Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-25 | Page 3 | Thousands Plod Way to London in Dole Protest

t Thousands housand t Plod Way to London In Dole Protest p 1 1 Police Are Prepared for Trouble When Demonstrators Demonstrators Demonstrators Demon- Demon Arrive D B By HERBERT MOORE United Press St Staff ff Correspondent LONDON Oct 25 Thousands 25 Thousands 25 of oi hunger marchers battled their way toward London today to the music of fife me and drum corps and the strains of Keep the Home Fires Burning plodding over muddy roads through cold drenching rain a Groups already on the road totaled more than Many others were preparing to S start t the trek Pipers bands and fliers filers and drummers cheered the marchers on their way here to protest dole reductions in inan inan inan an immense demonstration planned for Thursday Although roads were submerged In Jn many places and the marchers were drenched by cold rains rains' that have swept the country for lor a week they maintained their march on schedule with a minimum of at grousing grous in jug ing II sWe We We will sleep at Buckingham palace pal ace or at Claridge's hotel when we get to London some of oC the marchers marchers march march- ers said aid jocularly They have been sleeping ping in m dance halls seh sch and community centers during the march POLICE rOLICE PREPARED London police were prepared for trouble after the unemployment demonstrations that marked the thc recent re rc- rc cent opening of parliament Yesterday when a small deputation deputa deputa- tion representing the m marchers visited vis visited vis- vis lied the general purposes purposes' committee of the London county council a force of special constables estimated at over 1000 occupied the London county halL It was near the hall hail across Westminster bridge from the houses of ot parliament that the most I serious of ot the recent disturbances oc oc- I The unemployed object chiefly to the provisions of the thc means test by which those receiving dole benefits benefits bene bene- fits must show that they have no other means o of support A petition presented to the county council demanded demanded demanded de de- de- de a general 25 per cent reduction reduction re reo re- re of all rents additional finan- finan GETS TRANSFER rf r tl t- t I i I l j 2 I Associated d Press Puss Photo The naval D aviation base in Hawaii Is s without a a. mascot for little Jack above e has left with his bis officer daddy d who was transferred cial assistance free meals for school schoolchildren schoolchildren children of ot the unemployed and a hundredweight of coal free for each unemployed family MARCH l IS QUIET The hunger march has been quiet and without serious disturbances but last ast night in London members of Sir Oswald Mosley's black shirts clashed with a group 0 of unemployed in n the Strand the heart of London's business and theatrical district The black shirts shirls the nearest thing to fascists in England were marching to o their headquarters in Whitehall from rom a meeting when they were heckled by unemployed The black shirts broke their ranks and charged the hecklers heckle s There was a brief and furious scuffle until police arrived Several injuries were rero recorded I The fascists then reformed their ranks and continued their march toward headquarters When they reached Whitehall at the top of the Strand they found police had arrived arrived arrived ar ar- rived first and cordoned the street MOSLEY CHEERED The march marchers rs dispersed Sir Oswald Oswald Oswald Os Os- wald Mosley appeared on the headquarters headquarters head quarters steps and was cheered Sir Oswald is is' one of the younger political political cal leaders dissatisfied with antiquated antiquated anti antiquated methods of government Sir Oswald originally a member of th the labor party with his liis' wife Lady C Cynthia Mosley resl resigned ed in 1931 to form orm the new party It was pledged to more modern methods meth methods of administration but was wiped out in the thc last general election Sir Oswald then formed the black shirts Sir Oswald and Lady Cynthia Cynthia thia are socially prominent and wealthy