The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-28
Vets Gather
For Meet
IN Capital
Others En- Route From
California, Texas,
Alabama, Etc.

WASHINGTON, ID. O., April 70
Five thousand veterans are al
ready in Washington, in flop houses
transient camps, etc. it was an
nounced by Harold Hickerson, act
ing secretary treasurer Of the Vet
{ Grams National Rank and File Com
mittee, which has called the mas,
Rank and File Convention of the
Veterans to take place here on May
10th.
Last week six truckloads of vet.
Grams arrived for the convention
One hundred veterans from Ell Paso
Texas, are on the way, it was re.
/ ported A large delegation is re.
ported in Omaha. en- route from
California TO Washington as dele
gates to the mass convention. Biz
mingharn, Alabama, is sending a
large group Of delegates.
Call For Convention
The call for the Rank and File
convention Of the veterans, in
Washington, D. c., on May 10
signed by Hickerson, sets forth
three demands of the veterans
which will be taken up at the con-
vention (D Immediate payment
of the balance due on the adjusted
service certificates (cash bonus)
~ The Repeal of the Economy
Act. CD Immediate remedial re-
lief for the unemployed and the
farmers. The call describes the year
of hardship endured by the vet
Grams, with the bonus still unpaid,
and the veterans feeling the full
effects of Roosevelt's economy act.
The call states:
Thousands of sick and disabled
Veterans have been thrown out of
hospitals. Hundreds of thousands
have been deprived of their COM
pensation or allowance. Hospital
and domieiliary care has been de-
MED to tens of thousands who need
such care.
1.-THE "Act to maintain the credit
Of the United States Government, :"
the instrument forged by the Ma
tional Economy League and the
United States Chamber of Com
merce, has fallen with full force
upon the Veterans.
New Deal Was Rainbow
"You were told that the N. r. A..
would raise your standard of living.
You were told that under the P.
w. A. and the c. w. A., the I'm
employed would obtain jobs. You
were told that the A. A. A. would
bring relief to you farmers, You
Veterans were told that you would
receive preference on Jobs, but in
reality you were Disseminated
against, subjected to red tape,
treated as outcasts,
'Propa ganda went out to the eff
feet that the amount restored Ito
the Veterans by Congress due to
rank and file pressure) would be
One Hundred and Three Million
Dollars. Fifty Million Dollars is
nearer the true figure. But Con-
gress did not appropriate one cent
for this restoration!"
1.-THE Review Board in Washing
ton continues its dirty work for the
National Economy League. Sick and
disabled Veterans are still left to
the tender mercy of those who do
not know what it is to be without
bread, without shelter, without pro-
per hospital care"
"The Economy Act still remains
in force and continues cut of over
Two Hundred and Fifty Million
dollars"
Unite Your Forces
Instruct your delegates to de-
mand immediate payment of the
balance due on the Adjusted Ser
vice Certificates without provisions
or Amendments calling for infla-
ton, The Veteran demands to be
paid with the same kind of money
that was paid the Railroads after
the War, that is being paid now in
amounts of Billions to Financiers
and Industrialists. The Federal
Reserve has the largest surplus in
its hittory. They can pay. They
must pay.
Unite, regardless of organiza-
tional Affiliations, race, color or
creed. Wipe out all discrimination
in your own ranks against Veterans
because of organizational afiliation,
political opinion, race, color or
creed,
Send resolutions to Congress, to
the President of the United States,
to the Veterans Administration
demanding that an appropriation
be made to feed and house you dur
ing your stay. Tell your wives, sis
tiers, mothers, and friends, to dem
onstrate on May 10 in your support.
Keep your Committee informed
of your movements.
Beware of those who would di-
vide you, You will find some would
be leaders of Veterans in Washing
ton, who have not the interest of
the Rank and File Veterans at
heart. They are waiting, prepar-
ing, and scheming, to prevent the
Rank and File Veterans from OBJ
tanning what is coming to them.
Like jackals, satisfied with the few
crumbs thrown to them by those
who receive the lions share of
everything, they wait. Beware of
them! Unite! Come as one.
1T is for you, the Veterans, Farm
ers, Workers, and Unemployed, to
unite. No power can stop you. No
force can prevail against you.
"On to Washington, Rank and
File Convention May 10, 1884!