| Show reductions IN 3 SIGHT IN WAR YET VET PENSIONS possibility of one third of widows and orphans now receiving death compensation being cut from pension rolls rolle pensions reduced for spanish war vets tile tha new naw veterans regulations authorized under tinder the economy act of march 20 1933 were signed by president roosevelt on march 31 they are designed to cut disabled veterans benefits including wid aws aws and other dependents by about a year this sum aum must bo taken front from the approximate which remains of the veterans yet erans appropriation previously planned for 1834 1934 litter after adjusted compensation and civil war pension payments are do ducted reducing this b by y cuts disabled bone f it a about 63 per her cent I 1 tho the theory that the government should make maka an effort to compell onto veterans and widows for or world war disability or death Is now a tiling thing of tile the past compensation Coni pensa has ceased to exist all world war monetary benefits outside of emergency officers retirement are known as pensions atut ami the ants will be called pensioners among other things tile now new veterans regulations impose the following restrictive changes in laws and regulations which have heretofore existed wipes out compensation for world war veterans dorman permanently effly crippled by battle wounds akpu nations and diseases contracted in the service and substitutes pen at a 20 per cent less lesa rate than the compensation which these disabled have been receiving reec iving there will be but five ratings a and nd continued co manuea on raw past tiro iwo reductions IN SWIT IN WAR VET PENSIONS continued trona rom rate fare one payment bases tor for service con necked disability 10 per cent 8 a month 25 per cent 40 a month 75 74 per par cent go 60 a month and por cent 80 a month family allowances low ances for crippled vet Yet erana erans with dependents are eliminated single veterans without deperi dependents dents will have their pension cut to 15 a montil month hospital or home the now regulations also scrap the old rating table which was biased on impairment in prewar pro pre war occupation the new ta table bleis la based on oil the average impairment caused by the disability this will cut the service connected disability pay irones by an estimated a year and Is to the 20 per cent service connected cut referred to the tha now new regulations wipe out all payments tor for temporary disability and non service free hospitalization for temp temporary disability hereafter no payments will be made tor for any disability other than permanent whether war connected or not restricts service pervice connected dis ability by presumption to one year after discharge this and other re may reduce the world war veter tuis now receiving payments for service connected war disability to about one half that number through restriction on proof of service connected death in presumptive a sump tive cases possibly one third of the widows and ana orphans now re ceiling death compensation will be cut from tile the rolls and angwill will not be paid pensions no pension Is pio 1310 0 bided vided tor for widows and orphans for non service connected world war death spanish war widows of this cleiss will have their pe pensions ion 8 r re e from 30 to 15 a month die world war disability allowance adv of 40 a month for non service c connected permanent disability which mr bin er initiated Is wiped out in III its ita place payable only it if tho the disability Is permanent and total there aro 2000 world war veterans of 0 this class who hi havo I 1 ve been beell receiving disability allo allowance tile the 00 who havo have been receiving disability will bo be removed from the rolls and to ro calve 1 v e nothing this should save co about b 0 u t ono hundred million dollars a year these non service pensions will contain a need clause providing that no payments shall be to a 0 single man without do de pendones pendon ts who has an income of 1000 or it if married and with do pendones pendants pend ants ts of 0 2500 ninety daab service required tile tho non service pensions of spanish war veterans are wiped out and these veterans cases placed un or the samo same regulations regula tlona as the hii id war veterans in other words spanish war veterans will receive such pensions only when totally and permanently disabled those these will be 20 a month the compulsory spanish war veterans pensions at age 62 are arc set at 0 t n month and domic domiciliary illary caro care for all veterans are restricted to veterans administration hospitals and homes henceforth to be known as veterans administration facilities whore where both services will be provided service connected cases will bo be admitted us as heretofore but non service connected ad pittances mit will be confined to veterans with permanent disability tuberculosis or disease ease who are unable to earn a living ing and who are without means of support ninety days service required this restriction upon atlon will reduce the number of men hospitalized As vacancies occur veterans will be removed from hospitals and only veterans facilities will be used it Is not known yet whether any of the 62 veterans hospitals will be closed only time can determine this eligibility of disabled emergency einor gency officers of the world war retire meat restricted to disabilities dl 11 to erectly atly connected with service through a causative factor arising out of duty in military nry service 6 it la Is estimated this will reduce the tha number on oil tile tho rolls from about to 2000 veterans working for tho government cannot receive pensions pen unless for battle casualties all others will have their pensions pen alona withhold withheld employed Emp loyes of tho the voter ans tans administration who receive pensions cannot hold positions where they may award avard monetary benefits to other veterans the amount of pensions received by anybody will bo be supplied anyone upon inquiry only BO 60 per cent of the pen pensions siong allowed under tile lie new regulations may be paid to veterans residing outside the united states except those living in tile hie canal zone and alaska tile the only class of persons whose pensions are not cut ador tho the regulations are tile the widows and orphans of veterans whose death la is directly connected with service the amount of burial allowance Is s reduced to 76 A flag will bo be provided in all cases |
