The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-10
BY HERBERT BENJAMIN

ny AAGNtOLnL DLNJaAAN
Ten thousand unemployed veter-
ans are on the march over the path
that was marked cut last December
by 1870 elected delegates in the Ma
tional Hunger March.
Scores of hundreds of thousands
more are eager to move upon the
same road. Millions of jobless toll
ers are following with their eyes, the
course which their fellow-sufferers
are pursuing.
These new recruits in the war a.
gainst hunger, give powerful evid-
ence of the growing desperation and
fighting will Of the poverty stricken
masses.
March Against Hunger
The jobless veterans are making
the same demand that the National
Hunger March made-they demand
the right to live. They too, are
marching against hunger. They too,
are facing the same enemies. They
too, must therefore adopt the same
militant methods of mass struggle if
they would win their demands.
The capitalist government, which
stands guards over the wealth, pro-
fit and privilege of the multi-bil-
lionaire ruling class is prepared to
use against the war-veterans the
same brutal terror which it employs
against all who refuse to submit to
mass starvation.
Demagogy-The First Line OF De-
Tense For The Bosses
When the National Hunger March
revealed the fighting mood of the
masses, all the agents OF the bosses
FASTENED to the defense of the mo-
ney-bags. Vihfication, threats, ter
ror and demagogy we're Embossed in
floods, in the effort to stem the mil
itsncy of the masses.
Matthew Vol, treacherous mis-
leader Of the American Federation
of Labor and his whole army of red
batting fascists, were among the first
to launch the attack. These were
followed in quick succession by the
Department of Justice; by municipal
authorities and by gangs of organ
lied hoodlums, he'd by officers of
the American Legion. While these
open enemies directed the attack
upon the advance guard made up of
the delegates in the Hunger March,
other agents busted themselves with
the task of confusing and deceiving
the broad masses of workers.
First came La Toilette, Costigan,
Wagner, Wheeler and other socalled
"progressives" in the Senate These
brought forward whole series of
fake relief bills.
In all parts Of the country, lesser,
but not less effective demagogues
likewise launched various fraudulent
relief" campaigns. The charlatan,
Father Cox, was brought forward by
the steel and coal barons of Penn
Sylvania. Roosevelt shouted for "un-
employment insurance" in New York.
Mayor Murphy wept crocodile tears
in Detroit. All bent their efforts TO
one purpose-to prevent the organ
ization and defeat the struggles of
the unemployed,
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Schemes
Today, when the unemployed war
veterans are giving evidence through
the Bonus March of o. renewed and
greater mass militancy, the defend
ers of the money-bags (they Call
themselves defenders of "our great
American institutions are again
unloosing a flood Of vile demsgogy
The Garner Bill which passed Con-
gress on June Z, is typical of the
fraudulent measures which are being
brought forward as relief bills. This
Bill appears to be appropriating Two
Billion, Two-hundred and Ninety
Million dollars for relief. Actually
II sets aside only One hundred mil
lion dollars, or less than per cent
Of that amount for actual relief. And
this amount is to be put at the dis
posai OF President Hoover.
What percentage Hoover will dis
tribute to the unemployed, may be
easily guessed by all who have seen
the chief executive of the Hunger
government in action.
The Wagner Bill would make 500
100000 available for public works
during the coming year. OF this