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eo eh ta Ty, ae) vee lye . ra ‘ft . . HOLD FOR RELEASE h ent amd the attached rej of the Attornoy General are for release without further notice in the morning newspapers of Monday, September le, 1982, Sneha, 7 + The following statement of the Pra nia ME SvatTemMen?, of eros THEODORE G. JOSLIN Secretary to the President The President said: "On the 28th of July last I announced that I had directed tha Department ad Justice to exhaustively investigate and report in full upon the incidents of the so-called bonus riots of that day in Washington and tn present the facts, through sworn witnesses, to the Grand Jury. I further stated that I should mke the Attorney General's report publica when received py mo. vy which shows the character of many of the persons assembled, the inci- dents and character of the instigators of the riots, I wish to state emphatically that the extraordinary proportion of criminal, communist and non-veteran elements amongst the marchers as shown by this report, should not be taken to reflect upon the many thousands of henést, Law- abiding men who came to Washington with full Tight of presentation of their views to the Congress. This better element and their leaders acted at all tines to restrain crime and viclenre but efter the ad wit Bene journment of Congress a large portion of them returned to their homes and gradually these better elements lost control. This revort should _correct the many misstatements of fact as to this incident With which 4 the country has been flooded," rhinos A ny a A en me em er er gk ge ee he investigation has been completed, In giving out the report ’