Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1931, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1931. MARCHERS TURNED BACK AT CAPITOL Representatives Twice Are Refused Entry to Of- fer Petition. (Continued From First Page.) and Robhert dust speeche White rep tives Isaac kin sylvania Min 12,000,000 star these United for an D. Poindexter, a colored in- Indianapolis, made denouncing the action of the House officials in denying their admittance representing the Penn- g Workers, declared ers throughout will not take ial worker of ing States Poindexter 8 signg marchers by the police and their way to the » American Federa- treet and Mass e they planned to ration in protest ion’s opposition to un- relief insurance and pa its condemnation of the unem- relief march to Washington was headqu tion of Labor at ) employmer ticular ployment Get Cool Reception. the marchers reached the American Federation of Labor head- quarters, a committee of six, headed by John Hecker of Chicago, was appointed to pi t & petition to President William Green of the organization, pro- testing against the federation’s oppc tion to unemployment insurance committee got & cool reception in Green's office. The labor federation When | the | no' | | | | The | head told them the demonstrators who | came to Washington were not interested in unemployment insurance, but had been mobilized with the intent of over- throwing the Government. He also told the ocommittee the movement was dominated by Soviet Russia The committee of six was closeted with President Green for nearly a half an hour and during their long abhsence gome of the march leaders became nervous and three of them, who said they were members of the labor orgrai- zation, left the ranks and went to the guards on duty in front of the labor building and demanded admission. It was refused. A few minutes later, Ben- jamin elbowed his way through the crowd and announced in terms that unless his committee came out of the building within five minutes he would have his entire delegation of 1,500 on the inside. In less than iwo minutes the committee came out of the building and disorder was averted. Hecker, who acted as spokesman for the committee, was then raised on the shoulders of two men and through a megaphone announced the results to the waiting marchers of the parley with President Green. “He told us we were not irtérestéd iri ‘unerhploy- ment insurance, but #anted to over- throw the Governmerit™” Hecker ‘de: clared. “I told him we wanted unem- ployment insurance. ES “Down with the labor faker: ‘When Hecker concluded his speech, the delegation of 1,500 marchers agsin moved forward and proceeded to the Washington Auditorium, where a mass meeting is scheduled at 4 o'clock this afternoon. vociferous | Top: General view of as the 1,500 marchers awaited efforts of their leaders to present their peti- stion from the Senate floor The sec- | od photograph shows the strong po- lice guard about the Capitol as the | radicals approached. A close-up view | of some of the demonstrators is shown in the third photograph. Below: Maj. Pelham D. Glassford, superintendent of police, s shown on his motor cycle at |the head of the police guard. Maj | Glassford drove his own motor cycle even after he was promoted to a brigadier general during the World War Star Stafl Photos. the east plaza “and T don't intend to have you present anything for us | “Very well, | away A last-minute concession to the demonstrators on the part of Vice Pres- | ident Curtis permitting them to carry | “unobjectionable” banners and placards | into the Capitol grounds in violation of { prescribed rules is thought to have re- | moved one source of potential trouble. | The refusal of admission to the repre- | sentatives of the marchers also had been expected to cause some disorder but the demonstrators marched away | | from the Capitol without a protest. Makes Announcement. The committee of three appointed at | the plaza conference to present the pe- | tition of the marchers to Congress after |the first delegation of 12 had been King said, walking | turned down consisted of Benjamin, an Before Shpassing “h‘h"dwh":tH"“”mrgmurlr of the unemployed councils; | e gy o T vy ] | Hawkens, a colored Pennsylvania miner. the Senate and House. | 1nd William F. Dunn, an unemployment Twice committees representing the | leader from New York demonstrators were turned back at the | After the committee of three had been doors of the Capitol, the first time by refused admittance Dunn made an an- David Barry, sergeant at arms of the [ nouncement to the marchers standing | Senate. and the second time by Capt. |on the shoulders of four men. - Come Stephen J. Gnash, commander of the|rades and fellow workers” he shouted Capitol police force. | Indignant over the marchers paraded away House. reception, the to the White Police Department Alert. An atmosphere of uneasiness hung over Washington as the polyglot ag- gregation started on its mission -to the Capitol singing the hymn of Red Russia, and shouting “Soup, mot charity” and “We demand unemployment insurance.” The Police Department manned to full strength and prepared .for any eventuality watched every move of the demonstrators. - Secret .service men mingled among them and soldiers, sail- ors and marines remained, in their bar- racks ready on a moment’s notice to come to the aid of the .police.in-event of_trouble The Capitol Building ‘and - the White House were under a war-time guard Officers in plain clothes augmented the regular force. A number of them were armed either gas bombs or rifies, with positive in- structions not to use them except in ease of emergency Proceed to White House. S accordance with a prearranged ogram th. mass of demonstrators 3 for Capitol Hill precisely at 45 o'clock, a few minutes after eommittee of 50 leaders had laid 1l plans for the demonstration. their rebuff at the Capitol marchers proceeded to the White Pouse with a determination to ignore ings against any attempt to see ddent Hoover The procession to the Capitol -was eful and orderly. Brig. Gen. Pel- m D, Glassford, major and superin- tendent of police, in uniform and astride & motor cycle, rode at the head of the army of marchérs as it passed up Penn- sylvania avenue and wouhd around the northwest roadway of the Capitol Grounds to the east plaza. Here the marchers assembled in a roped-off arena facing the Capitol and sang, cheered and shouted for unemployment insur- ance. A Communist band from New York, its members dressea in Russian uniforms, played on strange-appearing, corpet-like instruments A large crowd ectators had lined the route of the procession in advance of the demonst and others jammed every point ntage on the Capitol steps and the coping around the Capif grounds. Police officess armed with rifies and tear gas bombs stood at at- tention on the Capitol steps overlooking the mass of demonstrators. Four hundred other policemen lined up single file along the curbing facing the marchers and a motor cycle squad of 40 stood in front of them beside their vehicles forming an advance guard The marchers reached the Capitol about 11:15, and after & 15-minute con- ference among the leaders a commit- tee of 12, headed by Benjamin, left the crowd of demonstrators and proceeded to the Senate side of the Capitol At the entrance they were blocked and told to await a representative of the Senate, who would see them. About five minutes later Sergeant at Arms Barry appeared quiside the . re- ing door and courteously told Ben- Jamin and other members of the com- mittee that they could not emter jamin then started to argue with Barry and policemen .on guard at the door immediately turned the Eommittee around and ordered it back to the plaza ‘The committee went after another 15-minute three of the members returned and again sought admission. *This time Capt. Gnash refused to let them in The committee returned, to the group of marchers and the procession headed for the White House Senator Offers to Aid. During the debate between the Jeaders of the demonstrators on the Capitol Plaza over their plans follow- ing the first rebuff, Senator King of Utah appeared and offered to present to the Senate for them any petition that might be unobjectionable who in the hell are you, any- Benjamin sal “I am Senator Kif #o help you.” “We come any Individual,” By of v and will be glad pere to deal with “The Internationale,” | with tear | Ben- | protestingly and. conference, | [ “the Congress of the United States, | meeting in joint session, has refused to | hear the proposals of the unemployed councils brought to it through the the hunger marchers. The entire procecd- | ing so far as your committee was con- | | cerned was conducted through the police. We were not allowed with the civilians who ordinarily receive such | delegations as ours. “Through his action Vice President Curtis cxpressed the attitude of the Hoover hunger program and hunger ad- { ministration. Comyades of the hunger {march, you will proceed to the White House and there elect a committee who | wil present your demands to the Presi- dent himself.” | The marchers received the announce- |ment in silence and police edged in to cut off any demonstration. As Dunn spoke of moving on to the White House. there were a few feeble cheers. Sev- { eral minutes later as the column cap- | tains began organizing their units for the march to the Whie House, the | demonstrators broke into a chant of their slogan, “We demand unemploy- | ment insurance Sleep in Abandoned Buildings. The 1500 demonstrators, who de- Lscended on Washington yesterday after- {noon in two columns of motor trucks of | | ali sizes and description, Tose early this morning from a night’s sleep In two | abandoned buildings in the Municipal Center area—the historic old First Presbyterian Church, on John Marshall | piace, and a former wholesale ware- | house at 479 C street—and awaited the signal that started them on the march Some of the demonstrators were in & belligeremt mood after the night’s rest The accommodations were not what | they had expected and the food was vo- ciferously condemned, even though many of them appeared to be hungry. | The women were among the loudest | protestants. Some of them actuall: fused to eat bread and coffee, copstituted the breakfast in the Presbyterian Church, and to the of “Come on Comrades’ marched around the corner to the aban warehouse, where the commiss: putting out a meal of dry cereal, jel bread and coflee, The marchers began John Marshail piace about 8 o'clock and spent several hours renearsing the songs to be sung along the route of the processior:. These activities attracied a crowd of spectators that outnumb:red the demonstrators when the time came to begin the march to Capitol Hill. The petition carried to the Capitol demanded enactment by Congress of legislation establishing a system of Fed- eral unemployment insurance, guaran- teeing full wages to all workers wholly or partly employed for the entire pe- {riod .of unemployment. It also asked appropriation by Congress of fun: ficlent to pav each unemp worker for Winter relief the sum of $150 in cash, with $50 for each de- pendent. | Welcomed at D. C. Line. In two columns of trucks of varying description and condition, the major portion of the demonstrators came into Washington yesterday afternoon, - the | group from the West and Northwest crossing the District Line at Wisconsin avepue and the other {rom the North on Bladénsburg rod. .A third del gation of 25 which originate [ tonia. N.-C. arrived unceremoniously about two hours later, | " “THe Northern group, consisting of 799 women, white and colored, | was the first to reach the District Line. The head of its column crossed the boundary line at 3:15 o'clock, halted for & few minftes for instructions and pro- ceeded on into the city. A half hour | later the column from the West entered | the District at Wisconsin avenue in a caravan of 31 trucks and continued to its_destination on John Marshall place. The head of each battalion of the, marchets carried banners containing Inscriptions indicating the purpose of | | the demonstration. “To Hell With| | Charity, We Want Work” read one. | “Stop Dumping—Feed Ofr Children,” | read another. “Come on, This Is Our Fight” and “Defend the dfivm Union were among other legends Column 1, the first o arrive, was the falling in on men and hjgmin countered, first to reach its destina‘ion, on John | A:: i Marshall place between C and D street where sever gathered e coming of the d stood o e C piles of brick: I thousand spectators h hoy ivance onst:ators ourt He the owds of 1se and bu on re- 1 rec tops of pa mained silent when the their lonz trek. 1 tion, but the demon expected it aj. Gen. H missioner in ci en. Pelham tende )~ obviously bert B rogby, Com- and Brig 2 or and hed Jthe window Througl kept a clo advancing th of them b the pre Quarters Are P, Approximate tors were qua Army transient loc 479 C street— bandoned whcicsale warehouse, 400 others spent the nigh the abandoned bhi-i: e ter Church, cn Jel; Many of the A the homes of fr accept accommod them police Washing.on. O old church’ buil the men. Five hundred Anmy bed sacks placed on tr: e Salvation Nearl/ qu s after refusing to ons pro i inspection in thers remained in th ding, segregated from of the men slept on stuffed with straw and ".be floor in the Salvation :clent home. Those quartered | mands today to Congress and IMARCHERS NOT BEAN “HUNGRY?”; in the old church building were a lit- tle more fortunate—they slept on Army cols. ®Pire Chief George S. Watson, after an inspection of the abandoned ware- house building, ordered the immediate repai: of the fire escape and the plac- ing of several fire ladders in the res the structure to be used .as imu sed fire escapes in case of eme.genc Firemen also remained n dul throughout the night on each of the fou. fi B:ans, bread and coffex made up the | mployment army’s first meal last Poi* breakfadt this moining the ations consisted of dry cercal, bread | and coflez, A little bitler meal will be provided for dinnes this evening. Slictd corn beet will be added to the ration of beans, bread and coffee. | The Mayflowe: Hotel and _the Houston Restaurant prepared some of | the food ffor the mar Oiber food wes cooked in the Salyation Army kilchens. ~ Dishes were furnished by | the Washington Hotel. All of the food | has been donated Zd Th> clima to the unexployment army’s first day in Washington came last night 2 mass meeting in the Washington Auditorium, which. was packed with hout 4,000 persons, Resolutions were opled demanding unemployment in- ance, the release of Tom Mooney from his California prison and com- mutation of sentences of 17 marchers irested for pickeighy the White House last week. Commf@ees also rcrrh:?e;:« e i e ment _rel - | ed to submil unemploy St e | 0- dent Hoover. DISDAIN MISSION’S HOT PLATES “Real Food” Is Want, Jobless Shout on Refusing Free Dinners Last Night. The “hunger” marchers dan't like beans and won't eat 'em. Many of the demonstrators refused to eat when plates of steaming baked beans were placed before them last night Upon leaving the Central Union Mis- sion’s hall they shouted: “Down with Hoover and his beans—real food is what we want!" Comrade Harker lost a good job at the Auditorium last night by a whis- per. He was selected to preside ov the meeting as chairman, but had (o turn down the honor because he had become hoarse from shouting encour- agement to his fellow marcher: Cumberland police, who picketed the skating rink all night, took no chanc: Machine guns mounted on motorcycls sidecars commanded a view of all en- trances to the building after an order had gone out that no one would be per- mitted to leave or enter. As the demonstrators streamed into Cumberland, old-timers talked of the day in 1893 when Coxey's straggling army marched into town. They said the appearance and speech of yester- day’s marchers was in marked contrast to that of Coxey's host. The contingent of marchers from the West brought with them 10 children one of whom came from Seattle, Wash. This child was on the road 11 days By prearrangement with Maryland police, a signal light was flashed noti- Iying . Washington police when the caravan _from Cumberland passed through Bethesda. The local officers were ready when the marchers reached the District line and there was no dis- order or confusion. The personal appearance of the speakers at_the auditorium last night was not a fair gauge of their forensic ability. Men in dirty trousers revealed vocabularies and used grammar that any college profes- sor might have been proud of. LAUGHS AT MARCHERS . UNTIL HE'S ARRESTED Man Standing in Front of White House Indignantly Denies He's a Demonstrator. William Bauhan, 49, 1012 Twelfth eet, laughed so boisterously at the un- employed demonstrators as they passed in front of the White House today that & policeman, believing him one of the marchers, locked him up for being drunk and’ disorderly At the third precinct station house, Bauhan indignantly denied he was one of the demonstrators. “I was just standing there laughing at them when the officer arrested me,” he said. Policeman J. C. Conway, who made the arrest, said, however, Bauhan was in the line of march. A. 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She will | serve under appointment by the Gov- ernor and Is expected to continue on |in the Senate until March 4, 1 by virtue of an electioa vhich is to be held in Arkansas to fill the vacancy When Vice Presi is direct newly elected to take the of cf they came forward n of e.ght, escorted by their col- s | In addition to Mus. | Warren Barbour, newly | ator from New Jersey, the vacancy caused by the death of the late Senator Dwight W. Morrow also did not take the oath today. Res- olutions expressing the regret of the Senate at the death of Senalors Cara- way and Morrow were presented and adopted Mr. Barbour was in the Sen- ate chamber today, but Mrs. Caraway remained in her office J. Hamilton Lewis, Democrat, of Tli- nois, and Huey Long. Democrat, of Lou- isiana, were the other Senators who deferred taking the oath. When the first group of Senators ad- vanced to the desk of the secretary of . the Senate to have the oath ad- | ministered, Senator Shortridge of Cali- fornia held up the proceedings tem- porarily while he explained that Senator Bailey ‘of North Carolina and Senator Bankhead ‘of Alabama still have to meet contests brought against their election He said the Privileges and Elections Committee had been without authority to investigate the Bailey election case, took Caraway, W appointed Sen- who will fill seeking that authority. With regard to the Bankhead contest, brought by former Senator Heflin, the California Senator, chairman of this committee reported that a subcommittee had made investigation but has been unable to comglete it in time to make a report Senator Shortridge raised no objection to_the administration of the oath of office to either of the Senators and they were sworn in. No Question About Speaker. The election of Representative Gar- ner as Speaker of the House was mc- complished promptly and with great en- thusiasm on the part of the Democrats, Speaker Garner was placed in nomina tion by Representative Arnold of Hlinoi: on behalf of the Democratic caucus, and Representative Snell was nominated by Representative Iiawley of Oregon, chair- man of the Republican caucus Announcement was made on the floor that Representative Henry T. Rainey of Illinois was the selection for major- ity floor leader and that Representative Snell would be Republican floor leader. Representative John Q. Tilson of Con- necticut, whom Mr. Snell succeeds as Republican leader, previously announced his intention to withdraw from further contest for the minority leadership for the sake of party harmony. As soon as he had announced the vote for Speaker, Willism Tyler Page, retiring clerk, appointed a committee composed of Representatives Snell and Tilson, Republicans, and Rainey and Byrns, Democrats, to escort Mr. Garner to the Speaker’s chair. Great applause greeted Mr. Garner as he entered the Chamber. Cheers came from the Republican side as well as the Democrats’. Accompanied by Republican Leader Snell, the new Speaker ascended the rostrum, where Mr. Snell, who intro- | duced the new Speaker, was compelled to walt for several moments for the applause to die down, L The Republican leader said: “It is & great pleasure to present to you your newly elected Speaker. As I look at the long list of famous men who | have occupied the office of Speaker of the House, it is clear that none was chosen except after they had performed long, diligent and efficient service. “Your new Speaker, by native ability. outstanding personality and lons sert- ice, is well fitted for this office. T con- gratulate him on having reached the goal of his ambition and I wish him | success.” Hands Gavel to Speaker. Mr. Snell then handed the gavel to Speaker Garner, who gave a brief ad- dress, in which he thanked ths Hou: | the House a Democratic program. “Ladies and gentlemen of the Sevent second Congress,” said the new Speaker, “I want to express my kasn appre tion of the introduction given me by my friend. many years and is one of the most de- | pendable men in the House. It will be “1 would be glad to exoress my Factory to Is In - Drastic PRICE STIEFF terms SALE, ar your favorite make new Baby Grand per week credit. to a liberal allowance one. 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I made no promises 0 obtain this office, and I have none to make now.” Representative Pou of North Carolina | then administered the oath of office to Speaker Garner. | _The next business was the election of | officers of the House, South Trimble of Kentucky was elected clerk; Kenneth | Romney of ~Tennessee, sergeant-at- arms: Joseph J. Sinnott of Virginia, doorkeeper, and Finis E. Scott of Ten- nessee, postmaster. Rev. James Shera Montgomery was re-elected chaplain of the House, an election in which the Republicans joined with the Democrats. Heflin Is on Hand. In both Senate and House galleries, women filled the sections reserved for members' families. The presidential row in the Senate gallery was occu- pied by several wives of cabinet mems bers. In the vice presidential row be- hind sat Mrs. Dolly Gann, sister of Vice Piesident Curtis, with a party of friends. Members were on the floor of Senate and House early, smiling and hand- sheking. Among them were several former members, entitled by rule and tradition to the floor privilege. Forraer Senator Heflin, wearing his Wwhite vest, was on hand to ses the Sen- ate opening, while former Speaker Gillett renewed old acquaintances in the House The most missed feminine gallery figure we rs. Alice Longworth, who sat in the Speaker’s box at the opening of the last session, presided over by her husband, the late Nicholas Long- worth. Formal morning dress was worn by several members, but the flowing coat- tails were far in the minority at both ends of the Capitol Sharp on the dot at noon, Vice Presi- dent Curtis, in the Senate, and Wil- liam Tyler Page. the veteran clerk in the House, brought down their gavels with resounding smacks. Immediately the bustle of conversa- tion was hushed and members stood with bowed head in prayer. In the House Rev. 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