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Show Squalus Vicitms Forgotten? Under pressure from: various veteran vet-eran groups, the United States has made generous provisions for flhose ,who served this country in time of war. Not aatany weeks ago, the newspapers news-papers were filled with praise for the 'Condjuct of the men who died in the Squalus submarine disaster. Nearly every citizen expressed sympathy for the brave sailors who went to their death in the service of their country. Well, one might suppose that liberal provision has been miade for the widows of the mien who gave up their lives under the waves. It seems, however, that such is not the case. The army and Navy Journal says, "Forgotten are the widows and children of the men who went to tHaeir death in the service of their country." Calling attention to meager pension pen-sion rates, which' "are the result of discriminatory laws," the Journal says that dependents of men in regular reg-ular service, who die in line of duty during peace-time, receive "less income in-come than the dependents of emergency emer-gency and other personnel who die in time of war, less even than the incolme of tde dependents of those enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps." Obviously, this discrimination cannot be justified. The widofws of the Squialus victims and the children ' of the men have suffered a loss that cannot be exaggerated in time of "war. They should receive iens.ons coa Irnsrate with those given to war veterans. |