Show i BUR EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE This newspaper I through special lIl arrangement with willi the Ille I Washington lon Bureau of oj Western Jre Irn Nell Neu paper fin Union at it 1616 kc Lye 1 Street N N. If II II I D. D C. C is ii able to bring I renders this weekly column on problem ob Iem lem of n the Ihl I elIJ I and serviceman and anil his hii family Questions may be lie rid nil od to II the above and anil they will be in in a II subsequent cot col urn No replies can con be made direct 1 by Y mail but only in fn the column which will Ivill appear in this new paper regularly re Veterans Bill of Rights It is virtually certain certa In that this session of the congress will liberalize many provisions of the trie GL GI G I. I Dill of ot Rights Hights particularly since President I Truman and the Veterans adminis- adminis administration administration I I have now given added im impetus Im- Im Impetus petus to needed clarification and lib lib- liberalization In his message to the congress the President urged that prompt consideration be given Iven for more lib lib- liberal liberal I Iclal eral hospitalization and veterans I care more vocational training un un- under under un- un under der the vocational rehabilitation act and to education and training under the serviceman's readjustment act ca GI I bill The President further urged more specific language for re- re reemployment reemployment employment of ot veterans under the selective service act so there can be beno beno beno no doubt about the right of a Ii vet vet- veteran veteran eran to get back his old job should he desire It lt The Veterans administration Itself will take the lead and spearhead the tho fight for these clarifying and lib liberalizing amendments and the ad ad- administration administration administration ministration will have the backing of such organizations as the Amer American ican lean Bar Dar association the American Institute of flanking Banking Dank the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars At this time veterans out of more than two million m ion demobilized thus far tar are arc taking advantage of the education features of the bill of rights Some of at the proposed amendments would include ade adequate adequate adequate quate subsistence and travel allow allow- allowances allowances ances for lor veterans taking intensive refresher courses away from home permit instruction by correspond correspond- correspondence ence once particularly from approved ed ed- educational ed- ed educational institutions which have not hitherto conducted correspondence courses c. Questions and Answers My l My husband was given Cn an honorable medical discharge March 9 1943 At that time they did dill not receive a 1 discharge rge but hut hutton ton Where here can pan lip he h obtain one one Mrs I II It It It n Marshalltown Iowa Infra I. I A. A At nay any army separation v cen-v cen cen- ter probably at your your local draft board or one may be purchased at almost any army store Q Q Q-lIns Has an army officer the t right to cut off of the life allotment to his Ills wife wile and child without any reason Has Ilas he no obligation to meet concerning his family faintly Wife ife Wash A. Yes A he has the tho right to dis discontinue discontinue continue his allotment Ho He H e has the tho I same obligations concerning his family as any other husband Q I I am an applies applies- application application tion ion for a ton one truck I have haven havea n a farm of 01 acres and need a n truck very cry much touch I am an hon lino- honorably discharged soldier with ith two t years arll service fot c I would like ilkI to Ret get n R government owned o truck If possible J J. J P. P Schenectady N. N N Y 1 It A.-It A. A If you are arc referring to a sur sur- surplus surplus plus war property truck would suggest sug suggest gest that you contact your our local AAA county committee or your our county agent for information where I these surplus trucks are available from a n bona bons fide tide denier dealer in your com com- You are entitled to an A A l 1 priority without red tape if it there are are surplus war trucks for sale at any of your our local cal dealers Q I I want to know If a man that has been lieen in ill the tho navy 16 months U is I 26 years Ears old and has lias hasa a wife and two children will pet grot grota geta a n discharge e soon Wife If Vida Okla A. A Not A.-Not Not necessarily The navy iman man will be he subject to the discharge e eIs Is system stem of rating adopted by the th navy navy Q 1 I am ant a World War Par I t vet vet- veteran veteran eran and have base A A. job job Will Vail I 1 have hae to give gl up my Job for lor a R veteran of World War II 11 In Does a veteran of 01 World War I have as muCh right as a World War II veteran ran W. W L. L L Mora Minn A It If If you are holding a 8 job now nol nolI which was given up by a veteran of this I this war then the honorably dis- dis discharged I charged cd veteran of World War II 11 has a right to that job back ck under i the provisions of the selective service I ice Itce ice act A veteran of or World War 1 I Ihas has all the rights of e t a citizen of or the theU I U U. S. S A. A A and as much right as a II vet et veteran eran of this war except for the ex express I press benefits enacted for veterans lof of World War II 11 I Q A A serviceman owed o his fatter father some money mone before he en entered no toed the service 5 11 1 rl Then the fa father ta an- anther ther became suddenly ill and was unable to w work irk The Str serviceman serviceman iceman Iteman then provided pro the rather a family allowance allowan from the Iov gov Should the he serviceman I get credit on what t he owed his hi hiI father for the amount the gov gor- government go I sent trailer Reader IIa den Colo I A That That question obviously ob is a 8 matter for private settlement be between between tween the serviceman and his tather ta fa I ther |