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I am submitting also with this report, us Exhibit "A", a detailed alphabetical list of eoch one of the 1069 men out of the 4723 borrowers who have police records, giving in detail the time and place of their arrests or convictions. It will de noted thot many of them had been repeatedly convicted under various names. ‘then it is realized that the men who epplied for lorns to go hone after Congress adjourned were the most sensible and the leest disorderly, thet meny with criminal records no doubt refrained from disclosing their identity for eny purpose, and « consideravle portion of the Bonus Army were not ex-service men and included Communists, radicals, and disorderly elements which olwoys congregate under such conditions, it is probeble she Bonus Army brourht into the City of Yeshington the largest aggre- gation of criminuls thet had ever been assembled in the city at any one time. (c) conmnt sts. As soon us the bonus merch was initiated, and as eurly as May, 1932, the Communist party undertook an organized campaign to foment the movement, and induced radicals to join the marchers to Washington. As early as the edition of May 31, 1932, the Deily ‘Jorker, @ publication which is the central organ of the Communist party in the United States, urged worker veteran delegations to go to “ashington on June 6th. Under date of June lst, Emanuel Levin, alias Hermen Levin, managing editor of the Daily ‘iorker with a long police record for Red activities end ricting, arrived in the city. He then contended that the bonus march had been largely planned in the head- quarters of the Yorkers Ex~service Mens League, & Communist organization with headquarters in New York City. Another Communist leader present in Washington was John T. Pece, who led a leree contingent of bonus merchers to Weshington, and in a demonstration on July 25, 1932, n¢sry the “white House he ras arrested by the Washington police. Face wes elected Field Marshal of the Detroit bonus marchers. James W. Ford, colored, nm candidete for Vice President on the national ticket of . the Communist party, wes one of the honus marchers arrested en July 29th. - Clair Cowen, another Communist leader, lec a contingent of bonus marchers from Cleveland consisting of severel hundred men. Cowan himself was intercepted ond arrested at Pittsburgh on Juno 6th and did not reach Washington, Another leader of the radical element among the tonus marchers was ‘alter F, Eicker. He wes errested on July 2ist ané@ agein oa July 25th by the ‘iashington police. Another leader of the cemon- stration made by bonus marchers on July 25th et the White House was Sylvester G. McHinney, @ Communist orgenizer with e police recerd for Communist activi ws One of the bonus camps ~ that within 12th and 14th and B and © Streets, S. "f, ~ was occupied principally by Communists heeded by Pace. Possession of this government property hed been seized and occupied by these marchers without any authority. During June ead July, while the Bonus Army was present, Communist meetings were held in this city frequently. The files of this Department contain voluminous reports of these meetings, at many of which incendiary speechee and plans to stir the Bonus Army to violence and bloodshed were mede. During the various disorders, including the finel riot, persons identified as radicals and Communists were observed amope the aisturbers, There is irrefutsble proof thet a very large body of G Mtintegmd * radicals, some ex-service men and some not, were in the vi Sy prt cf the Bonus Arny, circuleting emong thom and working ailigen.: » to Ancite them to disorder. (4) The investigations we have conducted have demonstrate? thet @ very mich larger proportion of the Bonus arny than wes reslized at the time, consisted of ex-convicts, persons with criminal records, raedicels, and none~service men. On the other hand, a very considerable number were genuine ex-service men of good intentions and clean records. This 1s particularly true of the conditions prior to the adjournment of Congress and before the exodus of those who reslized thet they had no further justification for remsining in the city. Some of their Jeaders were decent and law~ebiding, end others were not.