The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-10
The Fighting
Vet
GOOD NEWS GoBs

curtailment of civilian personnel OF
maintenance and repair work at ma
Wy yards. Cheer up, Gobs, you won't
lose your jobs, you are only going
to receive a pay cut. There will be
pleny of work. You can do the re-
pair work after you scrub decks and
paint the hull This is what is term
ed by landlubbers, Cob, as speed up
and spread over" And incidentally,
the money the government is saving
from your pay checks will be used to
build more battleships. So why worry,
Cob. There will be plenty of work.
And while you're resting, you can
build rank and file ship committees to
protest against your conditions.
"The Military Men are Lucky"
So says Mrs. Walter Ferguson, and
she ought to know. Why? Because
she writes for the World Telegram,
and this paper just won the Pulitzer
Prize for wisely planned" articles on
Veterans Relief. Mrs. Ferguson says,
Truth is often hailed as treason"
Right again, Mrs. Ferguson. Rank and
File say they were shot at in Wash
ington last summer for telling the
truth about their need Of the Bonus.
But Mrs. Ferguson goes further
than the truth, she even says the
'nobleness of the military profession
is exaggerated" Mrs. Ferguson!
She says, I'VE train, educate and
support the professional soldier and
sailor" And with all the frankness OF
good tax payer she says, I'm turn,
he is supposed to guard our interests
on land and sea-"
And we thought it was for pat
riotism all the time. Rank and File
says they amt guarding no property
but their own hereafter.
"The military man is necessary to
our welfare" says Mrs. Ferguson,
''but we are also necessary to his.
without the civilian to sweat and
Slave, the soldier would not long sur
vive." Think of that! But what Mrs.
Ferguson fails to point out-(part
of the World-Telegram'S wisely
planned" campaign to fool workers.
lis that the soldier and sailor with
or without uniforms are mostly work
ers. And that they are the civilians
who sweat and slave. They are also
the ones who fight and die to pro-
tect Mrs. Ferguson and all the other
tax payers.
And consider this, from the foggy
Mrs. Ferguson. THE only class in
the U. S. new enjoying economic
security is the military class" Think
of that, vets. Well, once upon a time
we ex-3ervicemen enjoyed economic
security, too. That was when the tax
payers like Mrs. Ferguson were afraid
of the Huns" Then, we were heroes.
Then, nothing was too good for the
boys" Because the FergusonS eX-
pected us to protect their private pro-
perty But now that is all over. We
are Forgotten Men" now. It's the
youngsters in the army and navy to-
| day who are being groomed for an
other war. 1t is these men who are
now economically secure. But for how
long? They may soon be full of bull
let's, gas, ETC., like the exservicemen
of today. And when they ask for their
Bonus or Disability Allowance an
other Mrs. Ferguson will write in the
World Telegram that 1.-The Military
Men are Lucky"
New York Prepares for March
Last Saturday, record crowd
oVerflowed the hall of the Veterans
Expeditionary Force at 40 West 18th
ST., NJ Y. More than 400 veterans
were turned away for lack of space.
These vets were not discouraged,
however. They promised to come
back and sign up for the march.
Cacchione was elected chairman,
with Bedford as vice chairman. The
speakers included Altman from New
York and Portland. Salzman from
Brooklyn.
| A committee of 25 rank and file
vets we're elected to take care of the
preparations for the march. Delegates
from the American Legion, v. F. W.,
Khaki Shirts and W. E. S. L. were
present. All agreed to be in Washing
ton by May IL and support the Vete-
rams National Liason Committee.
Plans were also made for series
of street meetings through New York,
Brooklyn, Bronx. Staten Island and
New Jersey. Watch for the sign Of the
v. E. F. on your street corner. Attend
the meeting and learn why you should
be in Washington to Demand the Re-
peal of the Economy Bill