POPPY DAY FUNDS.

Evening Star, Issue 22327, 1 May 1936, Page 12

POPPY DAY FUNDS.

TO THE BDITOB. Sir, —The practice of withholding from our war heroes the money gladly given by the public requires some explanation. Why should the men have to pull lupins and improve city reserves before what is by every right their own is given them ? The splendid sentiment expressed on Anzac Day becomes a hideous farce unless followed up by practical action in the way of helping and honouring the war heroes still with lis. That the men should have to work to obtain a free gift is an insult both to the givers and the men to whom they gave. Many of these returned men are unable to put in long hours of toil, and if the business men who prospered during the war period are really grateful for the services rendered, they should unite in a scheme to place every returned man in absolute security. That any such men should be on the dole at all is a distinct reflection upon our professed sense of gratitude and admiration toward them. The R.S.A. is not equal to the task, and should appeal to the loyal section of the public to remove the stigma upon our fair city of having suffering and needy war heroes in our nr.dst.—l am. etc.. G. A. Hekbixc. May 1.