The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-06-09

Practically nothing, you can bet!
After we fought and saved this Great Land,
Now, we don't get even a helping hand;
Our jobs are all taken by slackers gay,
All they tell US is to come some other day.
Carl Bremen in Evening American. -
The real defender of his country is
not going to stand for it. That's as
plain as the nose on your face. He's
marked time" for some time. He's
waited and fingered and bded his time
but his times coming. Every dog has
his day, they say, and the soldier is
going to come into his own. It's a
question of the people of the United
States seeing that he has his time
or it will be necessary for the soldier
to make his slime"
The United States has dilly-dallied
along, procrastinated, fused with river
and harbor appropriations, discussed
the weather, laughed at Charley Chap.
lin, how to higher promote officials
but has neglected the soldier. Soon
it's going to be question of "the U
S. putting up for the solder, or put
ting up with the soldier" Either the
United States will come across volun-
tarily, or the soldier will take things
into his own hands. And the soldiers
when once in power, can by their votes
do practically anything they desire
and the civilians who deny them their
just rights now, will have to put up
with the conditions which the soldiers
see fit to surround them with. It'll be
a question of "root hog or die" with
the politicians who are denying the
soldiers justice now, when the soldiers
get strong enough politically.
Certainly, the American Legion
shouldn't enter politics. But when q
bunch of fatheaded, penny-wise and
pound-foolish, complacent bunch OF
politicians keep the former service
men from their rights, then it is time
for the Legion to jump into the politi-
cal ring with both feet. The U. S
voted the politicians an increase in
salary and the soldiers a Victory
medal. And Victory medals at PAL
aren't worth SO darned much.
Just what does the writer mean by
the rights of the soldiers? He means
that the soldier should get a chance
to put himself in just as good a finan-
cial condition as he was before the
war. The wounded men should get
the first attention of course, and ev-
cry soldier who saw service will agree
The soldier has the right to expect
that he will not have lost his time
during the time he spent in uniform
Personally the writer is of the opin-
ion that every soldier would be willing
to return to civilian life without any
bonus if he could be in exactly the
same position that he was before he
entered the service. But it's impossi.
BILE. The fellows who stayed at home
made huge wages and spent it. This
brought up the price of all commodi-
ties and when the "buck private" got
out, he was out of luck. Sixty bucks
bonus didn't go fart almost bought
a new suit Of clothes at that time!
What the writer favors is some sort
of a bonus that will give the soldier
O. right to call some place his own
Let the government finance a loan to
establish war veteran in home and
take mortgage on the place. Let the
government open up some arabic land
in the west, exclusively for soldiers
Let the government give paid up in
surance policies. Or loan a soldier
money to establish a business. The
country should not overtax the first
year or two soldiers who have fought
and done their very best for their
country for several years at thirty
bucks" per month.
Other countries have instituted some
sort of a soldier relief that would
make a soldier a citizen and not a
criminal in the eyes of the law, as was
the battle-scarred hero who appeared
before the court of justice. The writ.
er doesn't pretend to know much about
the functioning of political parties
but he knows that a bunch of politi-
clans who yelped their heads off at
the beginning of the war are now re-
trenched behind voluminous excuses Of
oratory why the soldier shoulnd't be
given little aid It's about time that
a wave of public sentiment should
arise to give the soldier chance to
help himself without forcing him to
the path Of destruction.
The soldier does not want charity,
he wants nothing gratis he wants a
job-a mans job, and chance to com
pete on the same footing with the
fellow who stayed at home"
The soldier came across-and wen;
across-the other fellow didn't do