The Washington times., 1932-06-09
CHIEF OFFICER
/. SHOWS FIRST
DEFIANCE
Police Trucks Are Ignored;
Commander Again
Says: "We Stay"

not they put any one over
there"
The executive committee of the
B. E. F. called at police head
quarters early today seeking to
collect the money taken in the
athletic festival last night.
Leaders of the group. headed by
W. w. Waters, of Portland, Ore,
reinstated as commander-in-chief,
held am Getting until early this
morning at 101 Carroll st. S. E.
They reaffirr ed assertions that
they will stay and sent out an
appeal for reinforcements.
Ask Reinforcement
The veterans want 10000 men
In Washington within the next
three months, and are determined
to withstand ary hardships or
privations until their objective
payment Of the bonus-is at
tained.
The B. E. F. was on its own
today. Police washed their hands
of supervision yesterday and to-
day food supplies were being
drawn from their commissary at
654 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E.
Food on hand was sufficient for
today, while approximately $2,5OO
was expected in the exchequer as
q result of last, nights athletic
festival.
Contributions of food and money
continued to come in and these
were Immediately sent to the COM
misSary.
Waters was reinstated as COM
,mander at a meeting last night.
He was elected commander-in-ch chief
shortly after the arrival of the
Oregon veterans. He was forced
to resign temporarily because of
q nervous breakdown. While he
was out of command. George Al
man, oregon lumberjack, took
charge of the group.
Waters today issued this state
ment:
"None of these men came
here with the idea they were go.
ing to land in a bed of roses.
We appreciate what has been
done for us. But we are here
to fight battle. We are going
to stay here and fight for the
bonus. And we don't intend to
continue under the conditions
now existing.
SHELTER DEMANDED
"Our men must have shelter.
I don't know where it is coming
from, but we can't keep 10000
men living in a field with moth
ing but straw and strips Of
cloth over them.
Don't think we're going
home. We didn't come here
for a 5O-mile ride out of the
District. We came a lot further
than that, and we walked part
Of the way.
"Shelter must somehow be
provided for these men. They
cannot be allowed to live like
animals. We have done the
best we could up to the present.
We intend to continue to do
the best we can, and we intend
to do better.
Eve will continue orderly.
We are not Reds. We don't
want to cause any trouble. We
are simply standing on what
we consider our rights as Amer
loans. We believe it Is our
privilege to come here. even
though we haven't any money.
And we are here. There will
be $4,000 Of us in two weeks"
The gutter" was hung in
effigy at the Anacostia and the
Eighth and I Streets Southeast
camps today.
At first the effigy was sus-
pended on a make-Shift gallows.
AT the other a doughboy figure
In full regalia and wearing a tin
hat was suspended from the roof
Of the warehouse.
"Man Who Went Home"
At Anacostia quite a demon.
stration was made during the
hanging. The effigy was first
placed in a baby carriage and
then rolled to the gallows.
They said he represented
man who was going home and
leaving the rest of the gang.
Similar services, except for the
baby carriage. were held at
Eighth and I Streets Southeast,
by veterans who were asked If
anyone left pointed to the sus-
pended effigy and said:
"He'S the man who went
home"