Show i i SERVICE BUREAU EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE This Thit Th J newspaper through special pedal arrangement with tin the Washington Wahington Bureau Burea of 01 Western W tern News Newer Newspaper paper Union at 1616 Eye Street N. N W W. Washington D. D C. C is u able to bring brang read readers reat ers era this weekly column on problems o oj the veteran and serviceman sert ceman and his IliJ Jam fam am ily Questions may be addressed sed to the ch above abote Bureau Burea and aud audey they ey will be answered in a subsequent column No replies can be made direct by mail but only in tin the column will appear in this news news- newspaper paper regularly Practices Practice Trailing I II I In a recent directive Veterans administration has notified co oper cooperating cooperating institutions that it will not interfere with existing practices in recognized schools and training on the job t establishments in which vet vet- veterans veterans erans Brans are enrolled under education education- educational I al features of the GI Bill VA also announced that job train train- training training training ing establishments do not have to I guarantee veterans work at the end of their training courses regardless of circumstances Schools and train train- training training ing establishments are required only to submit their usual reports on student stu student dent attendance and grades of vet vet- veterans veterans veterans erans who are enrolled and VA training officers will obtain their in in- information information formation only from these institutions ions t 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 fished schools that have had train train- training training training ing courses courses' for years No uNo employer is expected to guar guar- guarantee guarantee guarantee antee a job to a veteran who fails to demonstrate during the course that he will merit employment Nei Nei- Neither Neither Neither ther is an trainer employer-trainer expect expect- expected ed to guarantee a position against t unforeseeable circumstances which h may arise and make it necessary for him to reduce his force or at a aleast t least not not to expand it the di di- directive directive di- di directive says Questions and Answers Answer Q Can you explain to me the dif dif- difference difference ference between allotments made mad by men in the services and fam fam- family family ily allowances Mrs allowances Mrs A. A R. R B. B Bed Bed- Bedford Bedford Bedford ford Ind A. A Any man in the armed services service may make an allotment for several purposes 1 for his National Service ice life insurance 2 for purchase of war bonds 3 for his bank ac ac- account account count or even for his family and an these allotments are deducted from his pay However when a service serviceman man makes what is called a class F allotment of 22 per month to be b e paid his dependents which is also called an allotment and is deducted from his pay the government adds add 28 for his wife and 30 for the first firs child and 20 for each additional child These are called family al al- Allotments on the par part t of servicemen are not compulsory although the army urges such al al- allotments be made However a wife or a dependent child may m lY request t an allotment and if the request is i s ts tt granted it is compulsory on the part par t of the serviceman to make the al al- Only wives and children may request allotments parents or o r other members of the family ma may y not Q My Iy husband was in the navy 3 30 0 months and he is entitled to mus mus- mustering out pay and other GI Bil Bill l benefits Would his wife and chil eMi children children dren he has deserted be entitled to t 0 get any of it for their support support support- Mrs E. E L. L J. J Guntersville Ala A. A A Not that I know of Muster Muster- Mustering ing out pay is given directly to th the e veteran and so are other payment payments s under the GI G. G Bill Yours is a civi civil l case and you have all the protection n of the law for desertion and non non- nonsupport support Q Is there any way a veteran can get paid for the days he loses lose s work on account of disease he h e caught in the Pacific which cause causes his hands to break out in water blis blis- s Mrs J. J B. B D. D Chase Md A A. A There is no way unless he ap ap- plies for a disability pension It I appears that if his disease was service ice connected he is eligible to apply appl y for a disability rating and receive e medical treatment Go to your you r nearest office of the Veterans ad ministration Q Could you please inform me as a g to whether some agency of our gov gov- government government government publishes a mailing list of o omen f men in a certain division of the th e army If so how could I secure a ea et list of men in the and t Airborne Divisions Divisions G. G. G R. R D. D U Boli Boll Bolivar var N. N Y A. A A Of course ourse the adjutant gener gener- generals general's generals general's generals general's als al's office has lists of men in ever every y division However I know of of- no n 0 agency which publishes the lists for fo r obvious reasons since they could be b bused e used for commercial purposes Q I served nine months overseas oversea and was honorably discharged When I was discharged the war was wasI wa S I 1 still on and I 1 was not permitted to t 0 bring any souvenirs back home dur dur- during ing the war Will the war depart depart- department department department ment give me an army rifle rille for tor a souvenir-C. souvenir J. J J J. J Red Springs N. N C. C A. A No Q Can you tell teU me how I can get my husband a dependency dis dis- dis- dis charge charge l Mrs W. W C. C Clinton N. N C. C A. A Such discharges must be ini ini- initiated by the man in service by ap to his commanding officer |