Trursday, December 4, 1952
BROOKINGS-HARBOR P IL O T , BROOKINGS. OREGON
For W hat It's W orth Dec. 1 Deadline
B y Clifford P. Rowe
For Veterans'
PAGE NINE
While certified copies of mili
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hassett are
tary discharge papers must be now staying at their repaired been in the process of reconstruc
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tion
since he had a fire some
submitted to supjwrt the bonus home on Pioneer _ Road. It • -----
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application, veterans were advised
that they should submit the ap
plication alone if time prevent.?
them from obtaining supporting
documents before the deadline.
Where this is done, the appli
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backlogged applications where
evidence of foreign duty, residence
and other items are missing.
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jITII ALL THE emphasis given
these days to fighting for
the rights of minority groups, it Bonus Applications
is indeed remarkable that no one
With the Oregon veterans
khai taken up the bonus deadline less than two
ight in defense weeks away, a decided upsurge in
’f the "looker claims filed has been noted in the
4n ” One need Department of Veterans’ Affairs
but to pick up reported today. The last date to
lis newspaper to apply is Monday, Dec. 1.
^ee this glaring
H. . Saalfeld, bonus supervisor
‘xample of dis- foi the state veterans’ depart
•rimination, this ment, said veterans and survivors
lastardly viola of deceased ex-servicemen ha\e
tion of e v e r y been applying recently at the rate
Xmerican’s right of about 300 a day, or double the
to peace and the previous volume. Some 10.00b
pursuit of happi- veterans think if they don’t re
ness.
ceive their bonus checks by Dec.
How many times have you seen 1. they won’t be paid.
pictures with a description similar
"Such is not the case," Saalfeld
to the following: "Mrs. Iva Got- declared. "The date of Dec. 1 is
trocks (center) pours at reception he deadline for applying, not for
honoring Mrs. Vanderbilt L’pdyke payment of the bonus. The im
Vandersnoot (left) while Mrs. portant thing is that veterans, or
John Smith (right) looks on. We the surviving unremarried widow,
know why Vandersnoot and Got- children or parents of deceased
trocks are in the picture but why veterans get their applications in
is Smith included.
the mail on or before Monday,
We can only come to the logical Dec. 1."
conclusion that Mrs. Smith was
quietly sneaking in to chisel a the President’s hip pocket.
third cup of Liptons and goi
The situation is unbearable. It
caught in the act.
is time for the press to take dras
Or take a picture on the sports tic measures toward easying the
page. Beneath it we read. "Tom plight of the "looker on."
Quirt ozyxsqpti drives for five
yards before being brought down aîunnmnyiin ,:ciymnrTmi3Tr-.,.uTrnrm’.r.aiLUHuuü'r’i£ÿg -
just short of the goal line. John
Smith, right tackle, look on." Sure FOR YOITt
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hands on hips, looking on. We ELECTRICAL N E E D S
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The worst persecution of all is
that unwittingly inflicted on the
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"looker on" who isn’t even identi
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fied. The picture caption reads,
"President Truman welcomes am
bassador from Texas.,, In the
background an unidentified man
"looks on."
Now there is a picture that will
undoubtedly go down in history,
but Mr. Anonymous will have a
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