Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-03
Letters to the Editor
Get Tooether, euddles


~ the Editor Of the EpcHmo Public Ledger:
sir--we note the several letters from
time TO time for and against the bonus ana
rise 10 remark tho following!
How many of the sisnsrs 8" these OBJ
sections we're In the HOG Island Chester and
Sun shpbuding Compauys plant while
the war was on. and ''dId' the Government
''up brown? How many OF these ZOO
ships did they buld7 They surely must
feel patriotic when they zee AL these
patriotic efforts selling for little more
than n Ford.
How many OF therr .wers mar led as soon
as war was declared all rushed th"lr
little dears" to inc draft pca'i 10 claim
assumption for them Also, nov many "t
them ran from the West and South and
North to this locality TO keep out OF inc
army and now cant go back ho1te he"auSc
the "slacker list" has been pubiished' We
remember this class well. for the papers
showed the extraordinary hst Of marriase'
that took place right after war was De
clared.
How manv Of them nrc lawyers and come
from well-to.do parents who were th"so
so-caled four minute speakers Ho" many
of them arc Of that clnss that tel! YOU
81 was ready? They were ready--reedN
to run. They teisned sickness. sore erss'
sore feet tor cold teer and did everything
to make them look s!ck.
At one plant In Philadelphia tho owners
asked their service men 10 send letters 10
the Ccngressmer urging thcm 70 defeat the
bonus The owner OF this same plant had
stood for his daughter getting married On
the day war was declared and claimed ~
cmptior. Another who runs a big iAw"irr
shop In the center OF the city had his son
exempted
oh, wonder Of wonders ii Congress could
draft the writer's Of thtsN letters aEai1s'
the bonus-the EXCUSES 'orno of them "'n,l
make--tke eNpla ma ions come Of them would
have TO make would be sad to behold, B"rS-
doll would look lit" u pIk,- n|Cnss,de ~
some of these waiting slunks who "iII
have to iie to 'heir children oil thrir ives
when the KID" asks. Daddy. why don
sou belong 20 tho LEGION and TIE r'st
OF tn. boys on the street sly nv daddy
was soldier. Yours vas slacNr.
Get bohini the bonus. BOYS Don't To-
Mellon r-d HIS -ail~oads got ~ all. Don't
iet England. France ani canada pa"
bonuses on ;he Liberty Rord' YOU bought
while you Ent the bone. W" sIpD"t N"
"slum loa: crouch. let IA Get n"
"chicken" nov and 1s~is' those Who Yer"
unfortunat" N having r"turn"d to b" turned
down
When come p.cavur. ~ politician tons
you the Government can't aHord - rIy. ask
him how can t anNrA then 20 do away with
al! foreign i"b's' ro'v cen = .fcrd ~ tHr"
HooYer spenl this corn'ry's money food
inr other countries when the soldiers arc
starving here" How can II afford to give
the railroads all 'hsN want. and last uui
not least how car II s'ill ano-d 20 Tny
all the buruscs 20 shtp"7rd workers. arsenal
workers Office employees ana everybody else
but tho srfdiars?
Those few questions snh lot mo-e aro
TIE questions we ,visN answered a1i be-
fore the next few vea~s ,he" will he an
swered--fOr the soldiers won't starvc much
longer. but the "skulNer" Will.
Get together. buddi"s!
DIR. A. n wITTMANN
Welfare OmCer william =. Roche
Post. No. 81
Phnsdc, ?hia. Angus, 90. 1871