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...Franklin received a bonus of $250,000 in 1927 for the sale of White Star; his $100,000 salary has been...
Merry-Go-Ronnd: General Douglas MacArthur, famous evictor of the Bonus Army [General: Meaning . . . that plaintiff's act in removing the so-called Bonus Army . . . proceeded from personal desire and was clothed with unwarranted and unnecessary arbitrariness and harshness.] has devised a new decoration for those serving on the General Staff of which he is chief. It consists of the coat of arms of the U. S. superimposed on a blue enamel star. . . . NOTE: General MacArthur is to retire soon. [General: Meaning that plaintiff designed a decoration for his personal delectation and use at an early date...
Merry-Go-Round: Although one year has passed since General MacArthur drove the Bonus Army from the vacant lots on Pennsylvania Avenue, no start has been made to erect Government buildings on them. . . . This was the excuse given to get the BEF to evacuate. General: Meaning . . . that plaintiff's conduct toward said Veterans was unwarranted, unnecessary, arbitrary, harsh and brutal...
Khaki. First shirt organization to gain wide attention was the Khaki Shirts (claimed membership: 25,000), founded by Art J. Smith (christened Herbert N.) after the 1932 bonus march on Washington. Its membership was open to all U. S. citizens who subscribed to the Constitution, believed in a white man's God, paid $2 a year to Mr. Smith, and bought his khaki shirts, boots, etc. His program included "America for Americans," abolition of the gold standard, a greenback bonus, freedom for the Philippines, abolition of the "chainstore evil" free coinage of silver. Not its assorted panaceas...
...must be given an opportunity to lead a happier life. Everyone who desires a job and is competent, must, from sheer justice, be given an opportunity to hold one; the country is duty bound to accomplish this even at the expense of forcing the permanent discontinuation of the huge bonuses paid to industrialists. Any man who can take a million-dollar bonus while others are crying for jobs and for bread must be forced into decent generosity if his conscience does not prick him into...