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Show VETS ON THE JOB ALLOWED MORE PAY More than 50,000 veterans in education and training programs administered by the Veterans Administration Ad-ministration in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico may be eligible for increased subsistence benefits as the result of recent enactment of a new law. The law increases ceilings on combined subsistence and salary for trainees to $210 for a veteran with no dependents; $270 for a veteran with one dependent; and $290 for a veteran with more than one dependent. The old ceilings were $175 for a veteran with no dependents and $200 for a veteran with one ....or more dependents. Increases under the new ceiling will be retroactive from April 1 although initial payments probably prob-ably will not be received by veterans vet-erans until their July checks, due about August 1. VA will enclose with May subsistence checks, due early in June, a printed explanation explana-tion of provisions of the new law. VA urged veterans not to write or contact VA offices regarding the increased allowances. The higher rates will be paid automatically auto-matically to all trainees whose existing applications now on file with VA contain the information needed to establish their dependencies. depend-encies. When additional information informa-tion is needed, the veteran will receive re-ceive a form by mail which he should fill out completely and return re-turn promptly. VA also stressed' that while increases in-creases are retroactive to April 1 and the first increased payment will include all back increases due, complete forms establishing dependencies de-pendencies must be filed with VA prior td September-1, 1948. Otherwise, Other-wise, payments will begin when the necessary information is filed. The new law increases benefits to GI Bill trainees by raising pay ceilings and increasing subsistence allowances for part-time school training and for combination school and job training programs, including institutional on-farm training. It also extends increased benefits to disabled veterans taking tak-ing combination types of training under Public Law 16. In the case of veterans in job training only, no change was made in the maximum subsistence allowance-'payable of $65 a month to a veteran without dependents and ,?00 a month to a veteran with y fi or more dependents. It ismply increases i the permissible combined com-bined total of salary plus Isubsis-tence. Isubsis-tence. VA emphasized that the law never intended that his subsistence subsis-tence should enable a veteran to earn more while in training than he will receive when he is fully trained. |