The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-04
''Get Out" JOhnstOwn
Mayor Tells Vets
After Inviting Them

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League opened a drive today to unite
the ranks Of the veterans with the
employed and unemployed workers to
fight the eviction and force Con-
gress to call a special session to pay
the bonus and establish a system of
unemployment insurance at the ex-
pence Of the state and the employ
ers.
Open Relief Drive
The relief headquarters OF the
Workers Ex-Servicemen's League,
which was raided by local police and
agents of the Waters clique, was re-
opened today at 122 McComaughty
st. Committees of veterans and
workers from the Workers Interna-
tional Relief have been dispatched
to visit the farmers, miners and steel
workers in the nearby vicinity. AL
ready promises Of relief have been
received at the headquarters. A
truckload was distributed to the vets
at Ideal Park by the Workers In
ternational Relief.
Waters Attempts to Starve Vets
One of the chief problems of the
ex-servicemen and their families is
the problem of food. Waters policy
which is the policy of the Hoover
government and the Johnstown Nc
Closkey administration, is to starve
the veterans out, at the same time
to try to make the vets believe that
he is their friend and for the bonus,
The campers are now existing on
less than half rations.
Sickness caused by exposure and
mdernourishment is spreading rap-
idly among the marchers. The City
hospitals are crowded with sick vet
Grams, their wives children. Many of
the sick vets we're refused hospital
beds and were forced to stay in the
camp with little or no medical at
tention. One case of typhoid has al
ready broken out in the camp.
5000 In Camp
Although many of the veterans
have departed, new contingents con-
tinue to arrive ard the bonus army
census has mor1t.d to over 5000.
Call For New March
The Workers Ex-Servicemen's
League today issued a leaflet urging
the veterans to reorganize their for
ces for real fight for the bonus.
The leaflet put forward the plans for
a march of unemployed workers and
vets to Washington in December to
demand unemployment in surance
and the bonus. 1t called on the
miners to back up the vets by build
ing a strong National Miners Union.
1t called for support for a National
Convention to be called by the Work.
ers Ex-Servicemen's League.
To Protest Eviction
1t was decided at meeting of the
Central Rank and File Committee of
the bonus army to send a commit
tee of veterans and workers to the
Office of the Mayor to protest against
the breaking UP of the ex-service-
mems meeting on August I. The de-
legation will protest against the Nc
Closkey eviction order.
Terror in the camp is Increasing.
The military police guard has been
increased and hunt has been start
ed by Waters thugs for John Pace,
leader of the rank and file commit
tee, who is not in Johnstown, but
in Jail in Washington, held on Hoo
ver's order on three trumped up
charges.
Hart Faces Years jail
George Hart, organizer for the
Metal Workers industrial League,
who was arrested at the anti-war
demonstration on August l. was held
on a charge of melting riot at a
hearing late this afternoon The
charge carries a penalty of three
years in prison.
500 Demonstrate In Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 30.-Eight
hundre workers demonstrated
against the brutal treatment ac-
corded the vets in Washington. A.
J. Morrow of the W.E.SL. was chair
man. A resolution of protest was
sent to Hoover.
This was the first time in months
that the workers ignored police rules
and demonstrated without a permit
in the hear. Of the city. The police
did not dare to interfere.
Over 200 In Des Moines
DE3 MONIES, Iowa.--Over two
hundred workers sent resolution of
protest on the murder Of the veter-
ans to President Hoover.
2 Meets in Minneapolis; 1000 At One.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn-Following
a successful veterans meeting, where