V.I.A. Voice (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1934 Page: 4 of 4
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SOLONS WERE SUPPORT
OF V I A's STAND
(Continued from Page 1)
plete control we are liable to
have serious trouble Condi-
tions as exist would warrant
a congressional investigation"
The above telegram was re-
plied to by most of the con-
gressmen '
Elmer Thomas wired:
"Advise that I am support-
ing Giles Believe he will be
given free hand to manage re-
lief in Oklahoma"
Jed Johnson wired:
"Giles has been here several
days have conferred with
him and Hopkins and have in-
sisted he have a free hand
Pleased to advise that Hop-
kins has this afternoon given
Giles free hand in Oklahoma
Trust situation will be satis-
factory" Tom D McKeown wired:
"National President
"Veterans of Industry
"I am in accord with your
telegram"
Senator T P Gore wired:
"Giles is making honest ef-
fort against great difficulties
and he should have a fair
chance"
Will Rogers wired:
"Need all possible informa-
tion" Wesley E Disney wired:
"Col Giles given complete
authority by Hopkins to do
everything necessary in Okla-
homa situation I am sure
this matter will be straight-
ened out Advise if conditions
are not corrected Regards"
E W Marland wired:
"I Will be in Oklahoma City
Sunday and Monday at Black
hotel I will be glad to have
you submit to me data you re-
fer to regarding abuses in re-
lief work"
Will Rogers sent a second
telegram saying:
"Please give me detailed in-
formation relative to CWA
8n4 Yedpst al rillie( situ42on in
(IP11Lopia Au incidents
atbuges und other data at your
disposal wanted"
In addition to the above tele-
grams we have letters from a
number of congressmen Some
of them showing a real sin-
cere desire to cooperate and
some were only formal ac-
knowledgements We will
publish these later
IcWAL C4111 ciayllig
"Please give me detailed in
formation relative to CWA
8n4 Yedpst al rillie( situ42on in
OPIhopia Au incidents
abuses and other data at your
disposal wanted"
In addition to the above tele-
grams we have letters from a
number of congressmen Some
of them showing a real sin-
cere desire to cooperate and
some were only formal ac-
knowledgements We ' will
publish these later
A number of our large chap-
ters wrote or wired their con-
gressmen The w I A did
not make this last fight alone
but we were the first ones to
start it There were a num-
ber of prominent men and
several organizations wrote
and wired asking that the re-
lief work be placed in the
hands of our own citizens
The Chicago Tribune fea-
tured an article last Sunday
showing how much one man
can eat They took the atti-
tude that it was quite enter-
taining to see Edward Morris-
ton 25-year-old recruit in the
Camp Hazzard Transient
Training camp dispose of so
much food at one sitting The
young man had not had any-
thing to eat for two days and
had not had a square meal for
many weeks Ills weight had
dropped from 185 pounds to
120 during this enforced diet-
ing These sights might be
amusing to those who have
not experienced the pangs of
hunger but to the person put-
ting on the performance it is
anything but amusing
I FARMERLAI3OR GROUP
FINES NEW POLICIES
(Continued from Pate 1)
The chairman of the reso-
lutions committee for the con-
vention was Rev Howard Y
I Willtams who has been serv-
ing as executive secretary of
Dr John Dewey''s League for
IIndepentlent Political Action
le returned to Minnesota a
few months ago for the pur-
pose of organizing the Farmer-Labor
party in the sur-
rounding states
The seven hundred dele-
gates to this convention went
'home to start a fight for a
Iticket headed by Senator Hen-
rik Shipstead for re-election
to his third term as United
States Senator and Governor
Olson for a third term as Gov-
ernor of the State—and for
complete control of the 1935
state legislature
This is a big program and
means that Minnesota will be
the scene this summer of the
most bitter political conflict
In the history of the United
state legislature
This is a big program and
means that Minnesota will be
the scene this summer of the
most bitter political conflict
In the history of the United
States government
The Christian Science Mon-
itor says the platform of the
Farmer-Labor Party has left
the business men of the State
standing aghast and that
everywhere men and women
are discussing as never before
the effect of such a program
The sentiment is equally
enough divided that the out-
come of the election is uncer-
tain although the Farmer-
Labor Party is now in power
and has considerable edge
over their opponents
UNITED CLASS C A N
WIN 'OVER EXPLOITERS
(Continued from Page 1)
command of their thought
and action but in the process
of completely suppressing
their souls your capitalistic
machine has slipped a cog
You offer them a part of the
things that they have pro-
duced relief) they are in the
process of hurling at you that
flaming "No" which will send
your ancient lies a-crumbling
and mayhap they will should-
er against the doors of your
forbidden rooms and send
'them crashing to'the floor
You refuse to lay these
things before your intellect
for investigation you who in
your solemn dissent of author-
ity declare even the "No" to
be wrong you who know that
thd- working class devided
may stand forever in fact
will you hope stand forever
Well than we must turn to
the workers ttt remedy their
conditions Werkers unite!
)rganize aggrandize and fear
not though you are threaten-
ed by all the exploiters of the
world in comparison with
your right to live and enjoy i
life these are but shadows
and shams and decoys and
their continued existence
proves the mind that condones
them insane even though it
is classed as normal
Carl Sturgis
Until we lay aside our lazi-
ness and our prejudice and
realize that our government is
In great need of our immedi-
ate attention we cannot eN-
pect any improvement in gov-
ernment It is always much
easier to let newspapers form
our opinion for us but the
time has come when we will
think for ourselves or greatly
wish we had
YLAY01C11
HUMAN RIGHTS
By Campbell Russell
Each and every human has
the inherent right to use a
sufficient portion of the re-
sources so liberally provided
by a generous Providence that
he may build and maintain a
home and by his labor and
his industry provide for his
own needs and for his de-
pendents Air water land and all the
things that nature has stored
therein are the free gifts of
the Creator and all humanity
is entitled to share in the use
and benefits of the same
Scientists have furnished
the keys for unlocking na-
ture's storehouses
Engineers have prepared
the best facilities and equip-
ment' for production and dis-
tribution known to industry
These are designed and
adapted for the use of the
many of all and not for
hoarding by the few
So long as the few are per-
mitted to mobilize the things
from which the living of all
must be obtained the few will
be the masters of the many
in fact if not in name
It is the PROVINCE it is
the DUTY of government to I
keep open the door of oppor-
tunity and to maintain condi-
tions under which every in-
dustrious home-lover may be-
come and remain a home-
owner Home-ownership is the set-
screw in life's balance wheel
that can stabilize government
and maintain and advance our
civilization
When will these things be?
When we learn the lesson of
the Old Lark When we RE-
GAM and MAINTAIN HU-
MAN RIGHTS all else need-
ful can be readily acquired
Great headway was made
last week toward ending the
depression Seventy-seven
million dollars was advanced
to the hard hit railroads from
the PWA fund to prevent
them from going under In
turn the railroads estimated
they would put four thousand
men in temporary jobs while
about fourteen hundred woulcl
be given permanent employ-
ment on new car construction
how is that for solving our
problems?
AUTO LABOR BOARD
' TO HEAR COMPLAINTS
President Roosevelt's new
special automobile labor
board will meet Wednesday
morning April 4th to hear
complaints of the workers
represented by Mr William
Collins of the American Fed-
eration of Labor that union
members have been discrim-
inated against by the Manu-
facturers Every worker in the United
States is greatly interested in
the way this board handles
these complaints Since the
manufacturers selected one
member of the board and
labor selected one member it
Is reasonable to suppose that
the decisions made by this
board will rest with the re-
maining member Dr Leo
Wolman
Dr Wolman is an economist
of note and has been looked
upon for years as a friend to
labor Now that he has a
place of such great responsi-
bililky Labor is watching
closely and anxiously to see
just how friendly his official
acts will be
WOULD INCREASE RUIN?
According to an Associated
Press article in the Monitor
"Steel men estimate that a
general increase in wage
would probably so handicap
the steel industry that labor
would ultimately suffer ma-
terially" The minimum wage is
$1700 per week and the 10
per cent wage boost would
mean an increase of $170 per
week for each employe of this
class while other workers
would receive larger increases
in proportion to their wages—
however the salaried em-
ployes do not share in this in-
crease if it is allowed
The United States Steel
Co has not yet agreed to con-
sider this increase in wage
They employ 4500 men in
their home yard and the in-
crease in wage would mean
about $10260000 per year
Myron C Taylor chairman
of the board of the United
States Steel Co draws a year-
ly salary of $16256200 The
president of this corporation
receives a yearly salary of
$10000000
POLITICS'
Most people 'think of politics
as a means of getting an ad-
vantage over others : There
are a few political racketeers
that use government and poli-
tical campaigns for that 'pur-
pose We should remember
that all criminals are not men
and women that highjack you
with a gun or steal from your
homes and commit crimes
which they are liable to be im-
prisoned for Every town and
cityhas a number of criminals
who call themselves law abid-
ing citizens These men will
make any kind of a political
deal that 'they consider ad
vantageous to them
Just now there are a number
of men and women who are
setting up organizations of
the unemployed holding out
promises to them that they
know are false These fake
organizations are not only set
up to promote someone in poll
tics but they are used to fur-
ther confus6 and hinder the
unfortunate Some politicians
seem to have a very low re-
gard for the intelligence of
the ex-service men
High sounding titles are
used to try and deceive both
the soldier and the politician
who has money to waste
Workers who have jobs
should join a bonafide labor
union Those with jobs and
those without jobs should join
the V I A or some other well
established mass organization
that would render the same
service
METHODS OF KILLING
BABIES VARIES IN
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
OLD AGE PENSION PETITION TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Cut this petition out attach sheets of paper to it Get the names of every man and
woman in your town or community See instruction on front page
Whereas The machine has displaced millions of workers depriving them
of purchasing power which has destroyed the markets of the farm and the in-
dustries only a few of the millions of our idle people are needed to produce an
abundance of life's necessities as our machines can do the work of mankind
hundreds of thousands of old men and women are naked hungry and with-
out shelter in a land where there is plenty for all and the good things of life
were produced by these destitute gray-haired people: and
Wham Purchasing power must be placed in the bands of the people:
the number of workers must be reduced and the hours of labor of millions be
taken off the labor market thereby providing a way for younger hands to tend
the machine and permitting them to receive compensation to feedtheir babes
Therefore Be It Resolved by the Veterans of Industry of America that we
petition President Franklin D Roosevelt to submit to Congress a proposal for a
pension of at least $5000 a month for every citizen above the age of 50 years
and in order that such a pension might be made available within a few months
we urge a manufacturers' sales tax be 'levied (exempting only staple foods and
work clothing) sufficient to raise the needed revenue and that an inheritance
tax be imposed to redistribute the colossal fortunes which have been taken from
the people and which threaten to destroy our semi-civilization as well as our be
loved republic
Name Postoff ice
Attach Blank Sheets of Paper Here
Do Your Duty by Circulating Petitions Organize a Crew 1
We Must Have 50000 More Names
Which is the most humane
the Confusion method of kill-
ing babies or the Christian
way? In China poverty
stricken women have been
taught to accept poverty as
something inevitable In
Shanghai alone there are over
four thousand babies killed at b
birth and left on the streets ‘
or in the alleys for the street
cleaners to carry off
In the U S A we starve
the mother and torment her
with worry Thousands of
their babies are killed before
birth
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Finley, Ira M. V.I.A. Voice (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1934, newspaper, April 6, 1934; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2190627/m1/4/: accessed July 13, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.