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...Defeated (62-to-18) the Bonus bill...
...Passed (20940-176) the Bonus bill; sent it to the Senate...
...Over Bonus City hung the constant threat of pestilence. Flies swarmed. Garbage lay half buried. The men bathed in the Eastern Branch (Potomac), virtually an open sewer. Twenty-three cases of communicable disease were spotted but were lost in the crowd. The air reeked with filthy smells. Eight men were reported to have died. Food was poor. Scabies broke out. Public health officers declared conditions were "frightful." warned of a "terrible epidemic" which might suddenly fan out from the camp across the city and country. A 24-hour quarantine was set up for new arrivals and a special camp with...
...Bonus lobbyists swarmed about the Capitol. One group encountered Senator Lewis of Illinois in a corridor, pestered him for support. Angry when his way was blocked, Senator Lewis declared: "I'm going to the Senate and you can go to hell...
...frowned upon by the American Legion which has hushed its demand for Bonus cashing. At the National Republican Club in Manhattan last week Major General James Guthrie Harbord, retired, voiced one popular view when he declared: "Nothing so ominous or so nasty as the Bonus march has been seen since 1916 when organized labor forced through the eight-hour-day railroad law under threat of strike. Not since 1783 has an army of citizens marched on the Capitol with evil in their hearts. . . . Something must be done to curb this movement. Otherwise it will spread...