Evening star., 1936-06-05
10000 ENVELOPES
SENT TO VARIOUS
PARTSOF COUNTRY
Distribution Scheduled to
Start in Washington
June is.
Ex-SERVICE MAN TO GET
$3.50 AVERAGE PAYMENT
Recipients Asked to Stay Home
in Order to Sign for Reg
istered Mail.
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS.

AA%AASOAD L. 1kOOEnS.
The first veterans bonus bonds were
turned over by the Treasury Depart
ment today to the city post Office for
delivery to veterans, scheduled to start
here June IS.
Postmaster Vincent C. Burke. with
his assistants, completed ARRANGEMENTS
for handling the tremendous load, and
the first trucks began rumbling this
afternoon between the Internal Rev.
enue Building and the city post Office.
A total of about 100000 envelopes
destined for veterans in various parts
OF the country were shipped in huge
steel tanks aboard heavy Treasury
trucks. Each of the tanks contained
about 10000 envelopes. The average
amount going to each veteran is
around $3.50.
Arrangements Completed.
The Treasury Department was rep
resented in the conference in the In
ternal Revenue Building today by Ed
win F. Kilby, assistant commissioner
Of the public debt, and Marvin Wes-
ley, chief of the Division of Loans and
Currency. In the conference, which
lasted for almost an hour, these Off
clas discussed the bonus situation
with Postmaster Burke, and arrange
ments were completed for their CO.
operation and the shipment of bonds
to the post Office.
Postmaster Burke had with him his
superintendent of mails. Clarence
Schooly; Staley Clark, assistant SUPER
lntendent of mails in charge of the
registry section, and Wilson Eppley.
foreman of register.
The tlrst envelopes to go out were
known as Case No. !. which has been
the first ones received by the Govern
ment and sent through the long proc
ess OF administration from the vet
eran's application to the sealed en-
Velope sent as registered letter.
The name Of the veteran who will
receive the No. / envelope was not
disclosed.
In each Of the large, heavy envelopes
Is contained the proper number of $50
bonus bonds, check for the odd dol
lars and cents less than $50 and let
ter of transmittal. The post Office as
sures responsibility for delivery.
Veterans Asked to STAY Home.
Veterans in Washington have been
| asked by the postmaster to stay at
home on the nights Of June IS and Is
to receive registered mail, which must
be signed for by the veteran himself.
| Postmaster Burke disclosed that he
has made inquiry of $50 firms employ
ing labor in Washington and all Gov
ernment departments and establish
ments with view to finding whether
they will desire special certiflcation
| officer to certify the veterans bonds
for payments.
Meanwhile post Office inspectors and
Secret Service men prepared to move
swiftly against any one who seeks to
rob veterans of their bonus payments.
The two agencies say that plans for
! the large-scale bonus disbursement
| scheduled to start June Is are as
nearly crookproof as they can be
made"
The criminal possibilities should be
very small" one Post Office official
said. THE bonds will be delivered only
to the addreSsee in person. Most Of
these people are known to their mail
men.
The bonds are worthless to any
one but the man named on them.
Before he could get cash for the
bonds person would have to be per-
sonally identified as being the veteran
named. Again, he'd haze to pass the
scrutiny Of banker in attempting to
cash the check sent in payment"
Eighty Post ONCE inspectors have
been specially detailed to aid post
masters throughout the country to
make their bonus payment plans fool
proof" but all the 400 inspectors have
been instructed to help"
If any person misleads postman,
assuming the name of a veteran to get
possession of his bonus bonds, Post
Office inspectors will be prepared to
prosecute them. The penalty for
making Misrepresentation to get pos
session Of registered mail is five years
in Jail, $4,000 fine, or both.