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rs 2 Reports. from Salt Lake City state that one Louis Deon, now residing at 1014 Vest 17th Strest, Cheyenne, wyoming, -who claims to be Cuartermaster of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, has recently been soliciting memberships in this force at Cheyenne, Wyoming, for which he charges a fee. Police records show he was arrested in Cheyenne, Tyoming, September 5, 1932, on a vagrancy charge and released the fol~ lowing day. These reports indicate that two hundred marchers * from Gan Francisco and intervening oointsvere expected in Denver, Colorado, sbout November 22. Thirty vere exrectcd to join this group at Denver and the entire grouo ies to then leave November 23 for Washington. It is stated thet the twenty-coight persons who arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 19 are suid to have left on freight treins., Twenty persons from Salt Lake City, who are believed to be strictly residents of Salt Lake City, Left on November ZL. The mujority jeft by truck, but 2 few were in sutomobiles. This purty of twenty is ssid to be comnanded by Chick Rolfe, ssid to be an €x—Service man. Reports from Pittsburgh under date of November 21 indicate that a meeting wis held on November 11 to muke prensr- ations for a Hunger Merch to Washington on December 5, :nd to feed and shelter one of the main colurmse of marchers from the vest, which is to arrive in Pittsburgh December 1. One Tom Meyerscough presided and Fred Kerns spoke. A connittee of thirty wos appointed to function wntil the surchers leave Pitts- burgh. These reporbs state that the main body of marchers are to ride in trucks instead of automobiles, so ua not to give the parade the appearance of prosperity. ‘nother meeting was held November 13 in order to raise funds to finance the hunger march. Those attendine this -eeting comprised what is culled "The United Front Committee", about one- third of which were negroes and three were women. One truck for - tne hunger march had been secured, uccording to reports.