Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...what promised to be the last day of the session Commander Waters led thousands of his B. E. F. to the Capitol to protest adjournment. Barred from the plaza by a thin line of police, the veterans were at first good-natured and docile. When a truck dumped a load of bricks ordered for fireproofing a sub-basement of the Capitol, they roared with laughter...
Suddenly the front rank spotted Commander Waters boldly striding across the forbidden plaza toward the Capitol. The packed mass stirred forward, broke the police barrier. With one tumultuous rush thousands surged across the plaza after their leader...
Alert to the emergency General Glassford bobbed up on a bandstand near the Capitol's main steps. Commander Waters was arrested, clapped into the Capitol. Bellowed General Glassford to the rampant B. E. F.: "I don't want any trouble, but we'll have it if you don't get back. I told the Vice President I'd keep the plaza clear. When I say I'll do a thing...
With its own music the sullen temper of the crowd melted. Commander Waters was released to present to Speaker Garner a petition against adjournment. But first he went before the Capitol to announce: "I've got permission for you to use these centre steps. But you've got to keep a lane open for the white-collar birds inside so they won't rub into us lousy rats. We're Agoing to stay here until I see Hoover...
Thus the B. E. F. took No Man's Land and the Capitol steps, only to be defeated and driven back, not by police clubs and riot guns, but by the adjournment of a determined Congress. Gradually the veterans drifted back to the Anacostia mudflats. Leader Robertson called off his picket line. To continue their demonstration 60 of his men followed a lone flag-bearer down to the White House. Its iron gates were slammed shut. Police reserves trotted up. The demonstrations were forced off Pennsylvania Avenue, across Lafayette Park. A handful were arrested, all traffic was diverted. The White...