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Show I Eom Iiom ! 'rom0JWleaclers rom0JWleaclers ' OfirReadew Otull.eaders Otulleaders OfirReadewMr . ? I iD QDci ci ) 00 0 0 it QD I , IMr Mr L L Taylor , I | I Editor , Times-Independent Times Independent - , I [ Mon Moab b . , Utah I II ! IMy I { My dear Mr TaylorIn TaylorIn Taylor TaylorIn TaylorI I In the issue of the Times-Indepen Times Indepen Times-Indepen- TimesIndependent TimesIndependent TimesIndependent - - dent , under date of March 23rd , an ar- ar article article ar-tide ar tide - ticle appeared written by Lawrence LawrenceSullivan LawrenceSullivan LawrenceSullivan ! ! Sullivan , in the April Atlantic Month Month- Monthly Monthly Monthly - " . I II iI ' ly , entitled entlUed , ' "The The " The Veteran Racket I as well as others In the same samecategpry samelcategory I Icategpry categpry , agree with the statementsI statementsmade statementsmade statements imade made by Mr Sullivan Neverthelessin Nevertheless I [ in justice to a very small minority of ofI ofveterans ofveterans of.veterans ofveterans I . veterans , I hope that you will publish publishI publishthis I this short artlcIeI artlcIeThere articleThere article artlcIe I There are really reany three classes ofveterans ofveterans of jveterans veterans who have been bcen receivingben receivingbengfits receiving ofI ibenefits I ben bengfits f1ts from the government , namelyI namely I , ( (1) 1 ( ) The veteran with service-con service con servIce-con- servIceconI servIceconnected serviceconnetted serviceconnected - - I nected netted disabilities , represented by the theoiganization I OJ ganIzation named "The The " DIsabled DIsabledAmencan DisabledAmerican DisabledAmerican Amencan American Veterans of the World DIsabledI War War"commonly Warcommonly , " I commonly called caned "The The " DA DAV V " . These Theseveterans Theseveterans Theseveterans veterans have been compensated for fordisabilities fordisabilities I Idlsabihtics dlsabihtics disabilities incurred in line of duty (2) 2 ( ) The veteran who has been com- com compensate com com- compensat compensated - pensat pensated pensate , l for disabilities received in inciVll incivil incivil ciVll civil life , not incident to service (3) 3 ( ) There is another class that thatcould thatcould thatcould could come under (2) 2 ( ) This elass class elassthrough classthrough classthrough through position or influence mfluence have havebeen havebeen havebeen been compensated beyond reason This Thisclass Thisclass Thisclass class consists of veterans with service serviceand and non-service non service - connected dlsabihUesI dlsabihUesIt disabilitiesIt disabilities dlsabihUes It appears that the service connected connectedveterans connectedveterans connectedveterans veterans have been discriminated discriminatedagaInst discriminatedagainst discriminatedagainst agaInst , not intentionally but through throughlack throughlack throughlack lack of numbers of the orgamzationThere organizationThere organization orgamzation organizationThere There a are r e approximately 350 350000veterans 000 000veterans 000veterans veterans with service serVJce connected dis- dis dts- dts disablhUes dtsabilities dis disabilities - - abilities ablhUes This does not mean , how how- however however however - ever . , that that number receive bene bene- benefits bene-1 bene 1 - . fits , as a vast number of them are less lessthan lessthan than 10 per cent dJsabledhich disabled dJsabled , \\hich hich which whichmakes ' \ whichmakes hichI I makes their cases noncompensativeThe non-compensative non compensative - The average compensation received receivedby receivedby receivedby by the DAVis DAV is about $35 35 $ 00 per month monthSo monthSo monthSo So assuming that the entire number numberof numberof numberof of these veterans were wete compensated the theaverage theaverage average amount , plus the cost of hospitalization hos- hos hospltahzabon hos-pitalization hos pitalization - pltahzabon pitalization , etc , the sum expended expendedwould expendedwould expendedwould would be negligible to the vast sum sumthat sumthat sumthat that has already been expendedAbout expendedAbout expended expendedAbout About three years ago , a resolutlOn resolution resolutlOnwas resolutionwas resolutionwas was passed whereby any person who whoserved whoserved whoserved served during the late war , could be becompensat.ed becompensated becompensated compensat.ed compensated . for disabilities incurred incurredin in civil c1Vll life This resolution did not notapply notapply notapply apply to those who were already dIS- dIS dISabled disabled dis disabled - - abled from disabilities resulting resultmg from fromwar fromwar fromwar war service . For example , two veterans , one m in inperfect inperfect I Iperfect perfect health , the other disabled m in mI mlServIce inservice inservice I lServIce service , both are injured The able- able ablebodied able-bodied able bodied - ableIbodied able-I able I bodied veteran could be compensated compensatedwhIle compensatedwhile compensatedwhile whIle the already disabled veteran veterancould veterancould I Icould could not be further compensated , re- re reI regardless regardless re regardless - - I gardless of the fact that it may have haveJ havebeen havebeen havebeen J been his service ervJce connected dIsabIlities dIsabIlitiesthat disabilitiesthat disabilitiesthat that caused h hfs his s additional addltional mJuries injuries mJuriesThe injuriesThe injuriesThe The ruling was that no person could coulddraw coulddraw coulddraw draw both service and non-service non service - al- al allowances allowances al allowances - lowances This resolution also applIed appliedto to hospitalization Any per person on who whoseived whoseived 1 1sel sel seived ved during durmg the late war could be behospItalIzed behospitalized behospitalized hospItalIzed at government e"PCns ePCns expense expensefor expensefor " ( . for non-service non service - connected disabihties disabilities disabilitiesIt disabilitiesJIt I It also 0.110\\ 0.110 . allowed 0.110ed \ ed transportation , meals mealsand mealsand mealsand and lodging , to and fiom flOm from the hospitalThe hospital hospitalThe The average citizen cltizen reading readmg of the thevast thevast thevast ! vast sums expended on veterans as- as as1 assumes assumes as assumes - 1 sumes that it applies to veterans of the thelate thelate thelate late war All classes of vetel veteians ans now nowcome nowcome nowcome theI I come under the U S Veterans Admin Admm- Admm Admin- AdmmfstratlOn Administration Administration - istration fstratlOn , so these vast sums expended expendeddo do not apply to veterans of expendedI the late latewar latewar latewar I war onlyIt onlyIt only It has a1\\ a1 ah always a1ays \ \ ays been a custom and a amoral amoral amoral moral duty of this and other nations nationsII nationsi nationsto nationsto II i to pension penslOn or compensate their vet- vet veterans veterans vet veterans - erans of any war . The practice has hasb hasbeen hasbeen b been n to compensate any veteran dis- dis disabled disabled dis disabled hasI - - I abled mIme in line of duty Alsohen Also , \ when \\hen hen \ a aveteran aveteran aveteran veteran becomes old or infirm , the thepension thepension ' pension system has prevailedDue prevailedDue prevailed prevailedDue Due to the enormous enonnous cost of the theveteran theveteran theveteran veteran in the past , it lt has caused the theadmmlstratiOl1 theadministration theadministration admmlstratiOl1 administration to make drastic reduc reduc- reductions reductions reductions - tions These reductions will also be applied appl1ed to the only veterans who 301 aie aiemorally aiemorally e morally entitled to benefits , namely namelythose , those who incurred their thelr disabilities dlsabllItles in inline inline inline line of duty . This ThlS Is 1s however , con- con contrary contrary con contrary - trary to the pre-election pre election - policy of the thepresent thepresent thepresent present administration admimstratlOl1 'To To ' To those who wholeceived whoreceived wholeceived leceived received disabilities disabll1t1es in m line of duty dutyeverything , everythmg everything , to others , nothing " Taking Takmg the government hospital hospitalclosest hospitalclosest hospitalclosest closest to here for example e'lample elample ' : , there are arenot arenot arenot areI I not more than 10 per cent of the cases casesservIceconnected casesserviceconnected casesservice-connected casesservice connected servIce-connected servIce connected - Under tha that t as- as asI assumption assumption as assumption - I sumption , the real cost of the veteranshould veteran I Ishould lshould should have been only 10 per cent ofthat of I lwhat that \ hat it has Been BeenThe BeenThe Ueen UeenThe The DAVIS DAV is bel behind nd the present I Ieconomy Ieconomy Ieconomy economy program as they believe bel1eve that thatthe thatthe thatthe Vlllisee the administration adnlmistrntIon admmistration and the natlonVllli nation natlon \Vllli Vllli will willsee \ willsee see that thoseho those \ who \\ho ho tho \ are morally enI en- en - I I ' btled111 titled btled , ' \ will \\111 111 till be justly and faL taL fal4 fal4t faLcwith ; cwith t \ lth ith lthj lthI j # I A AVBIEU3Of WIER VEItRli ! ] 7 ! 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