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Show ODB Rules Children Aren't 'Evidence' The Office of Dependency Benefits Bene-fits can't accept the physical appearance ap-pearance of a soldier's children as "required documentary evidence." Why? Weil, for one thing, this evidence evi-dence has to be filed with the application appli-cation for that family allowance, and Mrs. America naturally doesn't want to file Junior and Mary Anne, even in an air-conditioned building. Quite a few Mrs. Americas have brought their young along, however, when they went to the ODB infor mation office , to arrange for that family allowance, or to present proof that they were really married to the soldier and entitled to the monthly benefits. One soldier's wife arrived the other oth-er day with nine children in tow. She didn't leave them, though, as "proof." She left their names on the application blank. The ODB assured as-sured her that their names and their birth certificates, would be quite enough. |