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[[File:Eleanor Roosevelt, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth in London, England - NARA - 195320.jpg|thumb|Roosevelt (center), [[George VI|King George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] in London, October 23, 1942]]
In early 1933, the "[[Bonus Army]]", a protest group of World War I veterans, marched on Washington for the second time in two years, calling for their veteran bonus certificates to be awarded early. The previous year, President [[Herbert Hoover]] had ordered them dispersed, and the US Army cavalry charged and bombarded the veterans with tear gas.<ref name="SM">{{cite web |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/marching.html?c=y&story=fullstory |title=Marching on History |author1=Dickson, Paul |author2=Allen, Thomas B. |date=February 2003 |work=Smithsonian Magazine |accessdate=November 26, 2012 |archivedate=November 26, 2012|archiveurl=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/marching.html?c=y&story=fullstory |deadurl=no}}</ref> This time, Eleanor Roosevelt visited the veterans at their muddy campsite, listening to their concerns and singing army songs with them.{{sfn|Cook|1999|p=46}} The meeting defused the tension between the veterans and the administration, and one of the marchers later commented, "Hoover sent the Army. Roosevelt sent his wife."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/19/historical-precedent-bonus-occupy |title=A historical precedent that might prove a bonus for Occupy Wall Street |author=Mills, Nicholaus |date=September 19, 2011 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=November 26, 2012 |archivedate=November 26, 2012|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6CUe2USws |deadurl=no}}</ref>
===American Youth Congress===
The American Youth Congress, or AYC, was formed in 1935 to advocate for [[youth rights]] in U.S. politics, and was responsible for introducing the ''American Youth Bill of Rights'' to the [[U.S. Congress]]. Roosevelt's relationship with the AYC eventually led to the formation of the [[National Youth Administration]].<ref>Black, A., Hopkins, J. ''et al.'' (2003) [http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/american-youth-congress.htm "American Youth Congress,"] ''The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers.'' Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt. Hyde Park, New York: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. Retrieved 7/30/07.</ref> The NYA was headed by [[Aubrey Willis Williams]], a prominent liberal from Alabama who was close to Roosevelt.Speaking of the National Youth Administration in the 1930s, Eleanor Roosevelt expressed her concern about ageism, stating that "I live in real terror when I think we may be losing this generation. We have got to bring these young people into the active life of the community and make them feel that they are necessary." <ref>(nd) [http://www.gwu.edu/%7Eerpapers/teachinger/glossary/nya.cfm "National Youth Administration,"] ''Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt Glossary.'' The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project. Retrieved 7/30/07.</ref> In 1939 the [[HUAC|Dies Committee]] subpoenaed leaders of the AYC, who, in addition to serving the AYC, also were members of the [[Young Communist League]]. Roosevelt was in attendance at the hearings and afterward invited the subpoenaed witnesses, including to board at the White House during their stay in Washington D.C. [[Joseph P. Lash]] was one of her boarders. On February 10, 1940, members of the AYC, as guests of Eleanor, attended a picnic on the White House lawn where they were addressed by Franklin from the South Portico. The President admonished them to condemn not merely the [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Nazi Germany|regime]] but all [[dictatorship]]s.<ref>[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15918 Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Address to the Delegates of the American Youth Congress. Washington, D.C., February 10, 1940"]</ref> The President was reportedly booed by the group. Afterwards, many of the same youth picketed the White House as representatives of the [[American Peace Mobilization]]. Among them was [[Joseph Cadden]], one of the overnight guests. Later in 1940, despite Eleanor Roosevelt's publication of reasons called "Why I still believe in the Youth Congress," the American Youth Congress was disbanded.<ref>[http://newdeal.feri.org/er/er26.htm Eleanor Roosevelt, "Why I Still Believe in the Youth Congress," in New Deal Network: Selected Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt, originally published in ''Liberty'', (April 1940): 30-32.]</ref>
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