The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-09
YOUTH OF NATION ADDS INSULT TO INJURY
 VETS RIDICULED
Editor Waterbury Democrat:

Editor Waterbury Democrat:
 The students of an American uni- versity of higher education, the reading public is informed in press dispatches, have organized them selves into an organization to be known as "The Veterans of Future Wars" The intent of this organiza- ton it is understood to ridicule American wars, and the veterans of such wars, but on the surface in- dlcatlons the said students have failed of their objective, and their misguided and ill-advised movement has acted like an Australian boom- crang-an instrument, which when thrown returns to the sender, an action which recoils upon the origi- natorB.
 It is of course easy to be seen that the intent was also Q covert sheer at the veterans in their ef- forts to secure the passage of the adjusted service compensation miScalled the bonus and was in- 1icted aS a slap in the face to the men who faced oil the horrors of q war they did not create, and for which they were conscriptcd by the government of the United States.
 Curiously enough the veterans were 50 astoniShed at such an at- tack from such an unexpected quarter that they had no ammu- hilton at hand to repel the assault. It was very much as If a ten-year- old boy had given his daddy stiff punch on the nose. If the sinister intent was to infiict . phychic wound on men who had suffered almost every kind of physical wounds, the attempt was success- full It was 6 well-planned insult l The veterans took 1t on the chinl It was received without resentment because they knew that the dealers of the insult were thoughtleBs cal- low-mindcd boys, who had been the unconscious tools of the originators of the Economy act and It's rcin- carnated ghost, the Liberty league
 It was c slap in the face from the enemy of the vcterans--Big business. The boys did not under stand, and do not know now how they were used as goats by the agents of the organizations who haze slung mud and insults at the veterans for the past four years. If they did the generous spirit oi youth would repudiate the intent and spirit of this insult to the man. hood and valor of the defenders of the flag of our country. To the flag itsclfl
 over a year ago the highly paid agent of one of these organizations organized to block the payment oi tho bonus, and all veterans pen slons and compensations announced the intention of penalizing the American war veterans through the colleges and schools of the country not openly perhaps. but in every way that would create q preJudicC against them, in the minds of the youth of the country and 50 deter the payment of war benefits to all classes of veterang---the fruits oi that harvest are borne out in the organizations of The Veterans oi Future wars.
 However the reaction of all think Ing Americans Is not what was ex- pccted by the plotterg in the dark The average American father Bendi his son to q university or college to acquire an education that will turn him out a fuli-fiedged Ameri- can imbued with the spirit Of hii fore-fatherB, and the ideals of free. dom and liberty that have made ouI great country--or flag what thai country is today, and what thal flag stands for.
 When the faculty of 'an American university lends its authority to thi actions of its students, actIvitlei against the lag Of the country may be, or other anti-American policies it renders itself open to the sls' plcl0n that it sympathizes witl such activities. Meedloas t0 say thal no American father will send hil son where his patriotic loyalty k hls c0sintry will De tainted by 0n color d0gfnas and propaganda.
 Engllsh universities like Et0n enllege, oxford. Cambridge ant other British schools, are patriotic and loyal Co the letter. How manl "a British here on the battleflels has died with the name Of his alml mater 0n hls llps7
 In this very free country o