Show J I 1 f ft 1 C CI t I f fr i f r r by JLMES PS PRESTON C J An insidious but very tangible r fear Is working its way Into a lot lotI lotof lotof I of Washington minds mind It is the belief belief belief be be- lief that World War Var veterans willI will q shortly shorty d demand nand a bigger share sharer r out of the federal grab bag grab bag and I r if they thoy do they will stand a 11 good goodfe fe chance chance- of getting getling it unless ss all P federal expenditures are drastic drastic- IJ 1 all ally cut r if The point poin t is that the federal government pays pensions to all vets of eve every war but the last it v. v one Only disabled World War Var WarB B V.- V. veterans get pensions Now with j billions being bang dumped around and jj iCi w k the bonus paid without any perma perm- perm I a harmful effects yet eviX evident evi- evi X dent the World War ilar veterans ar aris are is beginning to discuss s pensions pennons The fears fear's were made clear by byh r. r h- h y two recent speeches speeches one one by General Gen- Gen pj eral r ank T. T Hines Hine V Administrator and the other by James E. E Van Zandt National 5 Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Both warned the I World War veterans to forg forget forges t pensions What could happen is shocking s a There were only Civil War Val veterans yet in 1935 70 years after the Civil vet Var War vet veterans erans eran's erans of that conflict and their dependents drew or oran oran oran an average of per year per pensioner On the other hand there were World War Var veterans Last year with pensions going only to disabled they drew If they go go the same average pension the total total total to- to tal federal outlay on World War Val vets would be which is big mon money y even these days Its It's awfully hard Washington heads treads admit to convince a vet- vet cran whose neighbor is getting betting monthly checks d not rai raising ing pigs that he shouldn't have more of the easy money Th The Tha pulled a surprise the other day on Phillip Phillip PhIllip Phil PhIl- lip Murray vice vice-pr vice president ident of the thep p United Mine Mina Workers ers who are trying Drying to lo get steel into their pet union Murray Hurray and his boss x oss 33 John L. L Lewis have shouted to high heaven in criticism of those those who said should be allowed to decide w without coercion coercion coercion coer coer- cion from any s source whether j they wa wanted t d to j join or stay out of unions Lewis and Murray want the unions left free to c cajole jole and coerce The researchers found that In 1921 when hurray urra was testifying testifying testifying testify testify- ing before b fore a Senate committee h ha he said a requisite for Industrial peace in Vc West Nest t Virginia was the protection of unorganized workers against intimidation or ca coercion by members of the tho United Mineworkers Mine Mineworkers workers OR ANY OTHER LABOR LABOR LABOR LA LA- BOR ORGANIZATION President President President dent Roosevelt also wrote the j i phrase from any source Into the statement ending the strike near in the auto industry in 1934 With the summer lull on National National National Na Na- Press PreS's Clubbers have found foun another way to liven things up a abi bi bit 1 Taking their cue from the th new Federal Social S Security Act they ar are calling calling- one another b by numbers rather r than names I It I used to be Hi Tom Now its it's IIi Hi Number Numb r The Treasury will give gi every every in the country a number numbe so his records wont won't get mixed with oth others rs who have identical names Fingerprinting long re resisted resisted resisted re- re as an crime anti-crime move ma may maybe maybe be resorted to also Political mistakes still crop up The 1 VP A for months ins insisted ted that there was no politics polities any any- I where in its organization on Then Harry L. L Hopkins the boss left town In his hs absence Aubrey Williams acting boss announced the of seven ven VP A officials officials daIs for politicking in n Oklahoma folks began to ask aak if that condition existed in Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa why it couldn't exist in the other 47 17 states There is no satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory answer S yec C l u guessers have concluded it would be much bettel better better bet bet- ter tel h hereafter to fire firo folks quietly and without attempts to make the organization look Simon pure in hh the fhe public mind |