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. @ “— JOH EDGAR HOOVES ; DIRECTOR ae scot : + te Z * ‘ UW. Ss. Marea of Anuvestigation Heparturcut of Pustice a - uf a Washington, B. €. ii November 22, 1932. MBRMORANDULM FOR THE ATTORNEY GEUERAL. 4 There is transmitted the following data received fron this Burezu's Philedelphia office relative to the so-called Children's Mareh expected to arrive at Washington on Thanksgiving Day. This is supplemental to memorandum of November 21, relative to the same subjecs. Qne Ernest Rymer, Secretary of the Young Pioncers of fmerica, Philadelphia Branch, 219 South Sth. Street, cffords the folle.- ing information, He states thet there are at present enroute to Vashiug-~ ton about 150 children from the textile centers of Massachusetts, fro:: New York City, New Haven and Bridgeport, Comiccticut, from Pittsburgh and Philedelphia, Pennsylvania, and from Vilmington, Delaware. The delegations from other than Philadelphia anc Wilmington sre supposed t: have already started for Washington in privately owned cars, or whetever transportation was obtainable, some of them probably coming by truck. The children are supposed to be accompanied by women nurses. The chiic- ren are especially picked from the various schools throughout the east. section as examples of under-ncurished children. The parents are supre3edly unemployed and each seven of these children are alleged to represent 109 under-neurished chiicren in their community. The first contingent fre> the New Englend States it is said will pass through Philadelphia some tine Vednesdey, November 23. They will proceed to Wilmington, Delaware, where %)4 they sre to pick up some delegates at the headquarters there. They will ms) then preceed on to Washington where they are to be met by delegetes at the headquarters of the National Hunger March, 1311 G Gtreet, betrecn v~ one and tyio ofclock on Thanksgiving Day. They expect to call at the ieeh White House to demand that their perents be paid by the Government and by oF their parents! bosses, to demand immedicte relief for the winter months in the form of $50.00 a month for the jobless perents and $10.00 additivaal for each child, end to demend that the Federal Government set &@side suivicient money to establish Federal relief stations all cver the countzy in ordc. to provide every unemployed worker's child with a quart of milk dally, « ht meal daily, free medical aid, carfare, school books, etc; to demend tha there be no discrimination between colored, foreign born and other chilsren and.to demand the abolition of child lubor on the part of children under fourteen years of age. eel ee - 8 f 1 i } L. 4 4