Show I I I i VICIE SEIl-VICIE BUREAU EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE This newspaper through special pedal arrangement with the rhe Washington Bureau Durea of oj Western Ires Newspaper News paper Union at as 1616 Eye Street N W. W Washington D D. C. C is able to so bring read era en this b weekly column on problems o othe oj o othe the he veteran teleran and serviceman and Mi is Jam fans Jamily am ily tty Questions may be addressed to 0 the he above aboa Bureau Durea and they ley will Ivill be answered in a subsequent column No replies replie can be made direct dired by mail but bu only in the column which will appear in this news newspaper newspaper paper regularly Factors Factor That Determine Veterans Veteran's Pension Rate Closest to the heart of every vet veteran eran who wears a wound stripe Is ia adequate medical care Gen Omar Bradley administrator of veterans' veterans affairs shortly after his hi appoint appoint- appointment ment picked as his assistant to have charge of the medical and sur sur- surgical surgical surgical division of VA a man who Is no stranger to wounded vets He lIe Is Maj Gen Paul It R. Hawley who was chief surgeon of the Euro Euro- European Europea European pea Chester thester ter of war and as such had under hi direction medical department men Including doctors dentists and 18 nurses Under his administration tion more than patients were admitted to army hospitals in the European theater and of this number er were battle casual casual- casualties casualties ties So General Hawley has hall had broad experience In caring for our fighting men in time of war and andEas has been chosen to head up the medical branch of VA because of this experience and great success Under the expanding hospital pro pro- program pro pro-I gram of VA General Hawley Is call call- calling callIng calling ing upon the best medical and sur sur- surgical surgical surgical brains of the nation to take a hand in the great rehabilitation program of disabled veterans The idea to take veterans' veterans hospitals hospi close to the medical centers of the na na- nation nation nation tion reflects one of General Haw- Haw Hawley's Hawleys Hawleys Hawley's leys ley's plans to decentralize and bring treatment as close dose to the home hometowns hometowns hometowns towns of the country as possible Questions and Answers Q Our boy was taken Into the army We are farming acres of land laud milking 12 to 20 cows by hand the year round raising over head of hogs hops a year I am m physically unfit to do any farm work This work Is all up to two to boys 19 and 20 one a 4 F. We iVe must hire a man to replace the boy that Is gone He lIe has bas set aside 30 of Ills Ids wages to help pay for this help Will the government match this and If it so how do we go about getting It Tills This boy was really needed L. L L. L IT U U Gladbrook Iowa A. A A Your local selective service board had the responsibility of de de- deciding deciding de- de deciding whether or not your boy was needed more on the farm than inthe in inthe inthe the army If H they had decided he was needed there he would have been given an agricultural defer defer- deferment deferment deferment ment under the selective service law No there Is no no provision for forthe forthe forthe the government to match the 30 per month If you can prove a hard hard- hardship hardship ship case which Is unlikely the boy could ask for a discharge on that ground He would have to initiate the case ease through his commanding officer Q Q Is the widow of a World War WarI I 1 veteran entitled to a pension If U Uthe the husbands husband's death Is not connect connect- connected ed with the war Do World War I veterans receive pensions If a disability allowance was discontinued ned and the case reviewed and re re- refused refused re- re refused fused again what can one do Is the wife wire of a World War I veteran entitled to medical care care l Mrs J. J J II Ei Tower Minn I A A. Yes the widow of a World War WarI I veteran Is entitled to a pension although I death Is not service con con- netted Only disabled veterans re re- receive receive receive pensions In case a disability allowance Is discontinued and re reo reviewed re- re reviewed viewed and refused again the vet vet- veteran veteran veteran eran has the right to appeal to a aboard aboard aboard board of the VA Wives of World War I veterans are not entitled to medical care Q I have a lot on a main high high- way Id I'd like to put op up a business but In order to do this I need around 2000 Could you yon send me full rull In In- Instructions Instructions n on an how haw to go about this matter and just what I must do doT doT- Mr II If F F. S. S 6 Selma Ala A. A Go to your bank and ask if they will make you a GI loan on the proposition If they consider It a good risk they will take care of all the details Q When and how Is transportation tion lion for servicemen's kiss kf 1 available and what hat are the chances for the wife wIre of a whose husband is stationed In Regensberg Germany G ribs Mrs C. C C O. O B. B B Chamberlain S. S S D. D D.A. D A. A The serviceman must initiate the request with his commanding officer If the request Is granted you will be notified of all details Only wives are arc eligible Q I 1 was discharged from the army In January 1944 because e of wounds received r eh-ed eh when I stepped on an a land load mine I bad had temporary amnesia and head injuries Have I only a 45 degree extension of my left arm Otherwise am In to perfect shape How flow do I go about getting back Into the army army M. M N. N Eu- Eu Eugene rene gene Ore A. A The amy army has lowered Its regu regulations lations t somewhat upon physical requirements re- re requirements and would suggest you discuss the question with your local recruiting office or you may con con- contact contact tact your draft board |