The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-24

Editor World. In defense OF the stand YOU
have taken on the bonus plan OF payment lo'
cx-scrvicc men in IN" present world ., war,
drafted men or forced into service against ms
will. although he went willingly ana hraN'N,
aud ~ to pay in money most of them Wouiu
not have gone at all if money could or would
have been an that was Tor the going. We ih'
people, should have counted the costs before
he went and paid him accordingly ana not "I
waited until his return ana then tried to drag
the county into an enormous debt by playing
politics with our money f"r p"t,''t, - ,n ,r''
ii is At heart the men who are agtauhg run
ming our heavy hurdcncd country into dent are
the ones who always ready to 'hoHer
wulf' at the first provocltton ana now Iul'N
th,y have "A chance to gel their name before
the voting public, maybe not for present EalhS'
but for far ahead futur" poliucal pulls. Ndl',s
them Tor n tutur" request Tor oii'ce to' S'''
We who have been across the waters, large
or small tas the writer was IN Mania l'ou
saw, know that 1t ~ not the >pleasAht'S'
thing in the world to ho In foreign service
But remcmbcr-you ia France at ~ per day
We At 90 cents per day, under same cohu'UouS
,'ootics i'm one place and seam squirrels IN tho
other: the best doctors in France and the poor
cst N, Manila. the whole world with you and
hacked hy the best country ON IN" HIohc. IN
France. brought homo aud discharged rom
France pcttcd and honorcd and given houus
enough To buy - suit OF twork clothrs) getting
better pai NOW aud m" pick OF positions, "nllS
we In Manila were discharged I'm Manila ana
were allowed transportation IN N'"" HWl
there tn FrsCoD, but told att"r TWO months
from DISCHARGE that there was no way READY
now or could they see a way when we could
get homo, ~ they were needing an o"a's '"'
80 iob no bonus no home, no friends. no
politics g. 500 miles from anywhere In an already
oycrcrowcd foreign country, thrown out lo
Inc four winds to SHIFT for ones self. Rut
there was a reason which YOU shall TINS trsl
time see in print. II was this;
Men being slow To enlist or rc-onl'st Tor Fhll,
ippiuc service after being sick Tor som" u
months refused medical Treatment, robbed 10y
| YOUR petty officers, the army was getting short
| Of recruits and boy holding the discharged mer
| over in a place like Manila with small FUNDS
| was likely to soon get "a place where he had
| Ia stcHl rc-cust. the officers hoped u would
| hc rc-cnlist. which many did. The writer kuow'
! OF some who paid their way 10 the United
| states after waiting two months or NOR" fol
! transportation and then writing to Washington
| asking for their rarc paid. and received answer
! that il was I'm Manila ror them n kind II tho>
/ we're ever there our D,tr luclv would hriul
them back frco so politics In that mil
! uarism straight.
No doubt in the world war the financial los.
/ to some was greater than can ever hc paid hN
/ bonus. hut It is not those kind who ur" n~k
/ ing It. It is political issue alonc. aided hy
few who do not .-.. Some thing
now ON the streets ottcncr than before Novcm
Der. 1915
| Of the l. w VS. It was not the cause OF no
receiving tho bonus or going abroad whtcl
| make thcm Join these anarchist ranks. II
| because they were / Won't Works before going
/ and were too hard headed to give I'm to th
| training they received In tho army. II is will
some, fricud said to mo year ago, why
don't you think YOU owe this state "A tuition
| No doubt some do. whlo may others haN,
houorahy paid for what they received VIII
| AN due respect 10 those who Dr. de the suprem
sacrifice. who is TO bonus then
Now let's puit it AN and dls in aud pay 10
the debt we owe our country and not squahbl
over who shall get something for nothing
lSignod) rs.