The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-15
Uncle Sam Makes Generous Provisions
For Disabled War Veterans, Families
Myer Schwoky of
Valuable Information Through Waterbury Chapter Disabled Amer
Veterans Provide Direction for Claims.

out IN terms OF money and depend
ents.
MIR. SCHWOLSKY-Gladly. If
you have wife, the government
will add to your own payment, the
sum of $28 a month. If you have
wife and one child, the govern
ments contribution is $40 month,
with $40 month added for each
additional child.
If you have parent dependent
upon you, the government would
add SIS monthly. If both parents
are dependent, the governments
contribution would be $25 month.
There are many other variations of
this, but these are the basic
amounts.
MIR. BARRY-1t seems to me,
that these government allowances
are considerably larger than our
families received during the last
war.
MIR. SCHWOLSKY-T is cor
rect. In some instances the total
received IS nearly twice as great as
was supplied in the first World War.
Of course there are many other
rights and benefits which have been
provided in connection with the
present war.
For instance, if you are carrying
a life insurance policy in a private
company or in fraternal organiza-
ton, the Veterans Administration
will guarantee payment of the pre-
miums on these private policies up
to $4,000. This guarantee applies
to officers as well as enlisted men.
MIR. BARRY-Those are very in
teresting facts. Now please tell our
readers something about my rights,
should I suffer disability or death
as member of the armed forces.
MR.. SCHWOLSKY-Well, should
you suffer a disability in line of
duty, you would be entitled to hos
pital treatment and pension. The
Congress has also provided voca-
tional training for disabled veterans
of the present war, so this type of
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where necessary. In this event, as
I have mentioned, disability pension
payments are increased in most
cases, so that government support
would be provided while you are
being trained in a new way of max
ing living.
Should you lose your life in line
of duty, your dependents would re-
ceive pensions, and If you had OBJ
tanned government life insurance,
your beneficiaries would receive
payments from your government
insurance policies.
MIR. BARRY Mr.. Schwolsky,
please tell our readers something
about the hospital care and treat
ment you now provide for veterans.
MR.. SCHWOLSKY- Veterans
Administration supplies hospital
treatment for the veterans of all
wars, including the present war.
MIR. BARRY-Must a veteran be
suffering from a disability incurred
in war in order to be admitted to
Cle veterans nOSp1JdlSf
MR.. SCHWOLSKY-N Mr.. Bar
ny. 1t is not necessary that veterans
of the present war have a service
connected disability in order to be
eligible for treatment in our hospi-
tails. The Congress recently pro-
vided general disqualification for
veterans of the present war, on the
same basis which had been extended
to veterans of our previous wars.
This will prove to be a great asset
to our young veterans, and may
become invaluable to them many
years after the war. Congress also
has provided this type hospitaliza-
ton for the WACS, the WAVES.
the SPARS, and the women men,
bers of the Marine Corps Reserve.
MR.. BARRY-That is very fine.
But won't that eventually require
more hospital beds than you have
been planning for in the future
MIR. SCHWOLSKY Yes, Mr..
Barry, 1t will require more beds than
we had estimated would be needed
for line of duty disability in the
present war. President Roosevelt
has already taken action to care
for this new situation. He has di-
rected the Federal Board Of Hospi-
talization to make an immediate
study of the present and future
need for hospital beds by the Army,
Navy, U, S. Public Health Service,
and Veterans Administration. This
study should assure total use of all
facilities, and at the same time
make certain that adequate facilities
exist to serve in full the needs of
our war veterans. Additional beds
should be provided as rapidly as
the need is justified and priorities
permit them to be constructed.
The Veterans Administration now
has 90 hospitals and homes which
are located in all of the States ex-
cent two. and the District of Column