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Show KOT NECESSARY TO PAY FEES Dependents of deceased Army-Air Army-Air Forces personnel need not pay fees to any firm or individual tc obtain payment of monetary bene fits to which they are entitled, Col. Paul W. Wolf, commanding officer, Ogden Air Technical Service Ser-vice Command, stated this week In a letter to this command, Lt Gen. Barney M. Giles, AAF deputy de-puty commander, sa:d informa tion had been received that cer-tain cer-tain firms and individuals are using mails to contact and solicit next of kin, offering to assist them, for a fee, in connection with pension applications. It was pointed out that the Ad ministrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe pre-scribe to recognize agents and attorneys in the preparation, presentation pre-sentation anu prosecution of all claims -under statutes administered administer-ed by the Veterans' Adminstration Personnal affairs officers at all AAF installations are prepared to render assistance in proper ex-ecution ex-ecution of such claims. m |