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DramaMuic MovSesSociet PART THREE ST. LOUIS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1932. PAGES 1 SC FARMMORATORIUM BONUS RIOTING Text of Mitchell Report on Bonus 'Army' MAP IMPTm L- L- BONUS RIOTING ALGERIAN PRINCESS ARRIVES IN AMERICA BONUS ARMY HEAD ASSAILS MITCHELL CHILD MARRIAGE IN MANCHUKUO IS BARRED BY DECREE Parents Will Be Punished Age Limit 18 for Women WAS INCITED BY COMMUNISTS, ID REVISION OF WASHINGTON. Sevt. 12.

crHE text of Attorney-General Mitchell's report to President Hoover on the Bonus -Army" riot 20 for Men. imiDc WITH OWN Fl PROPOSED joiiorcs: TI IF Hoover's Statement on Making Public Report on Bonus Riot UtL By the AnsoUdU-U Pr. CHANGCHUN. Manchuria. Sept character of the inst.gators of Conferees on Agricultural R.

E. Ellison Says State-ment Shows Veterans Relief From 9 Midwest States Submit 1Z. The Manchukuo Government of Manchuria yesterday ordered that no woman shall be permitted to marry before she attains the age of 18. A limit of 20 years was placed against males. It was announced that the step was taken in order that Manchukuo "shall have strong and healthy children." The penalty will be punishment for parents who permit their children to marry before they are of age.

Have Better Record on Arrests Than Civilians! SAYSM1TCHELL Attorney General in Report to the President Defends Use of Troops as Preventing Further Disorder and Bloodshed. GOVERNORS OPPOSE Post-Dispatch 201-205 Kellogg BIdg. WASHINGTON. Sept, 12. A EMBARGO ON SELLING WASHINGTON, Sept.

12. OLLOWING is the text of President Hoover's state- ment making public the Attorney-General's report on the bonus armq riot: On the 28th of July last 1 announced that I had directed the Department of Justice ti exhaustively Investigate and report In full upon the Inciicnts of the so-called bonus riots of that day in Washington and lo present the facts, throujch sworn witnesses, to the grand jury. I further stated that 1 bhould make the Attorney-General's report public when received by me. The investigation ha- been completed. In giving out the report, which shows the character of many of the persons assembled, the incidents and vigorous and detailed denial of the riots, I wish to state emphatically that the extraordinary proportion of criminal.

Communist and non-veteran elements amongst the marchers as shown by this report should not be taken to reflect upon the many thousands of honest, law-abiding men who came to. Washington with full right of presentation of their views to the Congress. This better element and their leaders acted at all times to restrain crime and violence, but after the adjournment of Congress a large portion of them returned to their homes and gradually these better elements lost control. This report should correct the many misstatements of fact es to this incident with which the country has been flooded. PRESIDENT WILL ADDRESS RELIEF CONFERENCE THURSDAY many statements contained in At torney-General Mitchell's report on Newton I.

Baker, as Head of Na- the eviction of unemployed veter "Sound Expansion of Cur- rency" Among Items in Program Drafted at Sioux City, la. 1000 OF MARCHERS HAD POLICE RECORD' Many Not Identified as Ex- ans from Washington by Federal troops, was Issued today by R. B. tional Welfare Committee, Will Reply. By the Associated Pre.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. A na Office of the Attorney-General. Washington.

D. Sept. 9. 1932. The Presidtnt.

the White House. Sir. Immediately following the riot by the so-called bonus army on July 28, you directed that an investigation and report thereon be made in this department. We have completed it. and I submit herewith a summary of the result.

A vast amount of material in the form of reports, affidavits and documentary evidence has been accumulated. It is only possible here briefly to summarize the conclusions. 1. The eftry of tlie bonus anny into tine District of Columbia. The first contingent of the bonus army arrived about May 27.

On June 3 information reached the department that a contingent from Cleveland led by C. B. Cowan and another from Detroit led by John T. Pace, comprising about 1300 men. gathered at th5 Pennsylvania Railroad yards at Cleveland and had held up a mail train and attempted to commandeer transportation to Washington.

Cowan, one of these leaders, has a long police record; he has been convicted and sentenced twice for forgery in Ohio and was sentenced to 13 months for robbing the mails, to the United States penitentiary at Atlanta in 1928. Pace, a well-Vnown Communist leader, has an xtended police record. Government Pro-erty Occupied. By one means and another these groups and others obtained transportation to Washington. By the niddle of June they had congregated here in large numbers.

They tional assembly of Welfare and Relief Workers to lay plans for the coming months will open at the in- hi? Soldiers Hoover De White House Thursday with an ad- aress Dy t'resiaeni Hoover ana a reply by Newton D. Baker. The President will speak on "Cit were the most sensible and the 51 arrested men fingerprinted by clares Report Doesn't Reflect on Honest, Law Abiding Element. Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Sept.

12. A re izens' Responsibility for Human the police prior to the riot of July least disorderly, that many with Ellison, former national contact oi-ficer of the so-called "bonus expeditionary force." He characterized the report as "a political alibi." designed to influence the American Legion convention. Replying to Mitchell's assertion that the unemployed veterans driven from Washington included a large percentage of criminals, Ellison uses Mitchell's figures to show that the percentage of veterans arrested in Washington was lower than the arrested percentage of the permanent population of the city. He also emphasizes that many of the arrests were for traffic violations and other petty 28 and checked in the fingerprint criminal records no doubt re By tbe Associated Press. SIOUX CITY.

Sept. 12. In specific proposals for farm relief, representatives of nine Midwestern states yesterday declared them- selves, in favor of tariff revision, sound currency expansion, moratory turns on farmer debts and an order ly marketing program. The many-sided relief program was accompanied by a declaration. Wrelfare." The former Secretary of War will reply as chairman of the National Citizens' Committee of the Jl.

frained from disclosing their iden tity for any purpose, and a con division of this department, 17. or an even one-third, had been con Welfare and Relief mobilization of siderable portion of the bonus victed of various offenses, including larceny, assault, sex otfenses. per: from Attorney-General that Federal troops summoned 1932. Baker in a statement said: army were not ex-service men and included Communists, radicals and forgery, robbery, military offenses unrig last summer's encampment I lI ,1 i disorderly elements which always "It Is hoped that this conference will stimulate communities In at 'that "restoration of the buying pow of the bonus army here were "nec- congregate under such conditions. 1 I I 1 and disorderly conduct.

A more striking result is obtained from the check by the Criminal Identification Bureau of this department of er of agriculture would go far to V.ry to and did prevent further tacking their welfare and relief it is probable the bonus army and bloodshed," today is brought into the city of Washing problems and so encourage them that the funds needed to carry 4n ward restoring general prosperity In the nation" and that "no solution can be had of the farm prob "The attempt to brand the bonus President Hoover. ton the largest aggregation of criminals that had ever been as necessary social service projects In their absence, further rioting have occurred with further lem without readjustment of will be raised. If each community sembled to the city at any one army as a criminal organization, 'the largest aggregation of criminals that had ever been assembled in the city at one fall flat can solve its own welfare and re time. among bonus marchers police and possibly innocent The recommendations were ad "FYwnented by Communists." dressed to the President and Con by the Attorney-General's own figures," said Ellison. "It reveals that (c) communists.

As soon as gress. entered into possession of various tracts of Government property, on some of which were old buildings. In some instances permission to do so was given by the police author 22.6 per cent of 4723 bonus march Governors In Conference. The conference, called during the the bonus march was Initiated, and as early as May, 1932. the Communist party undertook an organized ers from whom finger prints were iyjfan-icrs, -Mitcneu aavises me I'-- nt.

after an investigation of fcixe and other official records. It is probable the bonus army i-our'ut irto the city of Washington the aggregation of that h.i-i ever been assembled I obtained by the Veterans' Bureau had police records. western farm "strike," was attended by the Governors of North campaign to foment the move the fingerprints of 4723 of the bonus marchers who were admittedly veterans and apnlied for and obtained loans from the Veterans' Bureau, after Congress adjourned, for the ostensible purpose of returning to their homes. Of these 4723. 1069 were found to have police Eight hundred and twenty-nine, or nearly one In five of the World War service men among the bonus marchers who obtained loans, had been convicted for various offenses, including assault, larceny, burglary, embezzlement, robbery, felonious homicide, forgery and counterfeiting, rape, sex offenses and narcotic drug violations.

A summary of the police and criminal records of these men ities with the acquiescence of the Treasury, with the understanding that the occupancy would be tem lief funds this winter, it will go a1 long way towards restoring national confidence and aiding business recovery. The campaign' we are now engaged in requires the united action of every citizen." Baker predicted that from the-mobilization would come authoritative information as to food, needs, number 'out of work, those ill and unable to pay for medical attention, those needing to have their morale and courage strengthened and guidance of jobless youths. ment, and induced radicals to join Takota, South Dakota, Iowa and "Using the smallest figure cited the marchers to Washington. As Minnesota and emissaries of th thv. city at any one time, his by the Attorney-General's report cn porary and would be discontinued early as the edition of May 31.

Governors of Wisconsin. Oklahoma. the number of bonus marchers in Associated Press I'hoto. ESMA ZAP IE, BEAT GRANDDAUGHTER ot last Sultan, Abl-el at request and when Congress ad 1932. the Daily Worker, a publica Ohio.

Wyoming and Nebraska. the city (8000), the number of ar journed. Other Government tracts tion which is the central organ of To demands of leaders of the non- were seized without permission and port says. The 4 document cover-' findings in the investigation or-r- i by President Hoover was ale rubi'c fry the Chief Executive a short statement that it rests Is but 4.2 per cent of the total; using the largest estimate selling movement for an embargs KaJir, and Turkey's leading news the Communist party in the United States, urged worker veterans' delegations to go to Washington on (15,000) it is but 2.2 per cent. Most paper woman.

She arrived in New York; Friday to attend Boekford occupied by members of the bonus army. The number of bonus army marchers in Washington at the time of the adjournment of Con these arrests were tor minor of- "sho'Jid correct the many misstate- DR. JULIUS CURTIUS AND WIFE College, Boekford, fenses. In the face of these figures. reported by the Attorney-General, ARRIVE IN UNITED STATES gress on July 16 has been various "invincible faith in Germany's abil tne puDiic is asKea to Deueve tnat the bonus army brought into Wash Former German Foreign Minister Summary of police records of ity to emerge successfully from her ly estimated at from 8000 to Several thousand left shortly after Congress adjourned, but present crisis." Expresses Faith His Country Will Emerge From Crisis.

4723 ex-service men of the bonus army who applied for loans from ington the largest aggregation of criminals that had ever been assembled in the city at any one other groups came In, and at the By the Associated Press. time of the riot the best estimates "The prestige and power of grand old man, venerable President von Hindenburg, is as NEW YORK. Sept. 12. Ur.

Ju on marketing, the Governors' conference replied that such a movs would be without legal precedent, would result In many complications and that the results expected from. It could be "accomplished by th farmers themselves through lawful voluntary co-operation. Specific Program Outlined. In a 1000 word statement issued, the conferees suggested: "That the tariff system be revised to give equality of protection to agricultural products and to lessen the burden of foreign competition with our farm products. In-eluding fats and oils.

"That a sound expansion of currency would do justice betweea the Veterans' Bureau. Disposition Prnd'ntf Charg-ei" or t'n- Di. Convio- me. "In the report to the President, offact as to this incident rh -nhich the country has been coded. Mr.

Hoover said: "I wish to state emphatically the extraordinary proportion criminal. Communist and elements amongst the -r'htrs as shown by this report 1 not be taken to reflect upon r.ar.y thousands of honest, law- men who came to Wash-ro- with full right of presenta-cf their views to Congress." T'llit-e rtecords Alleged, rail's report says that 877 of lius Curtius. former German Minister of Foreign Affairs, arrived on are that there were from 6000 to S000 bonus marchers in the city. there is the statement that the Total. known, missei.

lion. strong a guarantee for the peaceful development of affairs as is the love of order and peace of the Ger Aault 4fi 7 bonus army numbers had been the liner Columbus with Mrs. Curtius today for a tour of the United 2 0 37 If, Auto thffl :2 ariously estimated at 8000 to June 8. Under date of June 1. Emanuel Levin, alias Herman Levin, managing editor of the Daily Worker, with a long police record for Red activities and rioting, arrived in the city.

He then contended that the bonus march had been largely planned in the headquarters of the Workers' Ex-Service Men's League, a Communist organization with headquarters in New York City. Another Communist leader present in Washington was John T. Pace, who lead a large contingent of bous marchers to Washington, and In a demonstration on July 25. 1932. near the White House, he was arrested by the Washington police.

Pace was elected field marshal of the Detroit bonus marchers. Leaders Identified. James W. Ford, colored, now ti! Hurt'larr Carrvinir concealed 000, followed by the statement that 2. The Quality of tle Bonus Army.

To understand the conditions causing the riot it is necessary to know something of the wtaion 723 availed themselves of loans C9 DisnrrfcrlT-conduet States. He will leave for Detroit tomorrow afternoon. Greeting him at quarantine were his son. Klaus Curtius. a student at Columbia Uni and varrnnev 10, out of their own adjusted compen Driving whit' man people, has given proof of its efficacy in post-war periods of gravest crisis, such as avertihg Bolshevism In 1919 and maintaining German unity in 1923 despite separatist tendencies from within and without." he 24 mtoTwaled.

1 1 3 1 1 0 fl 21 35 2 13 0 4 27 versity, and Dr. Paul Schwarzn. sation to go home before the eviction, and the statement that 'at the time of the riot there were C00O DnrnkennMid P8 Embezzlement and 05 3H Acting German Consul-General. Irauo bZ Continued on Page Col. 4.

FeUinioui homi- The former Minister expressed --t 3556 men named on the roster could not be identi-' I x-servije men and that of r- applying for heme, 1069 had police reccds 7 rirle IS Forcer? snd to 8000 bonus marchers in the city. This is capped by the statement that with "practically the tn- 44 eoiintrrfeitinc. 4 Gambling 4 Larceny theft 107 I.Kii'or lawp fll irs police force' called to duty at IP. 8 3-2 the point of the disturbances the Military nffenvs. character of the men in the bonus army.

A) Number of Marchers Who Were Not Ex-Service Men. A considerable number of the marchers were not in military service during the World War. An approximation of the number is impossible, but two items of reliable Information throw some light on this question. Prior to the riot of July 28. 341 members of the bonus army had been arrested at various dates for a variety of offenses, including disorderly conduct, parading without rifnernon.

S4 41 police were outnumbered '10 or 15 JT Miscellaneous Narcotic dm; candidate for Vice-President on the 1, obviously making a total pop law ulation in the bonus camps on July Offenses asrainet national ticket of the Communist party, was one of the bonus march since there are 1300 policemen IS the family and children Rane in Washington, of not less than ers arrested on July-z. Clair Cp-wan, another Communist leader, led a contingent of bonus march 3.000. according to the Attorney- 4 0 0 0 0 2" 10 IB 48 20 14 4 "129 General's own figures. Robbery 63 Sex of fenw tex- cept ranel 27 Suspicion and in- vetiiratinD 63 Traffic and motor vehicle lawg 4 ers from Cleveland consisting of "It is stated by the Attorney- 17 49 0 220 a nermit, assault with a dangerous several hundred men. Cowan himself was intercepted and arrested CLEANED BLOCKED sty General that registering of persons admitted to the bonus camps was weapon, destruction of private sronerty.

trespass on private prop- Total ......1069 at Pittsburgh on June 8, and did not reach Washington, owv nnd solicltinz alms. Seven discontinued on June 12, when records of 3656 of the marchers came Into the hands of the police and ultimately of the Veterans' Another leader of the radical teen were arrested by the police on 28. and four on July 29. mak -i cf these had been eonviet-i. Communists, he says, promot-t the march on Washington and sov.eht to incite the marchers Orders." He adds: "Or.

the other hand, a very con-: number were genuine ex- tv men of good intentions and -n records. This is particularly of the conditions prior to the rnnient of Congress. ''r the adjournment of Con- the quality of men in the army steadily deteriorated." Intimates of Army's Size. report of the crowoed onths history of the oonus -trr pment says ex-convicts and umsts led the first groups lo e. Later, a better ele.aent h'Jt largely departed when ss adjourned.

The best estl-: the army's size is giv-'ri at to 15,00 when Congress ad-' -i and 6000 to 80U0 at -he (. the "riot on July 1. a o'al of 362 were arrest-1 by daring their stay for varous including "disorderly con-' israding without a peimit, on private property anJ element among the bonus marchers was Walter F. Eicker. He was arrested on July 21 and again on Bureau.

This attempt to uphold ing a total of 362. Unfortunately the nolice did not fingerprint all July 25 by the Washington police. of these persons for identification the contention that a large proportion of the men in the bonus camp were non-veterans is blasted by the Other Data on Marchers. Total number of bonus marchers (ex-service men) upon whom fingerprints were obtained, 4723. Number of bonus marchers with police records as found from fingerprints.

1069. Percentage of these bonus marchers having police records. 22.6 per cent. Total number of bonus marchers found to have one or more Another leader of the demon but 51 of them, including those arrested for disturbing the peace. stration made by bonus marchers on July 25 at the White House was truth that complete registration of the marchers and the issuance of I near the White House, were finger Of these.

16. or approxi Bonus Expeditionary Force cards ot.iv r.ne-third. had no World Your old HlTT will do AND LOOK LIKE THE DAY IT WAS BOUGHT did not begin until June 16. four Sylvester G. McKinney.

a Com munist organizer with a police rec ord for Communist activity. Communist Camp. War service record. days after the Attorney-General avers that registration was discon convictions, 823. Percentage cf marchers convict tinued.

The records of this registration, which was not completed One of the bonus camps that within 12th and 14th and and ed to number having police records, 76.9 per cent. at time of the eviction (although Check by Veterans' Bureau. Prior to June 12. 3656 of the marchers who were arriving at Washington registered on the muster rolls of the bonus army, givlnrf j- nrmv numbers, and Blocked and shaped ond like your rait streets, S. Wr.

was occupied principally by Communists headed by no one was allowed to stay in camp Percentage of bonus marchers atoline mrf lo stay clean lonc In Boiling 4 hours unless proof of World Pace. Possession of this Govern having convictions to total number whose fingerprints were searched. ment property had been seized and 17.4 per cent. occupied by these marchers-with War service was shown). have been offered repeatedly to the administration and its investigators for their inspection, in order that they might know the truth.

The Of those individuals convicted. other data respecting their World War service. These muster roll came into the hands of the police and ultimately to the Veterans' Bureau, which commenced to checc 'he S29 found to have been 'v; in the past for "criminal the largest group of iS8 f.r larceny and theft. 95 for and 19 other offenses. out any authority.

During June and July, while the bonus army 149 had one prior conviction? tor some offense. 49 had two prior con was present. Communist meeting victions; 28 had three prior convic were held in this city frequently Continued on Page 8 CoL 4 the names to ascertain wneiner -nc tions; and 26 had more than three The files of this department con tain voluminous reports of these meetings, at many of which incendiary speeches and plans to stir the bonus army to violence and report a the better element left, he ys, small groups "of tiou-ak-rs augmented the forces'" army repeatedly refused to it around the city in-- and in small groups aod lare bodies, asking or money and it bloodshed were made. During the various disorders, including the final riot, persons identified as prior convictions. Dispositions of all arrests were not obtainable.

Detailed Kecords of 1069. I am submitting also with this report, as. Exhibit a detailed alphabetical list of each one of the 1069 men out of the 4723 borrowr era who have police records, giving in detail the time and place cf their arrests or convictions. It will be noted that many of them had been repeatedly convicted under various names. When it is realized that the men who applied for loans to go home after Congress adjourned MOTHERS! This Laundry Service Is Better and Costs Less Than Home Washing.

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877. or a little more than one-fourth, could not be Identified in either department as having had World War service, tt is possible that some of the 877 were ex-service men and could not be identified because of meager served among the disturbers. There is irrefutable proof that a very large Many reports have beeu re 'hat they practically levied body of Communists and radicals, some ex-iervice men and some not. were in the city as part of the bo on Page 4 Column 1. THRIFTY SERVICE Everything washed by our "Superior" method on small merchants ani in- housewives when their 'K were refused.

'withstanding ail these con-they were tolarated and ifalt with by the corntnu-: in the hope that they tvjuld futility of remaining. Two "Mob" Attacks 'hn says that on July 28 a 'hat had come from Camp in Anacostia rushed police-rationed on Government or Pennsylvania avenue ''i a'tarlfpfl them vith hrtrlts apparel returneo ojmp, piece ullv ironed and folded. No extra charge tor full irone information, but the bnl or tnem were evidently imposters. It been reported in the press that Director Hinea of the Veterans' Bureau has said that over 90 -r Shirts ironed in this handkerchiefs or toft collars service each 10c additional Minimum bundle 20 lbs. on Monday and Tuesday.

Other days 14 98c Xff ma UNDRY I DAMP WASH I 14 Lb, IU V-W Shirt Fhile4 lr each k. Moa. mmi Tim SI Milium ZP XVfk iV-nS flt wrk lnBe4.l fl kLWk I14 Lb' 3 SVlp yr Shirt nntehed ltc wh oCus." 4 1 cent of the bonus army were ex-service men. Gen. Hines made no such statement.

He did make the statment on July 23 that he believed not more than 8000 veterans had ever been present at any one time, but the 877 men not Identified as veterans were part of the 3656 registered to whom I have referred. (b) Number of Bonos Marchers With Criminal or Police Records. sources of Information are victon i oco police had the continues, "but had orders se them and did not do so. finally subsided. or Persons were attracted to Collection and Delivery in St.

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