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O/MithMrn Oregon Miner. Thursday. March 14. 1946 F a c to r s T hat D eterm in e V e te r a n ’s P en sion R ate Where veterans of World War II have a disability incurred in or ag gravated by service in the armed forces, there is no set disability pen sion he may receive, the amount being determined by the degree of disability upon examination by the Veterans' administration. The rates of pension range from >11 50 per month for a disability of * a degree of 10 per cent to >115 a CHILD STAR WINS ’BROW NIE’ AWARD . . . Beverly Simmons, seven-year-old movie star, may not win an month for total disability, and where “ Oscar” this year, but she has already been awarded a “ Brownie” from her Girl Scout troop In appreciation certain specific disabilities occur, of her fine screen portrayals. She Is shown in the center as Janice, left, and Phylls Jones, right, pre such as loss of hands or legs, or sents her with the “ Brownie.” The presentation took place on the set of “Three Kids and a Queen.” blindness, or combinations of dis abilities, the amount payable may be as Wgh as >265 per month. These rates are determined, as near as I possible upon the average impair- ' ment of earning capacity. It must be remembered, and particularly in cases of World War I veterans, where application is made for disability pension, not service-connected, that these pen sions are not payable if the dis ability is the result of the veteran’s own willful misconduct or vicious habits. Also where total disability is not service-connected, pension is not payable to the veteran where the annual income is >1.000 if un married, or if it exceeds >2,500 if he is married. Many times, the experience shows, according to the Veterans* administration. World War I veter ans applying for pensions years after World War I for non-service- connected disability are turned down because the Veterans’ admin istration decides the disability is due to the .“willful misconduct or vicious habits” of the veterans. Questions and Answ ers Q. My son has been in the army for 22 months and spent 16 months in England, France, Belgium and is now in Germany. He is with the 2242 quartermaster truck company. Does the war department have any word when this company will be MOTHERS PICK ET SCHOOL BOARD . . . Protesting the school board’s refusal to appoint Miss Ruth D. Mor shipped home?—Mrs. H. N., Plank- row, veteran teacher, as principal of the Center school, Everett, Mass., mothers bearing placards and sev lngton, N. D. eral young pupils picketed the school. The school board had previously named a young war veteran to A. As of February 15 this outfit the post. Other school strikes were reported in several sections of the country. Chicago group is demanding was in Ausbach, Germany, and the a grand jury investigation of their school board. war department has no word on when it will be returned to this country. Q. My son, who is in Japan, made out his insurance papers to me be fore he went overseas. I have been married since that time. Do 1 have to have my name changed on the policy?—Mrs. J. W., Fort Bragg, CaUf. A. Th Veterans’ administration says it would not make much dif ference, but would probably save some time in the event the insur ance became payable. The veteran must make application to his com manding officer to change the name of the beneficiary. Q. Is a widow of a World War I veteran who is elderly and in poor health, eligible for a pension if she has an income of $100 a month?— Mrs. W. Me., Arlington, Mass. A. If death was service-connect ed, yes, she is entitled to a pension. If not service-connected, she is not entitled if her income is >1,000 or more annually, if she has no chil dren. I would ask your nearest Vet erans’ administration office, how ever, because the law says that certain items are not considered in come and determination as to whether the claimant's income ex ceeds the respective amount is TEX A N STAR . . . Jack Robinson, made by the Veterans’ administra B IR THD A Y OF CAMP F IR E GIRLS . . . America’s oldest organization 18, Fort Worth, Texas, who has tion Q. My son was given an honor- 1 tor y °unR the Camp Fire Girls, celebrates its 34th birthday, March scored about 350 points while serv able discharge in May, 1945. I 17 to 23. The purpose of Camp Fire is to provide opportunities for enjoy ing as forward on Baylor univer wish to know if he should draw a able, worthwhile activities for the girls’ leisure time through which they sity's basketball team. Young Rob pension, as he was wounded in Bel can develop their best potentialities. During the war they did more than inson Is considered on» af the most promising 1946 players. gium. He was with Patton’s 3rd their part, not only on the front lines but on the home front. army. He is a member of the Amer ican Legion at Fayette, Ala., Post No. 127, but as yet has not even been examined for a pension. No one knows about the nervous dis position he has except his parents. —Mrs. E. M „ Fayette, Ala. A. From your letter, 1 would say your son most certainly is entitled to a disability rating, but he must apply to the Veterans’ administra tion for an examination for deter mination of the amount. Apply im mediately to your nearest office of the Veterans’ administration for this examination. Q. My boy died in the army in France. I want to know how I can get the large flag they put over the casket to bury them. I know of some mothers who have received them. I would thank you if you can tell me. — Broken-hearted mother, Brownsville, Tenn. A. Relatives or next of kin of de ceased veterans, who died in serv SCHOOL FOR VETER A N FATHERS . . . Designed te prepare G.I. dads NEW STATE A ID E . . . MaJ. Gen. ice, may receive a United States for coping with situations that may arise when they meet their off John H. Hilldring, New Rochelle, flag by application to the postmas spring, a “bundles from heaven'* class is held in New York City. Ex-G.I. N. Y ., who has been named by ter at any county seat post office. William Carey Is the student with the dunce cap. He la listening te President Truman to be an assist Application may be made on Vet nurse Vivian Percival, who explains the correct technique of diapering. ant secretary of state. General Hill erans' Administration form 2008 The baby is Carey’s 28-months-old daughter, Dawn. Nurse saya he must dring served as director of war de really enjoy the job. available a t local office. partment civil affairs. WASHINGTON. — Some people are wondering whether the fact finding board for the meat packing Industry took the trouble to read the newspapers. If so. they might not have recommended that the house wife bear the main burden of the cost of Increased wages In the meat packing Industry. The fact-finding board, which In cluded Dr. Edwin E. Witte of Wis consin university, Chief Justice Raymond W. Starr of the Michigan Supreme court, and Clark Kerr, former chnlrmun of the meat pack ing branch of the war labor board —three able men—decided that a 16-cent puy increase was fair and equitable for meat packing work ers. But they added that only five cents of this wus “absorbable by the meut industry without price or subsidy relief." In other words, the fact finders recommended that the big meat packers could pay only 5 cents of the 16-cent wage increase out of their own pockets. The rest would have to be passed on to the consum er or the government. Their report was filed February 7. However, early In December, long before the fact-finding board was appointed, a number of smaller meat packing plants had already signed contracts with the CIO and AFL for 15 cents an hour pay Increase with out any strings attached re garding Increased meat prices. The small packers who signeu such agreements included Hygrnde Food Products of New York, George A. Hormel of Austin, Minn., and others in the Chicago area. Apparently, the fact finders did not take this into considera tion. Apparently also, they ig nored the fact that Swift and company previously had agreed to a pay boost of 10 cents an hour without any strings at tached regarding Increased meat prices to the housewife. For, despite Swift's offer of 10 cents an hour and the smuller com panies’ increase of 15 cents, the fact finders recommended that only 5 cents of the 16-ccnt increase could be paid for by meat packers. The remaining 11 cents will be passed on to the housewife— unless the gov ernment votes a subsidy. BREAD WASTE SCANDAL Department of agriculture sleuths have been doing some quiet check ing of unscrupulous bakeries which violate bread sales regulations in order to kill off competition. Despite the fact that the nation has been forced on a "dark bread” diet to help feed war-starved peo ples of the world, thousands of loaves of good bread are still go ing to waste, or being fed to hogs and chickens. It works like this: If a big bakery is trying to grab business away from a competing bakery, it will begin supplying gro cery stores on a “consignment basis," which means that grocers’ shelves are loaded up with supplies of bread in excess of what they can sell. The following day—sometimes the same day—drivers pick up the un sold loaves and replace them with fresh stock, charging the grocer only for the bread actually sold. Idea is to promote sales of a particu lar brand of bread because of Its “freshness.” This is a violation of war food order No. 1, but it hasn't stopped certain bakeries in Houston, Texas, Richmond. Va., San Francisco, Cleveland, Kansas City and St. Louis from carrying on the prac tice on a huge scale. Instead of making their re turned stocks of one-day-old bread available at a reduced price to poor families, the loaves frequently wind up In garbage bins. One Vexas farm er who tipped off the depart ment of agriculture about condi tions in Houston said he had been buying wagon-loads of bread “ fresh enough to cat” to feed his hogs and chickens. ATOM VS. BATTLESHIP Unless President Truman does something drastic about it very soon, the forthcoming atomic tests in the Pacific, scientists say, may turn out to be a study in water spouts instead of atomic energy. On-the-surface atomic-bomb explosions, the scientists claim, will add nothing to the knowl edge already accumulated from previous explosions at New Mexico, Hiroshima and Naga saki, except that we .nay learn the size and damage of the world’s largest water spout. Administration lobbying to con firm Ed Pauley has reached white- hot pitch. Gov. Mon Wallgren of Washington was brought east to put the heat on Senators Magnuson and Hugh Mitchell, the latter having been Wallgren’s secretary. Both will now vote for Pauley. . . . In some states, where the November race will be close, a vote for Pauley may mean defeat for a Democrat. . . . The Pauley-Allen-Vardaman Merry-Go-Rounds have evolved the latest Washington wisecrack: "Tru man is suffering from Pendergastrlo ulcers I M B y P aul M allon lle le a a e d bv W e s te rn N e w s p a p e r U n io n . N EW STA TE P O LIC Y RETREAT TO RIIHNIA WASHINGTON. - In complete of ficial privacy, the state department has spent some weeks getting up a new statement of American for eign policy. The only great question of policy, of course. Is bow to treat Russia. On this, the paper was not illuminating In its original form. The Byrnes policy established at Moscow and London since mid- December. has been substantially this: Press no p o in t which would be of fensive to Russian claims. Retreat on policy as much as possible and accept R u ss ian c o n te n tions. The appar ent but not pro fessed purpose has been to entice Rus Byrnes sia out of her na tionalistic isolation In dealing In the world of affairs. This hns kept world news rather calm but events behind the news, p a r t ic u la r ly from Europe, are work ing up boldly and may break sensa tionally. Do n o t. for I n s t a n c e , let y o u rs e lf be cur rently misled Into believing the doin in a tio n of the F re n c h go vern ment by Commu nists and Socialists De Gaulle is a permanent ar rangement, or that the nume of De Gaulle will remain forever In re tirement from French politics. Give greater notice than has been given to the victory of the Belgian Catholic party over both Communists and Social ists. Belgium is half French, with all the same eDmcnls of French politics In miniature. In deed throughout Europe, even in Yugoslavia, the resistance to Communism is taking the only effective form yet evidenced In the gathering together of Cath olic elemrnts. I have heard American statesmen say these Christian groups are the only ones in the world today who know how to resist Communism, ideologically or politically. These groups have a firm Ideology them selves. REDS PUT ENGLAND ON D EFEN SIVE Britain was the first nation to talk up to the Soviets, but the dip lomatic resistance of Bevln at the London UNO conference was tacti cal rather than formidable. The Russians had raised the question of British influence In Greece, pri marily to cover their own tracks In Poland, th® Balkans. Iran, Turkey and other places where they are at tempting to extend their influence. They forced Britain to the defensive by raising this question. After ac complishing this purpose, and suc ceeding In getting UNO to allow Moscow to deal separately with a pro-Communism Iranian prime minister Installed at Teheran for the purpose — Russia withdrew her Greek charges against Bevin. The common current belief that Bevln may have found a way of treating with Moscow therefore is unjustified. He twice passed "the lie” to them and they backed down, true enough. But when you add up the results, you will see Russia won the action she wanted from UNO, while Bevin won nothing except the red herring. President Truman, meanwhile, is recognizing that the army seems to know how to get along with the So viets, without losing their shirts, bet ter than our timid and confused dip lomats. He chose General Marshall to go to Chinn to get Chiang into a peace with the Communists; and now he selected General Eisenhow er’s chief of staff to be ambassa dor to Moscow, instead of a diplo mat or a politician. Army men, by nature, should be more Interested In results than in the political Ideas of Justice for this and that, which have so confused our diplomats in recent yearn. (Latest ex ample: Joe Davies, who thinks Russian spying on Canada justi fied, but no doubt would cry out against any Canadian spying on Russia, wheras any realist knows all nations have always spied on all others and always will.) This new reliance on army real ism is the most hopeful develop ment In American foreign policy, in contrast to these childish but pompous accumulations of vapor ous generalities the state depart ment plans to put out under the claim that they are great state pro nouncements. I mean it Is most im portant, if a recent pronouncement by Mrs. Roosevelt does not out- measure i t Mrs. Roosevelt has been recognized as a spokesman for the class-thought which pressured Byrnes into the appeasement poli cy, causing him te retreat. a/ E D IT O R ’S N O T E : This newspaper. through i p t c u l arrangement w ith th e Washington Bureau of Western News paper C nion al I0I6 Eye Street, N. IF , B"<uA »«<»<««, D. C„ u able to bring read er« this w eekly colum n on problem s of th e veteran and servicem an and h it fam- ilp, Q uestions may be addressed to the eb o ve Bureau and they w ill be answ ered in a subsequent colum n. 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