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Show BELIZE EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western Newspaper News-paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W Washington, D.C.,is able to bring readers read-ers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. Questions may be addressed to the above Bureau and they will be answered an-swered in a subsequent column. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear ap-pear in this newspaper regularly. On-the-Farm Training One year after V-J Day saw 1,250,000 veterans of World War II enrolled in some form of education or training under the two laws providing such facilities for war veterans. vet-erans. According to Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Brad-ley, VA director, the greatest problem prob-lem facing the G.I. educational and training program is that of the colleges col-leges in securing teachers and in providing classrooms and living quarters for this tremendous influx of students. General Bradley predicted pre-dicted that in the next year this figure fig-ure would be doubled. One of the newer forms of education edu-cation is on-the-farm training, combining com-bining class work with practical supervised su-pervised farming. To supplement the educational program, VA has prevailed upon the army and navy for release of more than 2,000,000 text books for veterans studying under un-der Public Law 16 and the G.I. Bill. General Bradley expressed concern con-cern over failure of the veterans to take advantage of their government govern-ment insurance. Less than one out of four veterans have premiums up-to-date on government insurance and almost 10,000,000 eligible veterans vet-erans are now without National Service Life insurance, while originally origi-nally 95 per cent, of them carried the insurance when they were in the armed services. In other words, 90 billion dollars worth of economic security has been permitted to lapse. One of the important objectives objec-tives ot VA during the coming year will be help to veterans in reinstating re-instating their insurance. Questions and Answers Q. My husband joined the army April 1, 1946. We have two children, chil-dren, two and four years of age. Also a good farm, cows, mules, hogs and chickens. I must care for all of these things. We got the farm worked this year by my helping to do much of the work, which I was unable to do. My health is not good. I am 26 years old and he is 29, will i be 30 in February. I have no one ! to stay with me except his 70-year-old mother. He wants to get out of the army and work his farm next year. . Is there any chance? Please help me. Mrs. D. W. T., Moulton, Ala. A. He should have no trouble obtaining ob-taining his discharge since he is a father. Suggest he contact his commanding com-manding officer and apply for his discharge. Q. During 30 months of army service I sent my parents an allotment allot-ment every month. Now my parents par-ents are dead. Can I collect the amount I sent them from their estate es-tate when sold? C. W. J., Green Pond, Ala. A. This is a legal question and you should consult a lawyer. Q. I am a widow with one son who is now 16 years old, an aged father-in-law, aged 82, and another son serving overseas. I get a family fam-ily allowance which is insufficient to supply the needs of our household house-hold and the stock, etc. Living expenses ex-penses have risen, as you know. Would I be permitted to take a job to supplement the family allowance and still be entitled to it? Mrs. M. A. M.f Dana, N. C. A. There is no reason why you shouldn't take a job. Q. Can you tell me where the 383rd Infantry is now? Are they discharged? dis-charged? They trained in Camp White, Ore., and later went to San Luis Obispo, Calif., and were shipped to the Pacific. M. P., Wood, Calif. A, The army says the 383rd Infantry In-fantry was inactivated February 3, 1946. Q. I was discharged with a medical med-ical disability from the navy in World War I with tuberculosis and am unable to do manual labor. Can you help me in any way? A. You should apply to your nearest near-est office of the Veterans' administration adminis-tration and ask for a disability rating. If your illness was the result of your navy service it would be a service-connected disability, but even if it is not service-connected, you likely would be entitled to a disability pension. Q. My father entered service nearly three years ago, claiming he was a single man and not naming his children as dependents. He was discharged a few months ago, and we never received allotments during dur-ing the entire time he was in service. serv-ice. We were all under 18 years of age. Is there any tiling we could do about it now? Miss M. L. C, Cere-do, Cere-do, W. Va. A. I am afraid there is nothing to be done now. To be sure, however, how-ever, you might write to the Office of Dependency Claims, War Department, De-partment, Newark 2, N. J. |
