The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-24
WORKERS, FARM
DELEGATES TO
VET CONFERENCE
Served inWar and Now
Demand Back Pay;
Jobless Offers Aid
BY HARRY RAYMOND

CLEVELAND, Ohio.-How differ
ent is the rank and file veterans
conference here to conference of
the officer led American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars. There are
no secretaries of war, or republican,
democratic, and socialist politicians
among them to tell them like they
told the Legion convention that to
demand the bonus is "ungrateful."
No! All the delegates who have
arrived are hard working men and
women, farmers and workers and a
few of the ruined petty bourgeoisie,
fighters all. There is forming here
in Cleveland at the present time a
united front for the bonus, unem-
ployment insurance and against i'm
perialist war.
The delegates are all talking an
other bonus march to Washington
1--WE must greet Congress the next
time it meets with a real militant
march, a better one than the last
one, led by the rank and fiIen That
is the way one of the delegates put
it.
Women Delegates.
The delegates began streaming in
Wednesday night. The first delega-
ton to arrive was the st. Paul and
Minneapolis group. Albert johnson,
an unemployed electrician, and Mrs.
Walter Peuschel were the delegates
from the st. Paul post the Work
ers Ex-Servicemen's League. Mrs.
Peuschel came in place of her hus-
band, who ha dgotten job at the
last moment.
I'm here to bring forward the
idea of women's auxiIiaries of the
Workers Ex-Servicemen's League"
declared young Mrs. Peuschel. 1--WE
women belong in the ex-service-
mems fight just as much as the
men do"
P. S. Green, still suffering from
poison gas, and two other world war
vets, Bob Bridich and Frank Rem
ackel, all of whom we're in the bonus
march to Washington, were delegates
from Minnesota, elected at mass
meeting of 5000 at Bridge Square
last week
The Minnesota delegation came
through in two days in Mrs. Marie's
car, on money raised at mass meet
ings.
From Superior.
The second delegation to arrive,
from the Superior; Wis. post of the
w. E. S. IT,, were four days on the
road in box cars, gruelling journey
of 300 miles, The represent the Su-
perior post of rs members. Big
leathernecked types are these three
vets. John Karling is moulder, Ray
McGill is a switchman and Paul
Borchard is lumberjack. all unem-
ployed. They spoke of the import
ance of building a powerful united
front working class movement in
Superior, which is the biggest grain
and iron ore shipping center in the
country.
Delegates from Pennsylvania, Min
nesota, Missouri, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Michigan and Ohio following
their arrival were treated to a steam
ing meal at the headquarters of the
Central Avenue Unemployed Council.
A committee of veterans and local
workers have been assigned to the
job of collecting food and feeding the
delegates.
Two of the delegates from Kansas
City, who arrived late Thursday
night made the TAO mile journey on
the tops of passenger trains.
Arriving about the same time was
a delegation of IL from Milwaukee.
Pace Arrives.
John Pace, leader of the rank and
file bonus march to Washington,
came in town yesterday and regis
tered as delegate from Lincoln
Park, Mich. Pace has just completed
a speaking tour throughout the east
and middle west.
William Penn, 81, Negro worker
and fraternal delegate to the con-
ference said, I'm with the Ex-Ser-
vicemen's League in this good fight
and was sure looking forward to
this conference. This conference will
be real hard knock at the jim
Growing of Negro veterans"
The working class population of
Cleveland is taking the veterans to
it's bosom. AS fast as the veterans
arrive in town they are provided
with a place to stay. The workers
meet them and take them to their