The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-26

/ WAS
imposed on young Foster by Cir
cult Court Judge G. E. Smith.
Young Foster, who will have
walked 1870 miles with a load
totaIihg 1900 pounds, started on
the first of his 60 trips today.
this and saying that If they coult
use his testimony or wished to ques.
ton him about it, he wouId be GLAD
to have them send for him. But
Lepper said the COMMITTEES nevel
sent for him"
The Bankers Meeting
I asked General Butler whether
he would help me to clear uu re-
ports that a certain publisher
named Flagg told him about a Wal
Street bankers meeting.
"JHSt this" he said. Il went to
indianapolis to speak, sometime
in September, and while 1 was
riding In car with several pe6-
pie, the man who was driving be-
gan telling me that a Wall Street
crowd had had a meeting, and
that they had 100000 for or
educational purposes. 1 didn't
know who this fellow was. But
as we got out Of the car 1 asked
one of those with us w18 he was.
l was told he was publisher Of 4
newspaper ON the Southside Of
indianapolis.
General Butler, however, could
not recall telling the Congressional
Committee about thistle thought
in fact, it might be just hesrsay."
Efforts to check on Publisher
Flagg since then, in fact, disclosed
no such publisher.
The Charles Pemburn letter to
General Butler, written from 1918
Massachusetts Avenue, Washing
ton, makes a friendly but guarded
suggestion that the former Marine
leader head" a So-called National
Bonus Committee which would be
independent" although, the writer
thinks, William Randolph Hearst
would back 1t! 1t reads:
Might Interest Hearst
Looking over the ground here,
1 feel sure that the national bonus
question will be settled at the next
session of Congress ed. Besides
the recognized veteran organiza-
tons as the v. r. w. and the
Legion, / believe that the veterans
as a whole would be well to con-
slider the old National Bonus Com
mittee' that I organized for the
Hearst papers back in 1920, 1924
etc. This was a non dues paying
organization with no funds to be
raised except that Mf. Hearst put
in. With the % Hearst papers back
of it, we had some very good cam
psigns. I think l could get Mr.
Hearst interested in it again, as the
national secretary, which 1 have
held for the past 16 years, I think
if man like yourself would head
such an independent committee, I
could get the money to back it UP,
this would be a great way to not
only contact every post in the
country, but all division associa-
tons, ssmi-p5liticsl veteran orgafii-
cations, and would mean signing up
hundreds of thousands Of veterans,
this could be followed up by calling
together over 5000 small veteran
units of no national Importance at
this time, into a political action
group that could take national se-
ton By 1896. This ~6uld be in
line with our talk at your home
when I visited you two years ago"
Pehlburn emphasizes that this
would "in no way hurt the VIEW.
or lsgion. but would fill a void that
thew can't covs*-a field for direct
political action" He also says that
he would be willing to devote my
time in gstting them organized if 1
can lipS TN the right kind Of lead
ers. I am for you any time can be
of service"
is Agent of Hearst
I asked General Butlsr to tell me
what he could about this man.
Pen16urt, and what he was up to.
The Gsnatal said that PAihburh did
20 to see Butler two years ago. At
that time, said Butler. Ps1nbt,fn
strongly implied that he was
working for Hearst" He SPOKE Of
wanting to orsafize veterans. Gen
ar5l Butler added. md said that he
had started from Oregon with the
BE4F. CT 1882 and. the strong i'm
plics lion" wss that he ace5mba NED
the BEEF. to Washington and that
this time also was working for
Her st.
This. combined with tha lattar.
"trcr"'v indicates that William
Randolph Hearst Is employing Penn
'1ttfn as en- sSent to line lip veterans
iii a aroun +'fiieh FsArst would be
interested in to the extsnt Of
finsncina them.
This groun Is to take direct
noliticsl eeti0n." Penbuff1 writes.
Tt might take action in 1896. A.
though Per1burn writes supposedly
from tie viewpoint and in the in
terest OF veterans. 1 lsste it f. the
rsade- to i'1a9ine wiz publisher
Hearst, a notorious enti-u1ion err
nlover wants to get the vetara~s or
@aii5sd in a group which Hearst
Frances.
During the B.EF. eneampment.
General Butler told me. ha was an
preached by one, Thomas N. .Tarrsll
who said he was connected with the
Key-Men of America, and that be
vented to organize p, socistv cut of
The ranks of t'oa BEEF. But sr told
me that J2rrell wanted me to helm
him organize. or Iced . grouo. ot go
around and sDs4k with then"
seeting "Rsal T.esTs+''
A letter from Jsrre'l to Butler, en-
Kew Men Of America stetiousrv.