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id he usee Clark, e finally raid, * We are going down tot mi. You are coming? 1 said, * No; I am not going te the contention.” ; He said. “ The time has come now to get the soldiers together.” “Yea.” T mid, “I think so, too.” He mid, “1 went abroad to study the part that the veteran plays in the various set-upe of the governments that they have a . TL went to Italy for % or 3 months and studied the position that the veterans of Italy occupy in the Fascist set-up of government, and I diacovered thet are the background of Mussolini. They keep them on the pay rolls in various ways and keep them contented and happy pend are his real backbone, the force on which be may depend, in case o trouble, to sustain him. But that set-ap would not suit us st all. The soldiers of America would not like that. I then went to @ y to see what Hitler was doing, and his whole strength lies in organizations pf soldiers, too. But ‘thet would not do. I looked into the Russias business. I found that the use of the soldiers over there would never appesl to our men. Then J went to France, and I found just exectly ¢ orgudization we are going to have. Ye is an or, on of jers.” He gave me French name for it, I do nat recall what it is. I never could bave pronounced it, anyhow. But I do know that it in a euperorgenisstion of members of all the other soldiers’ organizations of France, com of noncommis- sjoned ofBcers and officers. He told me that they hed about 500,000, and that each one was a leader of 10 others, so that it gave them §,000,000 voter. And he mid. “Now, that is our idea here in America—to get up an organization of that kind.” : ” T paid. * What do you want to do with it when you get it up? “Well,” he ssid, “ we want to support the President.” . I said, “The President does not need the support of that kind of an organization. Since when did you become « supporter of the President? The last time I talked to you you wore against him.” SESS SS ! ry 1 "et Hite i EE PA 7 He said, * Well, he ts going to go along with us now. WY * Ts hel? , going to & f re * Ven.” “Well, what are you going to do with these men, suppose you these 500,000 men tn ‘Anertca! What are you going to do aL them?” ~ Well.” he ssid, “they will be the support of the President.” I said, * The President has got the whole American people. Why does he want them?” He said, “ Don't you understand the set-up has to be changed abitt Now, we have got him—we have got the ident. He has gt to have more money. There is not any more money to give him. ighty percent of the money now is in Government bonds, and he cannot keep this racket up much longer. Ha hes got ic do something about it. He has aither to get more money out of us or be bas @ot to change the m of Gnancing the Government, and we are going to wee to it that he does not change that method. Hs will nes change it. 1 said, “ The idea of this great group of soldiers, than, is to sort of frighten him, ia itt! “No. no, no; not te frighten him. This is to rustain him when others assault him.” I said. “ Well, I do not know about that. How would the Presi- dent explain it?” uu. will nad om, SS Saas Www — AS THPAB LINES nee ecitine Republicsin are gathering surdtey the Rrpeblican Party meminate om \nerviran! at Mhilodelpbia for a beste comsebierm: bt the tiene . this ecdotisen is itm the reader! hands. the rhnier af Freee Neather ieee of Binreerts. bhewrs. Ferhinurs, Sor demlial acuiwres ell bche bees a Eenthaws. 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