Evening star., 1932-07-22
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Orders to Evacuate.

The District Commissioners, after
lenient toleration Of the use by the
bonus marchers OF public grounds and
other spaces as camps for a period OF
two months. have now ordered their
evacuation. to be completed by noon on
the fourth of August. two weeks from
Yesterday. Instructions to this effect
have been given to the chief OF police,
who is specifically asked to see that
the members of the B. E. F. are notified
In order that they may not rest under
the belief that they will be permitted
to remain in their present unsanitary
locations throughout the Summer"
After the dates fiXed-August | for the
quitting OF certain Government-owned
buildings by midnight on Sunday, the
return of all tentage and rolling
kitchens loaned by the National Guard
by noon on August /, and the evacua-
ton of all park areas by noon on
August 4-the chief of police will
make no exceptions" in the enforce
ment of these orders.
There is no reason whatever for these
men to remain in washington now
that Congress has adjourned and all
chance for legislation short of next
December has passed. The efforts to
induce the President to summon Con-
gress in extra session are hopeless.
Nothing whatever can be accomplished
by remaining in Washington. On the
other hand. even if permitted to con-
tinue in their present camping places
their plight. now lamentable, is certain
to become increasingly serious and a
menace not only to themselves but to
the health of this community.
Under the orders given to Gen Glass
ford. which are not at all likely to be
changed he must evacuate the bonus
m.rchers from their housings and en-
canpments bv force il they will not
willingly depart. They may resist evac-
uation. Their leader now declares that
they will not move. Such resistance IS
likely TO lad to physical injuries, re-
SGOnSlDlltN 1UI WHICH, Will lSSt upOIi uit
heads of those who are new encouraging
the men to remain.
The hope. Of course, is that there
will be no resistance. that the marchers
will evacuate not only their present
places of inadequate shelter and en-
campmfnt. but will leave the District
for their homes. Many have already
gone, taking advantage Of the trans
portaticn and subsistence loans ad-
vanced through the Veterans Bureau.
Now that a definite date for the eracua-
ton Of the camps has been set. all the
others should 60 If it is possible for
them to secure this assistance before
the expiration of the extended time
limit at midnight on Sunday
These men have presented their pc
tition to Congress in a manner never
before known In this country 1t has
been denied Responsibility for that
denial rests. not upon the local authori-
ties. not upon the President of the
United States. but upon these who
voted in Congress against the bonus
payment bill. An orderly retreat from
the present impossible situation is die
tated by common sense Further per-
sistence in remaining in Washington
after all chance OF legislation has van
ished, especially in the light Ct the
Commissioners order to evacuate their
encampn1ents by August 4. will only
play into the hands of those radicals
whom the great BODY Of the bonus
marchers have thus far denounced a.,
public enemies