The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-16
The Fighting
Vets
Bv H. E. BRIGGS
SENATE MANEUvERs ON BONUS

By H. E. BRIGGS
SENATE MANEUVERs ON BONUS
cENAToR sHIPsTEAD of Mime
y sofa, Farmer-Labor. pretended he
was nice fellow and brought the
Bonus Bill on the floor this week.
Those who think Senator Shipstead
is a friend of the vets are due for
another jolt. This maneuver partly
saved the face of the Republican
and Democratic friends of the
veterans" who did not want to lose
their Presidential patronage. At
the same time, the floor leaders of
both parties played their party
game by voting against it. But the
real reason for forcing the bill on
the floor was rank and file pressure
and the persistence of the Com
mittee of Three NOW the Resident
Committee in Washington elected
at the Veterans National Rank and
File Convention. AS a rider to the
Silver Bill, this maneuver also left
open the excuse for many Senators
that they could not vote for both
We must push this campaign, force
a showdown and with all our
strength, rally our friends and SYM
pathizers to demand that Congress-
pass the Bonus Bill.
Lest We Forget
IN 1882, the excuse was, we would
1 bankrupt the Treasury. 1888, they
feared initiation, 1884 finds a similar
excuse. This time, they say IF we
pay the bonus, why not the farm
ers and unemployment insurance."
Our answer to this is why not?"
Since most of the veterans are
workers and farmers, there is Moth
ing amisS in giving them full JUS
tice in the way of bonus, and relief.
Out of the 80 senators coming up
for reelection, II voted for the Bill,
Is against, not recorded. These
fellows must have been hiding in
the woods. Oregon and Arkansas
should take particular notice of
their Senators. The Republican
Party is making drive for new
blood and young progressive" men
to stage a comeback next Fall. When
they speak in your territory, ask
them why they didn't vote for the
bonus. The Democrats are in the
same boat, with a majority, Is of
those coming up for reelection
voted against the Bill.
LAC.
IN July of this year, the I. A. C..
L international Anciens Combat
tants) will hold its seventh Inter-
national Congress. All militant
rank and file veterans organiza-
tons will be represented, including
veterans now prosecuted by Hitler.
Nothing can hold these rank and
filters from carrying out their bust
ness. The Congress meets at
Brussels. The representative from
the United States will be the Work
ers Ex-Servicemen's League. They
will send three delegates and one
wounded veteran who will receive a
free trip to the Soviet Union and
medical attention for one month.
Detroit
COMRADE ECKER, one of the
y popular leaders of the first
Bonus March and recent delegate
to the last convention, is active
once more. He has started rank
and file group in Detroit. The w.
E. S. L. is also setting up new posts.
Together, Comrade Flicker tells us
they hope to win many of the vet
Grams in the automobile factories.
They are cooperating with the Auto
Workers Union and all strikers in a
friendly and conradely fashion. We
can expect big doings in the near
future in Detroit. Address: w. E..
S. L., 1873 Cadillac Square, Reid
Building, Room 318, Detroit, Mich.
MINNEAPOLIS Comrade Bean
from Post No. of the Workers
Ex-Servicemen's League has Just
sent us a splendid leaflet outlining
the program of the league and
their state demands. Among the
demands are the following.
l. All disabled vets to be i'm
mediately placed under jurisdic-
ton of the Veterans Bureau, and
given compensation, hospitaliza-
ton and domiciliary care.
2. All unemployed veterans to
be given full cash relief by the
Soldiers Welfare.
Other cities and posts should take
notice of these demands. Those
demands have won the support of
the following organizations in Min
neapolis.
United Relief Workers Associa-
tion--500 members.
Central Branch, Unemployed
Council-545 workers.
At mass meeting on the pa
rade grounds, $4,000 truck strikers.
These petitions were also sent to
the Senators, the President, General
Hines, Pat Harrison and all Con-
gresSmen.
This is the type of good work
Minneapolis is doing since the rank
and file convention. Our hat is off
to Comrade Bean and Post No. 10.
Let's hear from the rest of your
rank and filters throughout the
country. Get after your Senators,
friends, syrnpathizers, clubs, unions,
deluge Congress with petitions and
demands for the passing of the
bonus and the Three Point Pro-
gram.
Attention, Comrades.
A BULLETIN report of the recent
"A Rank and File Convention is