| Show July 1956 Marks The End Of Largest VA Program The largest veterans veteran's training program the world has ever known ended the last week in July for all but a small handful of World War II n veterans It Is the 12 year old War II G 1 t I Bill Bill Bill-a a law that has given Alven more than World War II Veterans veterans vet vet- erans a chance to catch up with the years taken out of or their lives by military service the Veterans Veteran's Administration said July also marked the virtual end of or another program Public Law 16 vocational rehabilitation training for tor disabled veterans of World War II n. Under this program program pro program gram VA said more than disabled veterans have been given givena a II much needed lift toward self self- reliant living The veteran trainee however will not vanish entirely from the American scene after today VA reminded The Korean G GI I Bill entering Its fourth year Is just now getting In Into In to full swing This fall VA expects nearly three quarters of or a million Korean veterans to be enrolled in i i schools and training establishments establishments establish establish- ments under that law A small handful of World War II veterans will be allowed to continue continue con con- their studies in the months ahead VA said These are the veterans veterans vet vet- erans who enlisted in 1945 and 1946 under the Voluntary Recruitment Recruitment Re Act as well as disabled veterans who haven't been able to finish Public Law 16 training because because because be be- cause of certain hardship conditions conditions con con- hardship f The original GI Bill was enacted on June 23 1944 while the war was raging at its bitterest In Europe Eur ope ape and the Pacific But once th the war ended and servicemen started start ed coming home at the rate of or a month GI enrollments mushroomed beyond expectations At the end of 1947 a record lev el 01 of more than 2500 were in training Today the n number stands at only a few thousand GI or Bill BUI training has helped raise both the Income and educational levels of or veterans VA pointed out One recent survey disclosed that the median Income of ot veterans has gone up 51 percent over the past six years compared with a 19 percent rise for tor veteran non males In the same age group Another survey showed that veterans' veterans edu educational rational level is better than four years of ot high school while the level of non veteran non veteran males same age group Is but two years of high school The GI Bill training program has cost billion billIon billIon-an an Investment that already Is paying dividends to America In terms of veterans' veterans achievements VA said Only five cents out of every dollar has been spent for administration of the program The government spent an average average aver aver- age of 1800 on each trainee f for r all types of training with an average average aver aver- age aRe of 1000 for the farm trainee 2500 for the college student 1500 for the veteran In school below the college level and 1000 for the on-job on trainee Turning to the record of or Public Law 16 training for disabled World War II veterans VA said the program has given new hope to the handicapped the world over For Tor disabled veteran-trainees veteran have demonstrated conclusively that handicapped men and women can lead productive Independent lives once once given the chance through proper training The G I Bill and Public Law 16 6 training programs have ended now for practically all World War II 11 veterans vete VA said but tho impact they've had upon America is a alast last lasting one |
