-
tablished at Boiling Field. which is near
the Anacostia encampment. Army Off
Gals there said they had experienced
no trouble from the veterans.
Veterans in the Anacostia section,
becoming chilled by the cold night air
fccked into nearby restaurants and
other places back from the river where
they could obtain shelter and warmth.
A number of them dropped into No. ii
police station, but due to the great
number of men they were not able
to stay in the station house. Many
OF the men in the camp built small
fires around which groups Of the vet
Grams gathered.
Some 400 veterans from Pennsylvania,
after sending an advance guard to the
Anacostia section, decided to 60 back
into Maryland, where they spent the
night on farm about four miles from
the District line
Benefit Boxing Matches.
Capt. Stott announced the remaining
supplies would be turned over to a COM
mittee of veterans at 654 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast. He said the Police
Department has no more money to pur-
chase food for the veterans and is now
1914 in debt.
In addition to the supplies which the
police have, the veterans anticipate some
help from benefit boxing bouts tonight
at Griffith Stadium. Whatever is
Melted from this benefit will be turned
over to them tomorrow
Emanuel Levin, said to be a Com
munist leader and chairman of the Ma
tional Provisional Bonus March Com
mlttee Of the league, said full details
be mapped out late today at another
meeting of the rank and file" men,
bers of the organization.
The demonstration, under the origi-
nal plans formulated by the league. on
April IA, was set for today. A general
call for veterans to assemble here fol-
lowed the appearance of Samuel j.
Stembar. another member OF the Radl-
cal Committee, and J. w. Ford, col
ored candidate for vice president of the
Communist party ticket, before the
House Ways and Means Committee,
which at that time was holding hear
ings On the Patman bonus bill.
Revealed Plan Then.
Forcing himself upon the committee
Stembar charged he and Ford had
been waiting four days to testify. A
hurry call was sent for Capitol police
to eject the two men. but before the
police arrived Acting Chairman Crisp
allowed Stembar to take the witness
chair. He then told Of plans for the
demonstration.
The league. according to Levin, sent
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