The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-25
PARTY LIFE
PARTY LIFE
Some Questions
on the Bonus
March to Wash.
Nv SOL HARPER

BY SOL HARPER
THE Second Bonus March is now
1 organized and increasing num-
bers Of marchers brings to the
forefront some Of the lessons of
the past. In the first march, there
was underestimation of the num-
Der of veterans who would march
to Washington. Some claimed that
only g few hundred would go to
Washington. Others said two or
three thousand. Others placed the
number up into the tens of thou
sands.
In the present march there
arises other factors, such as:
(a) The yearly drifting Of vet
Grams to Washington where they
have made in the past individual
demands upon the congressman
and senators who they were duped
into voting for.
(b) Large numbers Of disabled
veterans have gone to Washing
ton at the opening Of Congress to
see If they can no get something
done for them by the Central Of
flee Of the United States Veterans
Bureau.
Co Other Veterans sought civil
service jobs with help of their"
congressman and tried. to get di-
rect help from the Rehabilitation
Section of the Veterans Bureau,
Cd The Veterans of cher wars
applied to the United States Pen
sion Bureau (Which has now been
consolidated under Hines of the
Veterans Administrator.
81 Other groups of Veterans
went to Washington trying to get
into the hospitals in the Capital.
PLACE DEMANDS DEC. 5
All of these groups of Veterans
are marching to Washington this
time to, join in the Big Bonus Pay
ment Demand to be made on
Congress December 5, and those
hundreds of veterans who have
already hoped freights, and hitch
hiked to Washington are now de-
termined not to again let the buck
be passed as before from office
to office, place to place and de-
partment to department. They are
determined to go to the Hearquar-
ters of the Rank and File Com
mittee, located at 905 Eye Street,
NV, where they will again form
their countrywide supported Rank
and File Committee and make a
united front demand for the Pay
ment of the Bonus! For NO re-
duction in the Disability Pay Of
the disabled veterans!
These veterans will demand that
discrimination against the Negro
veterans be stopped!
They will demand the right to
hire their own doctors at Govern
nent expense, and for the admit
.ance of Negro and white veterans
into all hospitals upon the basis of
full equality!
UNDERESTIMATION
A DANGEROUS SIGNAL!
The present underesimation OF
the Second Bonus March can be
summed up in a few words: l.
We have failed to state clearly
what is the real necessity of the
Bonus March at this time, and
how We must (a) carry on the
fight to show that unless we get
our back pay now, we will be
starved to death, Cb) that the
bankers will get all Of it except a
few dollars, (c) that the National
Economy League (Which is one of
the Governments organizations,
with the lame duck and other re-
representatives. of the bosses in
Washington is planning to take
away the little disability pay that
a few tens of thousands of vet
Grams are now getting.
These are only a few of the fac
tors which must be made known
to the unorganized veterans. Also
to those inside the ranks of the
| boSS-controlled veterans organiza-
tons. We must not tell the mass
/ groups of veterans in, say Phila-
delphia or other cities, don't 90
to Washington" We refuse to al
low these veterans to be cheated
out Of their back pay. Our line
is, On to Washington, Negro and
white! Demand our back pay now!
On to Washington rank and file!
All war funds for the payment Of
the Bonus and Unemployment In
surance! Not a cent from the Dis
abled Veterans for the bankers.
On to Washington by December s.!