Show ff 7 ORN aa AF EDITORS NOTES nore this newspaper through special arrangement with the washington bureau of western newspaper union at 1616 eye street N W washington D 1 C it il able to bring readers f this his beekly u column on problems of the leteran and serviceman and his family questions may be addressed to the above bureau and they will be answered in a subsequent column vo no replies can bt be made direct by mail but only in the column chich will appear in this newspaper regularly training practices in a recent directive veterans administration has notified cooper co oper abing institutions that it will not interfere with existing practices in recognized schools and training on the job establishments in which veterans are enrolled under educational features of the GI bill VA also announced that lob job training establishments do not have to guarantee veterans work at the end of their training courses regardless of circumstances schools and training establishments are required only to submit their usual reports on student attendance and grades of veterans who are enrolled and VA training officers will obtain their information only from these institutions only it if the schools are unable to furnish regular reports this directive was issued after some schools expressed the belief that VA training officers might seek to exercise supervision over established schools that have had training courses tor for years no employer Is expected to guarantee a job to a veteran who fails to demonstrate during the course that he will merit employment neither is an employer trainer expected to guarantee a position against unforeseeable circumstances which may arise and make it necessary tor for him to reduce his force or at least not to expand it the directive says questions and answers Q can you explain to me the difference between allotments made by men in the services and family allowances mrs A K R B bedford ind A any man in the armed services may make an allotment tor for several purposes 1 for his national service life insurance 2 tor for purchase of war bonds 3 for his bank account or even tor for his family and these allotments are deducted from his pay however when a service man makes what is called a class F allotment of 22 per month to be paid his dependents which is also called an allotment and is deducted from his pay the governa government ent adds 28 tor for his wife and 30 tor for the first child and 20 for each additional child these are called family allowances low ances allotments on the part of servicemen are not compulsory although the army urges such allotments lot ments be made however a wife or a dependent child may request an allotment and if the request Is granted it is compulsory on the part of the serviceman to make the allotment only wives and children may request allotments parents or other members of the family may not Q my husband was in the navy 30 months and he is entitled to mustering out pay and other GI bill benefits would his wife and children he has deserted be entitled to get any of it for their support mrs birs E L J guntersville Gunters ville ala A not that I 1 know of mustering out pay is given directly to the veteran and so are other payments under the G 1 I bill yours is a civil case and you have all the protection of the law for desertion and nonsupport Q Is there any way a veteran can get paid for the days he loses work on account of disease he be caught in the pacific which chich causes his hands to break out in water blisters birs J B D chase bid ald A there is no way unless he applies tor for a disability pension it appears that if his disease was service connected he is eligible to apply for or a disability rating and receive medical treatment go to your nearest office of the veterans administration Q could you please inform me as to whether some agency of our government publishes a mailing list of men in a certain division of the army it if so how bow could I 1 secure a list of men in the and airborne divisions G it H bolivar N Y A of course the adjutant generals office has lists busts of men in every division however I 1 know of no agency which publishes the lists tor for obvious reasons since they could be used tor for commercial purposes Q I 1 served nine months overseas and was honorably discharged when I 1 was discharged the war was still on and I 1 was not permitted to bring any souvenirs back home during the war will the war department give me an army rifle for a souvenir C J J red bcd springs N C A no Q can you tell me how I 1 can caa get my husband a dependency discharge birs W C clinton N C A such discharges must be initiated by the man in service by application to his commanding officer |