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Show WASHINGTON- ne4ws mm Mmmm mmmk ttOM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. L GRANGER Terminal Leave Tay For CI'S The final 213 m moors of Con- ?ress last w'tk affixed their iig-neture.s iig-neture.s to a petition which to:' out of the House Military Affairs Committee, wh re i has been cub--y-hoVd for more than a yp'r, r-.ill r-.ill which will glv terminal leave aay to enlisted men in the Fame nvann r that it his been granted to commissioned officers. This action virtually a-suicd e riy passage of th bill. This bill la? not only hnen stymied ly the committee com-mittee all this time, but has met vlth s'rong opposition from the Army, who.-.e chief objection wa3 ba ed on th diiflcul.ies of adrnin-litrating adrnin-litrating the Act, yet it is poin'ed out by friends of the enlisted man that those difficulties were radily overcem.' when Congress autharied the fame paymen'g to officers. Th - bill would give enll.ted men up to 120 days leave on the basis of 2'i davs a month of active war service and pay off the leave in lump sum upon discharge. The Ac: would be retroactive for those GI's already discharged from the s rvlce. The first possible date this measure meas-ure can come before the House for ection Is May 13, since rules r -quire the fully Rigned p titlon to be laid on the table for srven legislative legis-lative days. |