Show F f E R UNI it m BUR s EDITORS NOTE this newspaper through species arrangement aila the washington bureau of western newspaper union at 1616 eye street N IP washington wa D C it is able to brins bring readers this ibis weekly column on P problems ob of the veteran and ami serviceman and his family questions may he be addressed to the above bureau and they will still be answered in a subsequent column um no replies can be made direct by mail but only in the column which uw appear in this newspaper regularly veterans loans this column Is in receipt of many letters from veterans complaining that they have been unable to obtain loans under the GI bill because of lack of credit in their communities muni ties these letters are arc concerned particularly with the purchase of farms or borrowing money to operate rented farms to these veterans the suggestion Is made that it if you have exhausted all avenues of credit in your local community and have been turned down then you might apply to the local office of the farmers home administration it if there is no office in your own county then there may be in a neighboring county your county agent can advise you on this score the farmers home administration makes loans to veterans only after they have been turned down tor for credit elsewhere disabled veterans also are eligible for these loans since many requirements are waived by the agency they will make loans either to purchase or to operate a farm for purchase of equipment seed etc the loans run up to 40 years at 3 per cent and the maximum is questions and answers Q my aly son was inducted into the army in 1944 at the time he was suffering front from asthma and had been all his life not just mild attacks but severe lie ile served 8 84 months and then was sent home on a stretcher lie never has recovered but la in august 1946 was sent to the veterans hospital at lincoln for a short period the doctors there and the local doctor say nothing can be done for him what I 1 want to know Is can he get a pension he was able to make his own living when taken into service and since his discharge be able to work lie ile was not fit for army service in the first place and they knew it now his health Is gone what little he did have and I 1 think it only fair they should do something for him ile he never said no when they took him can you help me mrs G L II 11 seneca neb A has your son asked tor for a disability rating at the hospital at lincoln it seems if his illness was aggravated by his service he may be entitled to a pension it is however entirely up to the veterans administration to determine his eligibility and the amount of any disability pension suggest that he make application your local american legion or red cross chapter can help Q kiy son serving in the south pacific was reported missing december 13 1943 and was never heard beard from again so he was declared dead january 12 1946 ilia his wife tot got the six months gratuity but said she never got any of his back pay Is she or 1 I his mother entitled to his bis pay from the time lime he was reported missing until be was declared dead we were both drawing dependent allotments and did until he be was declared dead mrs K 31 DI pensacola fla A the wife would be entitled to any back pay due the deceased soldier she also likely akely is entitled to insurance and you both are entitled to a pension for pension and insurance consult the nearest office ol of the veterans administration for back pay write to the office of dependency benefits U S army goodfellow blvd st louis 20 mo give them all circumstances your sons full name rank and serial number Q has there been any char chars s p in the policy of the veterans ad us lis ration in paying parts of the pension of a disabled veteran to a wife from whom he has been separated tor for a number of years it if so how much would the wife receive A U oakland calif A no there has been no change of policy where wife or children are separated from the veteran the veterans administration often agrees to apportionment of the veterans pension largely upon voluntary agreement between the veteran and his wife the percentage the wife receives would be dependent upon the size of the pension and the need of the wife or the children Q at the time my son was called into the army I 1 was his bis sole dependent and while he be was there I 1 received an allotment two to and a half years later he was given a disability discharge while he be was in the veterans hospital he be sent me papers to fill out stating that I 1 wait wa still his dependent and bow much it cost to keep me each month lie he was discharged and given a good pension each month am I 1 entitled to 0 o any money my son draws mrs U 1 I K mapleton Maple tod iowa A no nothing except what he gives you voluntarily |