The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11
The Fighting
Vets
BY H. e. Briggs

ground. I would like the old 18th
Regiment to know we we're used as
a joke in the midst of hell"
Yes, comrade, we know the pic
ture. 1t is piece with the other
trash on stage and screen. A sincere
honest picture Of Negro vets ai~s
workers is impossible under capital
ism. For one of capitalism's pet
pieces of propaganda is that the Me-
gro is psychologically inferior. There
fore, they can only be cast as ignor-
ant comedians or razor SlaSh1ng
brutes. To cast Negroes on an equal
footing with their white brothers
would upset the status quo. But there
Is one country where they are not
afraid to show the Negro or any
other race in their real character.
That is the Soviet Union. The Ne
gro vets and workers Of Bridgeport
should get together with their white
brothers to protest such idiotic be-
Hitting in pictures, stage, books, etc.
You mention that there is no hall
for the Negro vets in Bridgeport.
That is too bad. We advise you to
communicate Immediately with the
National Office of the W.E.SL. about
the details of forming g. post in
Bridgeport. The WE.SL. will sup
port any rank and file group that
honestly wants to fight jim-crowism.
That is one of the points in the 81
Point Program, adopted by the Ma
tiona1 Rank and File Convention held
in Washington last summer. No
group can go wrong by following this
program:
Immediate cash payment Of
the balance due on Adjusted Ser
vice Certificates.
2-Immediate restoration of dis
ability compensations, allowances,
pensions, disqualification and dorni-
cilary care without discrimination
or 5im-crowism of Negro vets in
hospitals, etc.
3-Immediate adequate remedial
Relief for the Unemployed and
Farmers.
Barnacle Bill
Bill is a COB on one of those war
ships that will soon give America a
navy second to none" He tells how
he observed Navy Day peeling bar
nacles off the hull. Oh, for the life OF
a sailor! 1t wasn't any picnic except
for the flag waivers and the officers
OF the Navy League who were busy
showing Lady Bountiful how blast
furnaces blast and how the ''hairy
apes" in the hole look in their noble
sweat! How did you observe Navy
Day! Tell us, there must be ''gobs
full" OF stories.
Khaki Shirts Again
If you think Art Smith alias Colo
mel "Seng Lee," right hand man to
Kerensky (Karnusky to Art SMITH
ETC., ETC., is out of the fray you are
mistaken. His followers beat up Har-
ry Davis, disabled war veteran at
an Anti-Fascist meeting In Philadel-
phia recently. This column thinks it
is time that all honest veterans start
ed campaign to eradicate such ele-
mentS as Art Smith. 1t calls on the
rank and file veterans of PhiladeI-
phta to take up the cause and fix
his wagon. Down with Fascism, re-
CARELESS Of the color of its shirt.
Thanks for the Letters
r. A. Emberg for his contribution
We turned it over to the Artef. Are
you veteran? Write us about the
possibility of post in Oakland, Cal.
Hereafter we will answer all letters
personally. The column must be kept
for good solid news and interesting
sidelights on those things which az
feet veterans, directly or indirectly.
However, we appreciate hearing from
all vets and friends Of vets, so keep
on sending those letters.
The Canadian W.E.S.L.
The W.E.S.L. of Canada has issued
a call to all veterans to unite in op-
position to the revision of pensions.
In Canada the clever enemies of the
ex-servicemen are also using the gag
OF privilege" They are also using
the splitting tactics Of discrimination
between the veterans who came to
Canada before 1924, and those who
came over later. Those who came be-
fore are called Imperial Veterans"
We are glad to see the Canadian
rank and file fighting against this
hokum. The W.E.SL. Of Canada re-
Gently initiated the ALI Canada Con-
gress OF Veterans. The Rank and File
Committee which was elected was
well represented, even the Steel Hell
NETS Of Quebec sent delegates. We
salute our Canadian brothers and
pledge our wholehearted support to
their fight. Tell the king to paste
that in his crown. Send any veteran
material you think important TO us.
It will guide us In helping you and
strengthen our unity. Cheerio.
S.O.S.-DAILY WORKERS
We are bit late In asking the
veterans to throw their support be-
hind the DAILY" But Posts and
individual vets are doing this right
now. This column hereby makes q
national appeal to all rank and file
veterans to get behind the drive for
a bigger and better Daily" Let MS