18,000 Expected

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 June 1932, Page 8

18,000 Expected

VETERANS MARCH ON WASHINGTON. DEMAND TWO MILLION DOLLARS Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. " WASHINGTON, June 4. Three thousand ex-serviee men arc camping in the national capital following a march from the Middle West in order to secure Congressional action for a further cash bonus to ex-soldiers which is estimated to require two billion dollar of Treasury outlay. A “bonus expeditionary forces“ of formidable proportions is moving here from various parts of the country today. A thousand veterans clashed with the police at Cleveland after an effort to secure free transportation, while 250 arrived in Chicago from the Far West. Two hundred were halted in a goods train at Blacksburg, South California, 400 passed through Baltimore and 750 started from New York.

It is estimated that 18,000 will be u* Washington on Juno 13 when, according to the petition circulated by the bonus leaders, a vote of Congress is promised. The men are orderly for the most part. Many of them are in the uniforms of ex-soldiers. They are under strict discipline and have been moving upon railway depots in many cities demanding free transportation and in many cases commandeering trains and locomotives. They are producing a problem in Washington where food and shelter are perplexing the police who fear a possible outbreak of violence. Will They Get Their Cash ? SENATOE BOEAH SAYS NO Received Sunday, Midnight. WASHINGTON, June 4. The Great War veterans numbering 2100 who had gathered in Washington during the past few days on Saturday demanded cash payment of the soldiers’ bonus. A roll call vote of the House was assured when the Patman petition to force the vote received the necessary 145 signatures.

Senator William Borah, of Idaho, denounced the march. “There will not be a dollar for the veterans as long as they remain in Washington,” he said.