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Show and without sanction by the Waters Wa-ters army. The vets declare they will not disband, but will remain until (all and then return to Washington to renew the nu.ht for the bonus. Waters had hoped after the forced forc-ed evacuation of the national capital to found a camp in Maryland on land deeded 'him for $1 by a wealthy Baltimore woman. Governor Gover-nor Ritchie forbade the encampment encamp-ment on grounds that it would menace health both of the veterans veter-ans and of people in the surrounding surround-ing country. Future plans remain somewhat indefinite, but camp sites in several sever-al sTates as well as Mexico have been offered and Waters promises to complete his program for organization or-ganization in a short time. Bonus Vets ' Lay Plans For Future National "Khaki Shirr Organization Or-ganization Projected In 48 States. WASHINGTON, August 13 (U.K) Leaders of the disbanded bonus army continue to lay plans for a national "khaki shirt" organization held together by camps in the 48 states and directed by Walter W. Waters, who led the B. E. F. through its tortuous existence in Washington. They count on a strong feeling of unity developed during more than eight weeks in the national capital to hold the group together and to aid in recruiting new members. mem-bers. Vluu Broader Scope The B. E P. was solely interested interest-ed in obtaining immediate cash payment of the soldiers' bonus due In 1949. The new organization, however, will have a much broader scope. Its founders project a program w'hich will include legislation to help the worker, employed and unemployed un-employed and a fight against "big business" tinge which they see ii many of the nation's leaders. Communism Denied They vigorously deny accusations accusa-tions that a considerable number of the B. E. F., which will form the nucleus for the new organizations, organiza-tions, were communistic in tendency, tend-ency, and point to the fact that on several occasions agitators were "ridden" from the camp at Ana-costia. Ana-costia. A communistic veterans' group did exist in Washington but itf activities were entirely independent |