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Show through which s herd of elephants could be driven. It ia simply no restriction at all and the free pleasure flight training for veterans wifl be back again. , One wonders if congressmen really mean what they say when they talk so pompously of th need for economy! The Green Light for Federal Extravagance Last year the veterans administration administra-tion called a halt to the costly business of glvtsf thousands of veterans flight training just for the fun of It Th administration Insisted that auch schooling school-ing would be approved only if the V. A. determined the students were capable of staking som vocational us of ths . training. There were, of course, loud protests from flying schools snd from veterans groups. They went to congress. They finally persuaded congress to veto the veterans administration action with a provision la the appropriation bill which requires the V. A. to approve flight training if the applicant files his own affidavit, plus two other affidavits, attesting that the flight training is sought ia connection with his present "or contemplated" occupation. Of sours, thst leaves opes a door ' |