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Next day the House passed the Patman Bonus bill (209-10-176). The B. E. F. turned its attention to the less friendly Senate. From their Anacostia camp tattered jobless veterans marched by thousands to the Capitol. They packed into the Senate galleries. They flopped down in corridors to nap. They swarmed over the wide Capitol steps. They sprawled on the grass. They packed the plaza. They sang and joked. By dusk there were close to 10,000 of them in & around the Capitol. Shortly after 8 p. m. their comrades in the Senate Chamber flashed out the news?...
...General" Jacob Sechler Coxey landed in Washington with his "army" of 336 jobless and got himself arrested for walking on the Capitol grass...
...with delight at its House victory. Its tattered personnel, destitute veterans who had "bummed" their way to the Capital from all over the country, whooped and pranced about among their crude shelters. Most of them had left hungry wives and children behind. They had gone to Washington because, long jobless, they had nothing better to do. In camp with their A. E. F. fellows again, they seemed to have revived the old ganging spirit of Army days as an escape from reality. They convinced themselves that they were there to right some vague wrong-a wrong somehow bound...
...back this airy promise with something solid for jobless men to chew on, Don Carlos ordered a half-million free meals served daily by the Government to Chile's unemployed. State pawnshops obeyed an order to return gratis sewing machines and all tools pawned by the "certified unemployed." Joyous crowds soon flocked around every pawnshop, roared "Viva Davila...
...House Plan has doubtless influenced the popularity of Harvard over other institutions. The depression also will doubtless cause many jobless young people to continue their education. The large group of men wishing to enter Harvard is also the result of the liaison which Harvard, together with many other colleges, has pushed into prominence. The recent changes in Harvard College have already made their mark in the evident seriousness of students, and the independence with which the work is carried out. The House Plan and the tutorial system are both designed for a higher grade of student. Liaison between College...