Show Vets Administration Information Service Veterans Administration cautions vet vet- veterans vetI I erans Grans buying homes to be sure they fully understand any contract or docu docu- document document document I ment they are asked to sign before they I risk a deposit or down payment on a ahouse a house I Inquiries to V-A V from veterans indic indic- indicate 1 ate they have experienced a variety of I difficulties In attempting to buy homes j with the aid of V-A V guaranteed loans In most cases V-A V said the difficulty I arose from the veterans veterans' failure to read and understand the sale contracts and I I other papers which they signed Most complains center upon docu docu- documents documents documents I I ments which veterans find later are only I reservations to purchase and not firm sale Bale contracts or upon escalator and hostility clauses Included In sales agreements While there Is nothing Illegal In the action of the seller V-A V com com- complaining complaining complaining veterans are con vl ced they have been cheated and have requested V-A V to t protect them Actually there Is little V-A V can do once a veteran has entered Into an agreement with a seller A contract or sales agreement Is a private matter over which V-A V has no control Consequently V-A V repeatedly has urged veterans to be careful and get all questions fully and andI I j clearly answered by the selling agency or other qualified counsel before signing such agreements I The first professionally accepted I facsimiles of X ray films to be used In the treatment of sick and disabled I veterans are being reproduced by V-A V I through a new mass production process I This will enable V-A V to speed exam exam- examination exam I examination and treatment of a veteran I while his claim Is being considered and I original films will be protected against j J I loss or r damage through handling and andI I transportation 1 Now V-A V said when a a. V-A V clinic I hospital or any other authorized medical I Institution or doctor needs a previously I made X-ray X In the examination and treatment of or a veteran the request will willbe willI I be sent to the V-A V Philadelphia Records Center Tho Center will simply make a aI I facsimile and the original will be re retained re- re reI retained I In V-A V files tUes The facsimile need I not be returned All X-ray X films tUms many of which are arenow arenow arenow now held In Regional offices and other V-A V installations may be consolidated Into ink a single library at the Records Center which Is the basic tech- tech technique used had been employed for some sometime time by Dr William H. H Roper Director I of the Section for Research on Minimal I Tuberculosis of the Army Medical and Development Board Ue Ife had been able to make one facsimile at a time I I V-A V experts observed the materials and techniques used by Dr Roper In his laboratory at Fitzsimons General Hospital at Denver and then conducted experiments which resulted In the high level reproduction now a product of the V-A V X-ray X Facsimile Reproduction Lab Lab- oratory orak ry The entire project from the time the planning started until It went Into op op- operation operation op- op operation required two years V-A V said the present production capacity is 80 to facsimiles a day It ItI Itcan I can up this figure to t with additional personnel I |