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Veterans’ Activities
By LARRY QUINLIN
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
O regon’s W orld W ar II servicem en
M ere voted p3rb'onus by th e electorate
last N ovem ber 7;’b u t the state D ep art
m en t of V etergmal A ffairs, w hich w ill
ad m inister theggict, "à^ f s e s W eteran s to
be p atien t because fu rth e r legislation
O h i^ jg B a rv before the p rogram can
get u n d er ‘ wa^B’"Besh 'guëss is th a t it
wall be this O ctober before paym ents
start.
The act provides for th e sale of
bonds to finance the bonus fund, b u t
req u ires th e state legislature to set the
te rm and th e ra te of in térè st on the
bonds, so th is and possibly otheW en-
àbling legislation m ust be tak en care
of before the vefp rh ns^departm ent can
s ta rt issuing application blanks. Plans
are going ahead, how ever, for a ¿study
of th e bonus cost, for p rep aratio n of a
budget to adminis^ër»W e program , and
for enactm ent of necessary rules and
regulations, so th a t these m atters w on’t
stan d in thebw ay of m aking p ^ m e n t ^
w hen the tim e comes.
The act provides paym ent of $10 for
e a S m ontnÊ of dom estic service and
$15 p er m onth of foreign duty, to a
m axim um of|;$600, to those^, who w ere
bpna fide Oregon residents for at least
oné y.éa?r. im m ediately p rio r to World,
W ar II active duty. T hey m u s t have
served at le|p$fe90 days betw een Sept.
16, 1940, and Ju n e 30, 1946, and have
been ho n o rab ly discharged.
The $600 m ax im ü m d s payable to the
v eteran “w hose ¿services w ere te rm in -
ated; b y re a lb h of service connected
disabilities and who, upon filin g s a
c l S i f o r ^ ^ ^ b i l i t i ^ w i t h the V eterans
»Adm inistration Iwithin th ree m onths
afte r I séparation, w as ra te d not less
th a n 50 percen t disabled |||9 |t |||j re su lt
of such claim .”
Also eligible for the m axim um is the
s u rv iv o r.or survivors of the deceased
v eteran whose d eath « ^ S h ||||» e d or
contributed to byz a service connected
disease or disability in cu rred _ in ser-
vice u n d er conditions other th a n dis-
honorable. If death w as not due to
service, th e survivor w ill receive $ne
am ount the v eteran I Mould have re
v i v e d h ad he lived. Eligible survivors
include th é u n re m a rried wife, child-
r e m a n d parents, in th a t order.
T he bonus is exem pt from state or-
federal taxation, and the deadline for
applying is Dec. 1, 1952.
Because the act m a y req u iré th e
o r i g i n c h a r g e papers as evidence
of service, thbSe v eteran s w ho have
jo sir‘ these papers are advised to file
im m ediately w ith th e ir b ran ch of the
g m e 3 forces, for a “certificate in lieu
of l S discharge.” A id in filing for
B o h l B l e rs can be obtained from v et-
eran s’ organization^*s'erviœ ^ officers,
county service officers, or the state
v eteran s’ departm ent, S tate L ib rary
Bldg., Salem , or 415 S.W. 11th; avenue,
P ortland.
State Vet's Loans Amended
V oters in N ovem ber also approved
an am endm ent to the Oregon W orld
W ar II v eteran s’ hom e and S ^rm loan
program , w hich m akes the ioan avail-
abus to a p erso riw h o enlisted from an
other
b u t came to Oregon and
lived h ere fo r;tw o years betw een daté
of ¿'.discharge and Dec. 31, 1950. P re
viously, he w ould have h ad to be an
Oregon resident whemTie entered ser-
vice to be entitled.
These new ly q u alified 'veterans can
apply im m ediately, as this am endm ent
becam e effective Dec. 1. T hey m ay
apply locally through county or post
service officers, or direct toi 'th e D e
t r i m e n t of V eterans’ A ffairs, Salem
o r P o rtl an d ...
A ctive service m ust have been for at
least 90 days, betw een Sept. T, 1940,
and Sept. 2, 1945. The applicant m ay
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