The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-02
The Fighting
Vets
By H. Z. BRIGGS
THIS WEEKS HONOR ROLL

THIS WEEKS HONOR ROLL
The veterans rank and file COM
mittee in Pittsburgh was in the FORE
front Of that city's recent Hunger
March. Besides bringing out pretty
good veterans newspaper they are
carrying out their decisions to link
their struggles with the workers.
Comrade Carreno, editor Of the
paper also led the parade. This form
Of solidarity convinceS workers that
the veterans are with them. We
salute the veterans of Pittsburgh and
urge them to join the Workers Ex-
Servicemen'S League which is rapidly
growing as the rank and file vet
GRAMS organization in the country.
Legion men, VIEW. and D.A.V. men
are coming into the National Once
in N. Y. in increasing numbers, ask
ing for information about their
compensation, pensions, and state
and federal relief. They are appre-
ciating more and more the friendly
approach and honest work of the
WESL.
Only this week the Veterans
Bureau in N. Y. comprising Review
Board No. acknowledged Harold
Hickerson, Financial Secretary as an
accredited representative for vet
eran appealing his case. This pre-
cedent and acknowledgement by the
Veterans Bureau puts the WE.SL.
in the forefront of the struggle for
the rights and demands of the vet
Grams. The membership Of the WE.
ST.. has passed the y mn ro"r',,
Come on Pittsburgh, cjtabn come
posts, spread the news, get the rank
and file into THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE RANK AND FILE.
TO A READEE
I am glad to see that the readers
Of this column are checking up on it.
The Legion Convention was written
up conrade, but due to lack of space
1t did not appear. However, if you
will get the back numbers of the
Daily Worker for Sept. 23rd and 25th
you will find a partial review of the
convention with particular emphasis
on the demagogic APPOINT program.
AS soon as I can arrange 1t there
will be an analysis of the convention
in Inprecor.
FIGHT
We have just received the first
number of FIGHT, a magazine by
the American League Against War
and Fascism. The makeup is pleas
ing, the type is easy on the eyes, the
cuts are timely and well chosen. But
the contents with a few exceptions
are disappointing. Paul Sifton tries
to get hardboiled in a weak fashion.
We advise Comrade Sifton whom we
understand to be veteran to look
up the new pay rates for the army.
Drop into 1893 Bwav. the N"t'N~7l
Office of the W.E.SL., we will be
pleased to supply you or any other
connrade or friend with accurate
data. Uncle Sam doesn't want us
for $50 month. The regulars have
already been cut from $2t to $17.85.
The best articles are not by the lib
eral intellectuals who adorn the
magazine to give it tone. Those who
we're actually in the war give us the
best reasons for fighting against i'm
perialist war.
George Cantin, an ex-marIne gives
us fine slant on the situation in
Nicaragua. The war nurse, Nan Lee,
would be credit to any magazine.
She knows her stuff. Langston
Hughes knows what the Negroes suf-
fered and why they should fight
against war. There is one over
sight which we hope will be corrected
in the next issue. The organization
was net mentioned in connection
with the articles by Cantin, Nan Lee
and Harold Hickerson. These COM
rades are all active members of the
WE.SL. However, the magazine is
worth reading and buying. We wish
it a long militant life. And hope the
next issue will have some good rank
and file contributions. You can't
fight war with names. 1t is the
masses, the workers, the veterans,
those who went thru the last hell
who are needed to fight against an
other imperialist war and the in
creaSing menace of Fascism.
RE: HISTORY OF COMMON
SOLDIER"
Walter Wilson is writing history
of the common soldier" and would
like any letters from World War vet
Grams and Spanish War veterans
containing their actual experiences,
grievances and general conditions
while in service and in the case OF
World War vets their conditions, ex-
periences, etc. after their discharge.
All information will be kept con-
f1dential if requested. Send COM
munications to Walter Wilson, New
Preston, Conn.
REVIEW BOARDS
The rank and file veterans should
make the most of the present Review
Boards by organizing committees to
demand representation of their own
choosing. This demand Is guaranteed
by the Federal Government, SO don't
let local officials give you the run
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