GI BiD Of Rights, Aims, Benefits
Reviewed By Service Officer Of
Medford American Legion Post 15
More than 1,000,000 veterans lit was fought out in American
are now eligible to receive bene- Legion posts all over the coun
fits under the GI bill of Rights tr;- " ja national bill Men
which recently became the law who had been through the fire
of the land. Under this law the , got together to prevent any such
veteran may buy, build or re
pair a home, get money at 4
on a long-time loan to pay back
taxes or delinquent debts on a
home, start and equip a new
business, purchase, build up and
stock up a farm, complete high
school and university education
if interrupted by the war, draw
special benefits if unable to find
a job, have free and competent
hospitalization If he or she
needs it.
Asked to comment upon the
law Ernest L. Barnes, service of
ficer of- Medford Post No. 15,
American Legion, said yester
day: "This law was not the work
of any one man or set of men.
condition as existed after the
World Wt.r. At that time we
had no experience upon which
to draw, but this time we had
some idea of what returning vet
erans would find and we have
just started to handle the situa
tion. The things which struck
me as much as "anything else
was the unselfishness with
which other organizations sup
ported the American Legion in
its efforts to prevent a break
down among the veterans.
One Administration.
"Administration of the law,"
continued Barnes, "will be
through the Veterans' Adminis
tration at Washington, D. C.
This organization was set up In cases fn which men were In
jured eariy m tneir service, n ne
la wsets up a method of re
view and adjudication for claims
which are denied so that every
veteran may have his day in
court and be heard.
"While this law Is to be ad
ministered from Washington it
will not be necessary to go back
there or write your congress
man to get your case started.
The case will be started from
the office of your local service
officer. All you have to do Is
call upon the service officer of
the local post and he will start
ycur case for you. In fact, this
has been going on for some time
now. Plans are now in the mill
to have representatives of the
Veterans' Administration more
widely scattered and accessible
in order that the cases may go
through quickly and without de
lay, due to long correspond
ence." Some of the more Important
provisions of the GI bill of rights
are cited by Barnes as follows:
1. It is presumed as matter
of law that any veteran who en
tered the service under 25 years
of age was Interrupted as to
July, 1930, under an act of con
gress and all federal agencies
dealing with veterans' affairs
were consolidated and co-ordinated
under this single control.
At that time it was our idea to
prevent and do away with the
confusion incident to overlap
ping agencies and bureaus and
president Hoover agreed thor
oughly with the plan and the
veterans in congress gathered
up the loose ends under that
veterans' bill.
"The GI bill of rights is not
a gravy train. The idea is to
put returning men and women
on their feet. They have worn
the cloth of their country and
are entitled to recognition in
the American way. Any vet
eran who has served 90 days or
more since September 15, 1940,
and has received a discharge
other than dishonorable is eli
gible for benefits. Even some
of the dishonorable discharges
will be reviewed if equities de
mand it. Veterans who served
less than 90 days and have a ser
vice connected disability are eli
gible. This was included In the
law to take care of those few
schooling and he Is entitled to
the benefits of the law without
presenting further evidence on
that point. If he was over 25
years of age at the time he en
tered service he or she will have
to prove interruption. The vet
eran is entitled to tuition and
fees up to $500 and $50 a month
subsistence if no dependents and
$75 a month with dependents.
He may choose his school. How
ever, he must be qualified to
pursue his courses and must
keep u pin his work. The limit
is four years.
2. He may borrow up to
$2000 at not to exceed 4 to
buy or repair a home, get into
business, start a farm, and get
started again in life. The gov
ernment will gurr.-antee this loan
up to the amount stated. The
loan is repayable in 20 years.
3. For each calendar month
of active service the veteran can
draw a flat weekly payment of
$20 for four weeks if he cannot
find a job. The limit is 52 weeks
for the first two years after dis
charge. It will not be granted
to those who refuse suitable
jobs.
5. The law gives the Veter
ans' Administration the status
of an essential war agency and
is entitled to priorities in equp
ment, personnel, supplies and
materials of all kinds second
only to the army and navy.
6. The Veterans' Administra
tion is authorized to spend as
high as $500,000,000 to provide
additional facilities for the care
of wounded and dsabled veter
ans. 7. There is no distinction be
tween GI Joe and GI Jenny.
They fought side by side at Ba
taan and Corrigodor, stormed
North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and
they are together today on the
beaches of Normandy.
Monday, June 26, 1944
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