The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
The Fighting
Vets
By H. E. BRIGGS

IN returning to the front this
week, we are glad to know that
while we were busy trying to
fight off a bad attack of the
grippe, the boys we're carrying on.
We followed the Daily" every
day. To be without it Is like
losing your right arm.
And no veteran can afford to
lose either with the woods full Of
phoney Congressman who prom
Use to vote on the Bonus every
year and then pass the buck to
the Senate when they defeat it.
So come on, you sharpshOoters
and news scouts, start firing that
news about the doings of the vets.
Prepare to fire! The range Is
the 3-Point Program. We prom
ise to report all bulls eyes.
In Congress
Somewhere in Congress" a series
of veterans relief bills lay hidden.
In the last weeks report, we pointed
out that even If these were passed,
the veteran would still be robbed of
over $200,000,000 Manned and dis
abled veterans, widows and depen-
dents would still be deprived Of re-
lief.
Marching to Washington
Mass pressure by the rank and file
veteran in every veteran organiza-
ton will get action. The Veterans
Rank and File Committee in Wash
ington says Mobilize in every Con-
greSsional District to return to
Washington before Congress adj
journs. Come there supporting the
Three Point Program, 1. The Re-
peal of the Economy Act, 2. I'M
mediate Cash Payment Of the Ad-
iusted Service Certificates (Bonus),
3. Immediate remedial Relief for
unemployed and Farmer" Action
in every city, supported by the peo-
pie is the only way to get action
from Congress.
That's a good statement-Rank
and File COmmittee-But don't
be surprised. The Veterans now
want the workers unemployment
and Social Insurance BiII No.
1898 also. Give us data of your
mass movement program. Wen
give it spread.
Enemies at Work
Our friends" in Congress maneu-
yer behind closed doors in Congress
while our open enemies are ahead
in a front line attack.
The National Economy League is
at it again and the kept press gives
it wide publicity. They publish
their vicious statements against the
veterans. The generals, colonies,
majors. and Big Business for whom
it speaks sheds crocodile tears" for
the disabled veteran who received
his wounds in action.
Well, this Is just little smoke
screen. The Veterans Administrs-
ton itself admits that over 100000
service connected wounded veterans
have been removed from any relief
by their own prejudiced re-rating
boards The non-service connected
veterans represents those veterans
who were advised to come under
that rating on the basis that it was
a sort of pension. Service con-
nected payments are only for a
temporary period" Veterans who
had difficulty in proving their
service connection, due to faulty
government medical history of war
cases accepted this form of pay
ment. Over 100000 of these were
completely cut from the list.
Another Enemy Within Our Ranks
Now the American Veteran Asso-
citation comes along with full page
ads, claiming that veterans don't
want their back pay, Bonus. Who is
this outfit? They tell it themselves.
At the hearing before the Senate
Appropriations Committee, January
9th, 1884, they stated that they had
no convention. Their dues are nom
inal, $500 a year, pay if you want
to. They supported all the cuts
against the veterans. Want the old
Civil War and Spanish War vets to
starve. their widows and orphans
to be uncared for. Their own testi-
mony condemns them as enemies
not only of the veterans but Of all
the people.