The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-07
The Fighting
Vets
By H. E. BRIGGS

veteran delegates have gone home;
firmly resolved to build a broad
united struggle against Fascism and
War.
Representation
There were SO veteran delegates,
representing five American Legion
groups, four V. F. w. posts, two
Spanish American veterans, three ex-
sailors and one chemical (gas) de-
tachment; two war nurses, disabled
veterans, ex-sevicemen from foreign
armies and the w. E. S. L. Truly a
United Front One to make the mis-
leaders of the American Legion,
v. F. w, and D. A. v. green with
anger.
Going over the Top
Comrade Hickerson, National Sec
rotary of the w. E. S. l.. set the tone
when he read the pledges and res
olutions drawn up at the veterans
ub-session to a packed Congress when
he said, 1.-THE zero hour is approach
ing, war is imminent and the zero
hour must be turned into an hour Of
triumph for the working class. End
ing on the ringing note of HANDS Off
Cuba! The house applauded vigor-
ously. The rank and file was repre-
sented by Comrade Holmes, Negro
ex-serviceman from New Jersey and
veteran of New York's crack Negro
regiment, the old 18th National Guard,
rechristened the 369th in the war.
He briefly exposed the role of the
Negro Jim-Crow outfits and sent out
a challenge to his Negro comrades in
and out of service to support the
workers in the next war. (applause)
Comrade Buckley from Post No. l,
w. E. S. L. also made vigorous APP
peal to the Legionnaires to awake
and support the workers and rank
and file vets. He said, amid thun-
derous applause, There is a new
Lafayette here, he is Henri Barbusse.
A war nurse, Nan Lee spoke about the
first hand horror she has witnessed
in the last war and pleaded for all to
support and throw their energies into
the workers cause in the coming i'm
perialist war. She represents group,
busy at present, in working and Win
ming the support Of war nurses and
all women to form Women's aux
iliary to take care of working class
veterans and all victims of war.
Contacts Made
Comrade Lee of Maine said. eve
never knew we had so many friends.
Meeting Comrade Chase of New
Hampshire, they Immediately mapped
out plans for interstate cooperation
Enthusiasm was the key note. A vet
eran delegate who was a miner from
Kentucky pledged to build new w
e. S. L. post and went back loaded
with literature and plans to bring his
miner buddies into the struggle
against Fascism and War. Comrade
Correno and the Pittsburgh delega-
ton of six with two Negro vets, who
brought their own veteran newspaper,
are building a successful rank and
file committee in Pittsburgh. They
went back to prepare a mass meeting
for their beloved president of the In
ternational Veterans Henri Barbusse.
A review of their excellent paper,
"Us Veterans" will be made in the
near future. One of the veteran res
olutions was solidarity with the vet
Grams of Canada, Mexico and the
Latin American countries subject to
American imperialism. This is new
plank in the w. E. S. l.. program
broadening our scope. To all the
other veterans this column wishes
god speed and success in the tasks
ahead-write us soon.
The Unknown Soldier Speaks
No finer show of courage and solid
arity was shown than in the appear
ance of the heroic soldiers delegate
from the regular army to the Con-
gress. We salute you and our broth
ers in uniform. He electrified the
Congress and put new courage in our
fight.
The Legion Seli-out
A Legionnaire from Chicago writes
us that he Just got hold of copy of
the Daily" telling about the Congress
Against War, He says that he wishes
he had attended the Congress instead
of the convention. We know how you
feel Buddy but we don't want to be
an IT told you SO" guy. Many rank
and filters will go home disguised
after Roosevelt's slap in the face. But
they should stick it out and demand
their rights, there are millions with
them. Five states voted for the bonus
and twice that amount would have
done the same, but they didn't have
the carfare to Chicago. These bud
dies are watching the proceedings
carefully and preparing to take rank
and file action when the convention
is over
Praise for Legion Posts
We offer three cheers for the Nc
Shane post of Chicago, membership
several hundred, who had tie courage
to adopt resolution against war and
for their rank and file courage were
expelled. We offer the same to the
Pennsylvania State Department for
demanding the removal of General
Hines, head of the tricky Veteran Blu
reau. Also for the five states voting
for the bonus. This is in line with
the splendid work Of the rank and file
of the Barre, Vermont Legion Post
that recently voted to support the
quarry strikers and not to scab on
the Job. Who said the rank and file
of the Legion isn't awake? Perhaps
they heard Comrade Buckley's appeal.
The truth of the matter is that the
ten thousand aristocrats and topdogs
who are dominating the 100000 rank
and file Legion men in Chicago are