President Coolidge had argued that existing programs were adequate to help the dependents of killed or disabled veterans and that the act would inevitably lead to a balloon payment in 1945, the effects of which could not be predicted in 1924.
In May of 1932, about 300 veterans, led by Walter W. Waters, entered the yard of the Union Pacific Railroad in Portland, Oregon; refused to leave until they were allowed to ride in empty boxcars; and started on their way to Washington, D.C. to "Lobby" for the immediate payment of their "Bonuses." The news media began to follow their journey.
Pelham Glassford, the district's chief of police, and President Hoover co-operated in accommodating the veterans by raising charitable contributions to set up their camps and kitchens.
A smaller one, Camp Bartlett, was on higher ground and named after the owner of the land who allowed the veterans to use it.
As the Army rolled through the camps, some fleeing veterans set fires, and the troops completed the eradication as they went.
The Army crossed the Anacostia River around 9:00 P.M. to disperse the veterans and their families from Camp Marks; Camp Bartlett, on private property, was untouched.
The new Congress eventually passed the bill to pay the veterans their bonuses forthwith, and President Roosevelt vetoed it.
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