Show washington ASHINGTON i I 1 NE NEWS WS LETTER i I 1 by awn Gil 64 ANGEK GER j aft SURPLUS WAK WAIL 1111 tP ERTY FOR SMALL MALI Fi 1111 sia A subcommittee lins bus been by the surplus war property adra ints 0 to o study ways and means to joaw u small businesses to acquire surp surplus lul war property maury maverick ch chairman air of the smaller war plants cor por porn atlon tion heads the committee all ana other agencies represented are arc the wn wa production board reconstruction fi r 1 I nance corporation procurement procuro ment division of tile the department of the hie treasur and the department of justice this committee will have eliav a close working relationship with the disposal that function under the direction of the surplus war property prop eily tion ion largo large rind and small firms are aie to bo given an even chance chalice with the surpluses offered in ili lots of such i size as 13 to allow businesses of all kinas to participate sales to consumers and speculators are aie forbidden en but information orl on sales play may be obtained from the treasury procurements regional offices in new york washington chicago denver deliver san francisco and seat tl lie c identification brigadier general frank T administrator of veterans afra affairs irs stated that dependents of veteran who write wille ills his administration on an matters pertaining to veterans do not nol understand der stand the iho necessity of identifying the ille veteran about whom they are arc writing in ili order to obtain prompt service ser vico the master ineer III P of tile the a administration now coulalis con lalis more than names of veterans of all wars living arid and dead including tile tho armed forces of the present war among those are aio over smiths of whom at least havo have tile tho given name of john this will indicate lio how difficult it Is to identify the veteran unless specific information about him is supplied to insure prompt reply all correspondence directed to the veterans administration concerning life insurance nati national service pension or compensation should give full name of the veteran tile the date of ills his birth his serial numer rank and tion in service and the he C arid and N oni oil any checks or letters received from the veterans administration adm inist ration JOTA ON I 1 bans BAGS aln the war production hoard board lias has announced that quitu restrictions on acceptance cep tance of new burlap bags have been eliminated hut but inventory restrictions remain unchanged the increased use of burlap was permitted because of the somewhat improved burlap supply from india arid and the tight supply of cotton colton shipping sacks general restrictions on oil bags for the of wool remain but the increased of burlap makes it 11 possible to eliminate the more detailed restrictions |