The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-10
World Imberiaist War Looms on 10th A11aistice DAY
The Fighting
Vet
By H. E. BRIGGS
NO TIME FOR RETREAT

The first blast from the newly
elected commander Of the Amer
lean Legion, Frank n. Belgrano,
who, the Times says, resembles
Mussolini, is against the bonus"
This was to be expected. The de-
mand for the bonus" at the Con-
vention was a victory of the rank
and file, but it is a temporary VIC
tory. We must not let it rest here,
buddies. Now is the time to throw
our added energy into the struggle
for immediate payment. AS Bel
grano said, II intend to push all
the resolutions but we adopted
a good many we don't want to
do something that will harm the
nation" Harold Phillips, one of
Commander Belgrano's advisors,
admitted that the word, demand
was omitted and the word recon-
mended, substituted. Already, we
see tinkering with the resolution.
We must not sleep on the job, while
the Executive Committee, behind
closed doors, is tinkering with the
wording and tampering with our
demands, we must get into the fight
Immediately. The "bOnus" must be
paid at the next session Of Congress.
Forward march. Washington is still
in the District of Columbia. Sena-
tors have still to be elected. Find
out where they stand. And, II they
are not for the immediate payment
Of the bonus" remember, that
there is one Party that is. That
Party Is the Communist Party of
America.
1t is significant, at this time,
that the bonus demand was made
in the name of recovery" In the
past, the Legion leadership has
tabled the demand as not being a
good move in the interests of
economy" Besides the tremendous
dissatisfaction of the rank and file
with the buckpassing of the leader
ship, there are other reasons for
the payment. Among these is the
Republican Party's effort to put
Roosevelt on the spot. In a write
up in the Washington National
Whirligig Of August 18th, it was
stated that Commander Belgrano
in private life is an official of the
all-powerful West Coast Financial
Institution, the Bank of Italy. This
institution is controlled by Clan
minis.
The Latest on Veterans Relief
Contrary to Roosevelt's claim
that the veterans are better off
than any other body of citizens,
Past Commander Hayes of the
Legion, stated at the Legion
Convention that 81 per cent of the
veterans were unemployed or on
part-time work. Now, we find in
the City of New York that the
single veterans are being discrim-
mated against in a new move to
get them off the relief rolls. Single
veterans are being told by their in
vestigators that there is job for
them at Grey Court, New York
q forced labor camp. According to
the statement of Welfare officials.
the veterans do not have to take
this job, but this is only a state
ment. According to the veterans,
whom I have spoken to, they are
given two choices, starvation or
forced labor This new racket is
supposed to pay IS a week, SIS of
which is to be turned in by the
veterans for maintenance. This
means cutting down even the
amount received in the C.C.C.
Camps $500 to 81 a month, while
Transient Relief is only 80 cents a
week for four hours day, six days
a week hard labor. What the vet
Grams of New York are going to
do about this Is read in the deter
mination of the Workers Ex-
Servicemen'S League Posts through
out New York. The first move is
the picketing Of all the Home Re-
lief Bureaus. The W.E.S.L. asks
the cooperation Of all veterans in
this move, and it is a good move.
Immediate protests must be sent
to the New York State Veterans
Welfare Department, Mayor La
Guardia, whose heart is with the
veterans" and our dear friend.
Commissioner Hodson. Don't delay.
There's a hard winter ahead.
Call to the W.E.S.L. Convention
To all the "weasels" far and near,
just a few lines that on Deem
Der 7, 8, and 9, 1894 in the city of
Chicago, Illinois, the second Ma
tional Convention of the Workers
Ex-Servicemen's League will be
held. All delegates attending the
convention must be in good stand
ing in their posts. The posts must.
likewise, be in good standing with
the National Office. While we are
not the American Legion or the
v. F. W. and are not trying to get
as much as possible for nothing,
we advise all members to dig down
and straighten out their books i'm
mediately. This convention will be
historic turning point in the
doings of the rank and file vet
Grams who are members of the
w. E. S. L. Don't fail to have your
post represented.