Show 1 I I r. I 1 I I 1 The Student Art I I Show is being held now I in the the College Center SunI Sunken Sun Sun- II ken Lounge The show I runs from Thursday May I 13 through Thursday May I 1 27 Its It's open from I 1 Mon 9 on onI I 1 Sat These art works are I for sale So if you needmore need needmore I I more information contact contac I I 1 Peggy White at 1 I 1 I i I I r ct If I 1 i r O 1 I IIi w f- f Ri mod L Q I h. h w bit w T 1 h l I p j r 1 j 1 1 I J w if 01 J c v JV c A Ni 1 t 0 1 t w jt tt Congre I o f tb e n ft t b States tat es i. i r. 1 1 T w. w 3 f fh I e P J 4 r 04 If I J- J J 11 A R t of i T. T I 1 r t I r r r ri r- r i au i 39 wk o 4 1 T- T iT a 1 7 j 7 7 p I rC P M March arc h 11 1982 1942 I f 1 r 0 1 f 0 I J. J fl- fl j t. t f j A t Y r rr I r 1 t l J 4 i a 1 r j S d r. r r SM 1 r r J J r 1 of I I rt 2 I CJ Dear Colleague c S I 4 of HR which would I We are writing to request your co repeal 0 h i the 10 year time period for which a Vietnam Era Vet August 4 1964 to May 7 k f. f 3 I 6 63 1975 may use educational benefits Under our bill the expiration date would T I 1 Ibe be extended from the present ten to twenty wenty years year pos post discharge Current law I requires veterans to use their educational benefits within 10 years following follow follow- 1 1 ing discharge or by December 31 1989 whichever is earlier f I As you know most veterans who served in the Vietnam-era Vietnam have been discharged discharged 0 I 0 r. r at least ten to to fifteen y years ars or longer from the military and they are cut off off I from further school to the he ten year ear legislated expiration date fi I IJ J i. i Many of the these e veterans were not emot emotionally rea ready y for sc school ool or dropped out iU j I 1 in the early after discharge due to readjustment I of college problems a a f good portion thru time time age maturity treatment etc and are now very prepared prepared pre pre- i. i I pared to return to college to finish Since unemployment is soaring and the I 1 r f job pi picture ture gets bl bleaker ea er education for these men and women is presently the V r I only viable and practical answer ti y I t. t 1 w According to t the e recently published i hed volume five-volume study by the New York based 1 2 I I. I I 1 w Center for Policy Research while e 70 percent of the veterans as a whole e 1 went back to school after 1 leaving the service only 20 percent of those who h. h e t served in Vietnam completed colle college Only 7 percent of black veterans did so so 1 In addition the Veterans Administration ministration reported that one-fifth one of the nations nation's 43 million vete veterans ans had their eligibility for educational benefits U. U t I t under the G. G GI GA I. I bill run out at the end of 1981 iJ I Vi Vietnam era veterans August 4 4 1964 to May lay 7 7 1975 1915 are not aski asking ng for more r I 1 money but for an extension i on of the expiration ra ti on da date te from the their r di discharge from 0 I Ithe the resent present ten to twenty years ears post ost dischar discharge e. e These are educational benefits I Ia a already rea Y e carne earned rne an and owe owed to totem t them em via vla t their ml military service but not yet taken I 0 advantage of We all know their GI Bill is not as comprehensive as the GI Bills l 0 I of WWII and the Korean conflict which paid fully for tuition to any school books I 1 and subsistence I 1 We have been in close os e communication n ica t i on wi with th several Ope Operation ra t ion Ou Outreach rea readjustment dj u s t J p I y the and these centers report that our veterans Vet Centers across country are aret t 3 beggi begging for fora a second chance to enter the cl classroom ass room or tra training i ni ng shop and and 4 o I vj uti utilize 1 i ze those benefits benefi ts accrued from the their r months and yea years rs in the mi military 1 ita ry but L I Iere Vere tere ere not emotionally prepared 1 15 10 years ago W I I Ii i 7 O c 1 i e f 1 1 1 r o N-io N 1 f J L' L An n extension of ten more years time from date of discharge to re-enter re school t. t I i what bette better way could coul the e Congress and and the Senate and n the nation show their 1 gra gratitude to to the veterans of the Vietnam era than I 1 quick passage of this 1 ii A. A legislation For or example a veteran who 1 was discharged in 1966 would have an 7 f extension slon of time to 1986 to 1 complete his education depending on his months of o service 70 I j r I hope you will join with us us in supporting H. H HR NR R. R If you would like to fr i fem i I I c cosponsor sponsor or have any questions regarding the bill please call Marguerite 1 1 lr Riley at 5 I 1 I 1 l to 0 J i I t Ii 7 1 1 C. C Zo f I d i 1 J 1 Many thanks for consid consideration ration of this I your request f o I I i G-C G Jt lt J L. L 1 J P ft f II A Since Sincerely re ly I 1 1 I II I I y 1 A t 1 I I I t f 1 1 b I i HAROLD FORD i f f DO DON I BAI BAILEY LEY 0 c. c I. I 1 I 1 W rJ Member em b er 0 of f C Congress T t x WI em Member M b er 0 of f C Congress 1 i IF 7 t I I I I 1 I HI J y |