Show THE DAILY DAIT Y WASHINGTON MerrY T Merry Merry-Go- Round Merry 2 Round Trao By DREW V PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN Note Note During During the last holiday season one of the Round Merry-Go-Round authors spent some sometime sometime sometime time in the breadlines to gauge the spirit and the views of the unemployed This year the same thing was attempted Here are the results V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dont Dont you have no ticket buddy That That's tough Wait Vait a minute Stick wit wn me an an Phil an when we git up there well we'll give you a shove an rustle you by A fell fellas fella's as a's gotta have some place to go for a Christmas dinner An odd assortment of men filed by some by-some some well dressed enough to take Christmas dinner in Washington's best hotels some unshaven and dirty But the typical unkempt shuffling bum was not there Relief has eliminated him All AU right buddy watch wat h your step now They Their shove their new comrade past the in in- in First a hand extended with four slices of bread Then a plate and a cup cur then a succession succession suc sue cession of three slingers who dexterously de deposit deposit deposit de- de posit upon his plate a Christmas dinner Phil and Archie settle themselves at table with their new friend Thanks for gettin me in he says I ul just come in from Florida Handout Mecca lecca Washington Washington had drawn him as it has drawn many others because it is the seat o of benefactions benefactions ions the source of l largesse One reason f for forthe forthe r the recent influx of migrants is that congress is about to convene ne Word has been passed around that hat a bonus march set for January 10 will bring aring not only the bonus for veterans but also social insurance legislation Transient bureau and FERA authorities ascribe the organization of this march to communists They are frankly worried about it are taking steps to head it off Veterans are being shipped ou out of town by bythe bythe the he V trainload to camps in Florida and New Mex- Mex leo ico co transients are being urged to togo togo togo go to FERA camps such as Fort Eustis in Vir Vir- ginia They are offered food shelter vocational voca voca- ional training and a cash allowance of from one to three dollars weekly C Communist feeling among the men however is s isolated and sporadic Two men who have finished join a group The talk is of communism com com- Dont believe it buddy The reds would sell out just like the capitalists once they got their hands on the dough V You heard what that red done here last week weck He wants to make a big stink about the grub here So what does he do He takes some poison then eats a m maal al here an o 0 p course course he loses it and has to go to the hospital So he heets gets ets in the papers sayin the grub aint fit to eat Theres There's a red for you V Yeah What I say is give this fella a chance with chance with a gesture in the direction of ot the White House House lIan an hell he'll fix things Hes He's doin his best aint he V Numbers Worrisome v It is not their political al beliefs but their in increasing increasing increasing in- in creasing numbers which worry FERA officials For despite two years of the New few Deal despite a definite up pick-up in prosperity the line of men in the breadline continues They are not dereV dere dere- V jets They are arc not unemployable And yet this Christmas the line was longer than last V There are two definite reasons for this Boys who have served their year in in camps are being sent home If conditions at home are not improved they prefer to stay away The life of a transient moving from one city to another offers the thc lure lUJe of variety and the chance of finding a job Aso the standards of care in transient bureaus bureaus bureaus bureaus' bu bu- bu- bu ar are arc attractively high Sure they treat you right here Give you sheets on the bed two bed two sheets three meals a aday aday aday day and classes in Spanish if you like that sort of thing An the beds aint lousy either It is not riot an n unconditioned out hand-out however Unless a man can get on the sick list he must mustIo do Io four hours a day in the woodyard Still it itis itis itis is a better life than he would have at home Unquestionably however most of the men would prefer work if they could get it Copyright im 1134 d feature Syndicate Inc I. I Y 1 i- i 1 6 l c f i |