Show Veterans Wait Outcome of Many Bills To Increase Subsistence Pay By ED BLISS Student veterans all over the country are keeping a hopeful eye on congress this month as legislation is being considered to increase subsistence allowance under the G. I. Bill of The subject is a pretty vital one to the average After trying to live on veterans' and finding that it can't be most veterans feel that congress should take some action to liberalize student either by increasing subsistence or by increasing the ceiling wage which veterans can make while in training under the GI It looks as if congress may do Several bills are now before the legislators to increase benefits to student differing considerably in the amount of increase which would be The bill recently given a favorable report by the senate public welfare subcommittee would increase the monthly subsistence allowance for single vets from to Married veterans would receive if they have no and with one or more The reasons for the according to the committee are the increase in the cost of living since the present allowances were set and the increasing scarcity of part-time jobs with which veterans can supplement their subsistence In addition to the provisions affecting the senate committee also recommended liberalizing benefits for on-the-job trainees by increasing the ceilings on The bill written by the house veterans' committee differs from the senate bill in that it would not increase subsistence for single and would pay married men according to the number of children they Subsistence for vets with no children would be Vets with children would receive another for the first child and for each additional Considerable controversy has been aroused over the amendment to the house which was designed to deny all educational funds to communist Opponents of the amendment claim that there is no way to draw the line between a communist and a and that even if there the action would be an abridgment of political since the Communist party is a recognized political party in the United Advocates of the on the other maintain that the Communist party is dedicated to the overthrow of the United States and that it's members and be d nied benefits available to oth r At any it appears thai the issue of which has no direct relationship u the question of veterans' sub may cause able delay in passage of the house or may result in the defeat of a bill which other wise would be passed readily by both Open opposition to increased assistance to as such is expected to be A bill favorably affecting so many people is hard for a congressman to oppose if ne hopes to be There considerable feeling in Washington against any increase in government expenditures at this and it is possible that this might result in killing such legislation by a vote to thus avoiding a vote on the bill It is more how that some sort of favor-albe action will be Most veteran's organizations have been pressing for the revision of existing legislation and some of them have pretty powerful lobbies in And many educators feel that the move would be well worth pointing out that approximately vets have dropped their schooling under the G. I. bill because of their inability to support a family and go to school at the same As the veteran's organizations have told ex-G. Ia are not making any unreasonable nor are they asking for something for They feel that by serving for several years in the armed forces most of them at wages far below what they could have earned as civilians they have earned the right to financial assistance while they are trying to make up for the time they so that they can devote all of their time to They aren't asking for an only enough to live And in that means a little more than a |