The President and protest

by Donald J. Lisio

Lisio re-examines the events surrounding the 1932 Bonus March on the nation's capitol by outraged veterans. Included is an incisive look at President Hoover's protective motives and how the president came to be vilified for the actions of MacArthur. The general's harsh action against the veterans was based on a supposed communist threat - which subsequent investigation failed to confirm - yet Hoover could never extract himself politically from the storm of controversy following the event.