The daily worker., 1932-11-29
KHAKI SHIRTS IN
NEW JERSEY JOIN
FIGHT FOR BONUS.
War Veterans Accept
United Front; Back
Bonus March
KANSAS CITY VETS START
Legion Chiefs Declare
Bonus Can Wait"
KANSAS CITY VETS START
BULLETIN

NEW YORK. - As the Daily
Worker goes to press, the meeting
of veterans, called by the rank
and file Committee Of Fifty, at
its headquarters, 154 West Goth
Street, is In session. At this meet
ing the Committee Of Fifty is
recommending that the first
group Of bonus marchers start
tomorrow "wednesday morn
Ing. This is being acted on by
the veterans at the meeting.
The New Jersey state leaders Of
the Khaki Shirts, as well as the
New York State commander of
the organization, have been in
Mted to this meeting to discuss
the establishment of a united
front with the rank and file of
the Khaki Shirts for the bonus
march.
NEW YORK, Nov 28.-The New
Jersey organization of the Khaki
Shirts have accepted the program
of the Veterans Rank and File Com
mittee for united front fight for
immediate payment of the bonus and
have pledged themselves to rally
their members. as we'll as other New
Jersey ex-servicemen for the second
national bonus march to Washing
ton
At a conference with Emanuel
Levin, national chairman of the
Workers Ex-Servicemen's League
and Samuel j. Stember. chairman
of the Greater New York Veterans
Rank and File Committee, three of
the state leaders Of the Khaki Shirts
declared their complete acceptance
OF the rank and file program, which
calls for march on Washington to
demand of Congress immediate pay
ment of the veterans back wages
Cbonus) and no cuts In disability
allowances. They also stated that
they had broken completely with the
national leaders Of the Khaki Shirts,
such as Waters, whom they charac-
terized as rafters and betrayers.
The step taken by the New Jersey
leaders of the Khaki Shirts is a
reflection OF the tremendous senti-
n1ent for a real struggle for immedi-
ate payment of the bonus that Is
sweeping through the rank and file
of the Khaki Shirts, Bonus Expedi-
tionary Forces, etc. In many cases,
as in the Kansas City B. E. F., the
rank and file are deserting those
leaders who are refusing to join in
the march to Washington; in few
cases the leaders themselves are
being forced into action. The deci-
sion Of the New Jersey leaders shows
the powerful movement in the ranks
for the united front against the
Hoover Roosevelt National Economy
League-Wall Street program of starv-
ing the vets by withholding the
money due them and by cutting off
more than 100000 ex-servicemen from
disability compensation.
At the conference the members OF
the Khaki Shirts said that on the
first bonus march they had been mis-
led by the reactionary Waters gang,
but that they now realized that the
program proposed at that time by
the Veterans National Rank and
File Committee was correct. They
declared they would fight against any
efforts to split the veterans because
OF political opinions.
A big rank and q file contingent
from New Jersey was promised by
the K. S. leaders. Already Al of the
Newark Khaki Shirts unit have VOL
unteered to go and more are being
recruited daily.
Legion Heads Say, Bonus Can Wait"
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-While
thousands of the rank and file mem
bers of the American Legion are de-
manding a real fight for immediate
payment of the bonus and large
numbers Of them are joining the
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