The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-20
Vets To Prepare
Big Offensive
For January "a
Spanish War Veterans Must Prove Service-Connee
ton, Be Over S. Years Of Age, Be Destitute to
Get SIS q Month Pension

handed out since the economy bill
was launched to destroy them.
So the formation of the Ex-ser-
vice Mems Nom Partisan league is
but a gathering of buddies most
of whom the members of the Lee
gion, V. F. W., United Spanish war
veterans, and o, A. ", it's motto
is zone for All, and All for one"
1t Is in fact q clearing house for
discussion of everything that Is of
interest to veterans.
There are different classes OF
veterans In the big organizations.
Some are men who have served
in the U. S. navy, and in fact there
is a movement in Waterbury to
form a U. s. navy club, for men
who have sailed and fought on
Uncle Sans warships. Then there
are racial groups among the vets.
| who also want their own organiza-
ton as of Italian-speaking veter-
| ans. and so on.
United II the veterans stood
shoulder to shoulder In politics.
they like the G.. A. r. could elect
their swn president, they have
| enough votes. There Is plenty pres
idential timber in congress of their
own men, men who see no new
deal for veterans in the economy
bill, no square deal, and there are
men like General Glassford, who
would head the ticket, and start
the big offensive.
| Every veteran in this country
| today knows that ex-service men
| the country over are not going to
sit down and let 1t go-at-that. The
| fight with them has just COM
| menced The lost battle In con-
gress was due to the fact that the
congressman recognized that II
| they had continued the fight for
the Spanish war veterans, the en-
| tire bill would have been vetoed.
and all benefits won for the World
war veterans have been lost. The
fight in the special session was
| nothing to the battle that will rage
in congress at the regular session
next January. Between now and
then veterans will hold their annual
conventions all over the country.
and plans of battle adopted for
the big offensive.
Spanish war veterans who are
over G2 years of age, who served
80 days or more, will get from Sc
to- SIS per month, according to the
| compromise, those who are 55
years of age or over who are sub
stantially disabled or who are in
need, will be given some assistance.
Speaking In congress just before
1t adjourned Hon Adolph j. Sab
bath of Illinois said; II feel con-
fident that the president and the
house itself has been misled by the
unwarranted and malicious coun-
try-wide propaganda started about
a year ago by the so-called econo-
my league. From investigation l
have made am satisfied that
100000 has been spent in the pre-
nicious campaign for the employ
ment of expert propagandists, lob
byists, and rhetoricians to make
q country wide demand that the
budget be balanced, which has re-
suited in reducing / to pauperism.
many Of the nations defenders y
the major part of which has been
placed on the Spanish American
war veterans and on service-con-
neeted veterans of the World war.
It is understood in legislative cir
cles that the national economy
league is to be investigated in the
same way as the house Of Morgan
at the regular session OF congress
next January.