Evening star., 1932-06-07
HUNDREDS MORE
ARE COMING HERE
Reinforcements for Bonus
"Army" En- Route From
Widely Scattered Points.
BY the Associated Press.


Rstnforcements marched. hooked rides
and motored today toward Washington
to lend their presence to the appeal for
a billion dollar bonus for World
War veterans.
At Washington it was parade day
with touch Of Red offering prospect
of fireworks. Police there announced
that a Communist plot to combat the
police with violence had been discov-
cred.
Rev. James r. Cox, who led a bat
talon Of unemployed to Washington
| during the Winter, was considering sew
eral requests to act as spokesman in
laying the veterans plea before the
President and Congress. The men, he
| claiming pay that they should have
had IA years ago"
The problem of feeding the marching,
hitch hiking, freight-riding forces con-
| tlnued to vex many communities
through which the men passed, but so
far it has been met.
1000 at Los Angeles.
Leaders Of unemployed World War
veterans at Los Angeles expected to
head procession of 1000 out of there
today to demand immediate payment
Of the bonus
BY nightfall yesterday, 1t was stated,
600 veterans had presented honorable
discharges from the Army, Navy or
Marine Corps as qualification for en-
listment in the Bonus Expeditionary
Force"
Leaders were elected, motor care
promised and assets pooled. Rules were
adopted against 'panhandling," fire.
arms, liquor, gambling and radical talk.
The leaders said the ranks included for
mer commissioned officers. One woman
was registered-Mrs w. j. Hull of Los
Angeles-who said her husband had
been out Of work two years.
Texans Seize Train.
Some 500 Texas bonus marchers"
swept aside a handful of railway
guards at Texarkana today and swarmed
aboard northbound freight train
None was injured in the brief struggle
with the railroad officers, who made a
futile gesture of resistance
A part of the army" about 125
World War veterans from the East
Texas oil field area, had been delayed
here since Sunday by the refusal of
railroad officials to permit them to ride
freight trains The group was swelled
to about 500 with the arrival of delega-
tions from Dallas and other Texas cities
yesterday
John Patman. father Of Representa-
tive Wright Patman. chief bonus advo-
cate, addressed the men. He was cheered
enthusiastically.
206 at Culpeper, Va.
Two hundred and six bonus marchers,
who had been riding a freight train,
were left in pasture at Culpeper, Va,
last night as the train crew cut the
locomotive loose from the cars and left
them 81 miles south of Washington.
The group included 148 lead by B. H.
Boyter Of Greenville, S. c., and 58 led
by John L. Talbert of Columbus, Ga.
While they waited, colored veterans in
the crowd entertained with spirituals
and Edward Perkins, colored preacher
from Greenville, prayed for transporta-
ton. The American Legion at Culpeper
sought to procure transportation, but
was unsuccessful.
Members of the train crew, working
for the Southern Railway, said they
were not allowed to carry the ex-sol-
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District Of Columbia. and when they re-
fused to leave their perches on the
train, the cars were uncoupled from the
engine.
Halted at State Line.
Philadelphia's group of about 200
veterans were halted for a short time
at the Pennsylvania State line near
Claymore. Del, yesterday until State
police received assurance from leaders
that the veterans would not stop in
Delaware
The police explained that because
neither Wilmington nor the State had
made provision for caring for the vet
Grams overnight, it was necessary that
they pass through Delaware without
stopping, except for brief rest periods.
Sixty-seyen veterans from Denver
Colo, encamped today on the banks of
the Sanitary Canal. at Chicago, await
ing ride to Washington.
Spokesman for the veterans said:
The railroad provided transportation
all the way from Denver. The train
crews solicited food for us in the
towns" Merchants of Blue Island fur
nished food for today's meals.