Evening star., 1933-05-14
Bonus Leaders and legisla-
tors Persuade All but rs
to Join Majority.
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134s Fairmont street, the home of q
sympathizer.
Salzman arrived Thursday with a
group Of about 200, led by George ALL
mann, one Of the leaders of the 1882
bonus march. He showed up at the
park yesterday morning, however, with
the report the camp was "a hot-bed
of Communism" declaring he would
not return, even II he had to sleep in
the mud" He became i'll along about
bedtime and was taken to Emergency
Hospital, where he spent most Of the
night.
Salzman's followers wanted to hold
a meeting in the park today. but
Newlin took the permit, issued by the
Office of Public Buildings and Public
Parks, with him to Fort Hunt. Capt.
P. ]. Carroll, second in command Of
the park police, told the men they
would not be allowed to hold the meet
ing unless Newlin showed up with the
permit. It had been planned to in
clude religious services in the program
Of the meeting.
Statement Given Howe.
Mary G.. Kilbreth, chairman Of the
board Of directors Of the Woman Pa
triotic Corporation, said in statement
last night that she urged upon Col
Howe to remove all Communists who
have been affiliated with the ''revolu-
tionary Communist International at
Moscow"
The statement added:
That American veterans, coming to
Washington to ask a bonus Of our Gov
ernment, should be urged or encour-
aged to place themselves under the
leadership of outstanding Communists.
such as Levin, and thus to appear at
Washington under Moscow manage
ment, in order to obtain food and shell
ter a camp and convention site, at
the expense of the taxpayers, surely
could not have been intended by the
administration, or by the head OF the
Veterans Bureau"
Levin and Hickerson, in resigning.
both announced that they intended to
continue to work for the program OF
the Liaison Committee, which. demands
cash payment of the bonus; reinstate-
ment of compensation payments and
immediate relief for the unemployed
and farmers.
After they had resigned, the commit
tee issued the following statement:
The members of the Veterans Ma
tional Liaison Committee desire at this
time to express publicly their apprecia-
tion for the hearty and sincere CO.
operation given by Messrs. Emanuel
Levin and Harold Hickerson during the
entire time that they have served on
this committee.
"They have at all times thought only
OF the veterans and veterans welfare.
As Americans. we regret that political
prejudices make 1t necessary for these
veterans to discontinue their activity on
this committee in the interests of vet
eran unity"
Everything Excellent
Col. Howe and Early last night en-
joyed a supper Of baloney, macaroni,
potatoes, prunes, bread, butter and cof-
fee at the camp. Gov. Pollards inspec-
tion was confined to a talk with A.
]. Dalton, in charge of the camp as
a representative of the Veterans
Bureau. and ride past it in a limou-
sine. He made a personal inspection
of a camp of 48 Virginia State police
men adjacent to the Fort Hunt reserva-
tion and then left by train from Wash
ington for New York. He said he
found everything excellent" at both
camps.
The Governor was accompanied on
the inspection tour by P. Mccall Fra
zier, who as State motor vehicle divi-
sion director commands the State police;
Adjt Gen. S. Gardner Waller and Col.
Frederick Payne, former Assistant Sec
retary of War.
While at Alexandria, the Governor
made public letter from Veterans
Administrator Hines in which the Fed
eral official said that plans concern
ing this encampment are developing
smoothly and discipline among the men
appears excellent"
Il am sure" Hines added, that there
is no need for any apprehension on
the part Of residents of Virginia in hav-
ing the camp located within that State. :"
Selection Explained.
Hines said every precaution" is being
taken to limit the occupancy of prop
erty in Virginia to that of the Fed
eral Government. He said Fort Hunt
was selected because it was the only
Federal site which adequately met the
physical requirements for the main
men to take part in the convention"
The letter concluded:
Il sincerely appreciate the very splen-
did cooperation you have afforded to
the Federal Government in its CO.
operative effort and to my Office. and I
am sure that through the continuance
of our mutual cooperation a satisfac-
tory conclusion of the entire matter
will be had"