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Veteran’s Legislation
By Larry Quinlin
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Some tw en ty laws affecting Oregon
w a r v eteran s w ere enacjtSB O Sthe 1951
of th e state leg islaH to f m clud-
ing W orld Ws^M^S v ^ g a n s ^ bonus en-
abling legislation, reMtendm^^ W te ed-
ucational benefits to K orean service
m en, and giving “w ar v e te ra n ” status
to p re sen t-d ay m em bers of the ac
tive arm ed forces. A nother m easure
a l b m i t ^ ^ ^ th e v o t e r g « referendum
w hich w ould g ra n t the state v eteran s’
hom e and farm lo an t^J®iK@gon p e r
sonnel on active duty s in c ^ B U ^ ^ ^ ^ i
1950. Follow ing is a sum m ary of the
m ore im p o rtan t new v eteran s’ law s
o r tja m ^ ^ ^ ^ S ts .
1...O regon Bonus. A $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 em err
§ effi^O ® P r ° P ^ ^ ^ 0 ^ ^ ^ E m ade from
th e g en eral -fund to set up the b c | | S
m achinery. A nother act exem pts bon
us em ploy ees from l o f i l service. A
fc&Wl a K Ig riz e s th e sale of bonds Ato
fin angh^bonus paym ents.
The bonus provides p aym ent of $10
fo r ze a ® fu ll m ontli of dom e w ^ aind
$15 for ejfqh fu ll m onth of foB igrw tr
sea duty, for 90 days or m ore of active
service b etw een Septem behaM S 1940,
and June^fO, 1946, to a
of
$600. T he applicant m u a h a w B a ^ napaj
bona fide resid en t of Oregon for at
least one y ear im m ediately p rio r to
en terin g active service.
The D ep artm en t of V<jetCr£^s A ffairs
»experts to issue ^ap p licati^M ^^^B kSf
some tim e betw een S eptem ber 15«-and
O ctober 1 of this year.
m ents should sta rt in late October,
p rSidecL th e d ep artm en t is successful
in selling $40,000,000 in bonus bonds
m B E S A u g u st. D eadline for applying
for the bonus is D ecem ber 1, 1952.
2. Educational Aid. Oregon pays up
to $50 a m onth to W orld W ar II v e t
erans atten d in g school if they w ere
O regon residem sl! f o r / w e g ^ a r ’ p rio r
to O d iv e service. T h i^ h e n e fit has -been
extended to those w ith serv ice.in K o r
ea betw een Ju n e 25, 1950, and a date
to ^ b e^ determ ined later.
3. W ar V eterans. Oregon la w .d e fih -
ing a I f w ar v e te ra n ” w as am ended
to give this status to every citizen who
served in the arm ed forces betw een
Ju n e ’25/1950, ' and th e term in atio n of
the present n atio n al em ergency. The
law now also requires at least 90 days
of continuous active service to q u a l
ify as a w gr veteran, w h eth er previous
w ars or ther-present c r is i^ H
This am endm ent m akes to d ay ’s ’ re
tu rn in g seryicem en^entitled to county;
indigent fund aid; to state, countySand
city p f vil servfe||W preferentg ^ ^ ^ d?
m akes th e re tu rn in g disabled v eteran
entitled I to a p roperty tax exem ption,
l lnd gisafs this,, exem ption to his w id-
ow in event of his djQth.
4. Vet’s Loan Referendum. T b |||leg-
islatu re re ferred to th e /jp e o p le for
vote in th e N ovem ber, 1952'd^eneral
election, a constitutional am endm ent
w hich w ould extend the W orld W ar
II v eteran s’ hom e and farm loan to
« g la m s '; w h o . served 90 days or m ore
on active duty betw een Ju n e 25, 1950,
and th e end of the p re sen t 'r& tional
em ergency.
5. P ro p erty T ax Exem ption. T he
previous1! $1000 p roperty tax exem p-
tion for widows of veterans, and for
veterans 40 percent or m ore B S l e d ,
wa s m e r g e d to $1500.
O ther new law s include one w hich
enables a v eteran « ® obtain aSsecond
|Wa te hom e loan w hen th e y p ro p erty
o n w hich he had his first loan jwlcl
destroyed b y fire or for other reasons
not his fau lt; one w hic^S strengthens
th e public em ployees’ reem ploym ent
’•rights act and extends this r i g h t t o
p re sen t-d ay
servicem en;
and
one
w hich enables a publiq em ployee to
replenish his re tire m en t fund w h e n
he re tu rn s from m ilitary service.