Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-08-24
TRUMAN WITHHOLDS APPRO-
VAL OF VETERANS HOSPITAL
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On August /, the VA had lol,-
1888 patients receiving nospitai
treatment or domiciliary caree as
compared with S0,942 year ago.
AS of August 2, there were 4,lo4
regular physicians on duty, nearly
twice as many as year ago.
Patients in VA hospitals are now
being provided recreation and en-
tertainment in the form of music
movies, USSO shows and the like.
Special uegistlation signed by
President Truman on August Z,
will enable the VA to set up CALI
teens patterned after Army PIX
and Navy Ships Service Stores.
Canteens formerly were operated
by concessionaires.
! Nearly million and quarter
veterans are enrolled in schools
and on-the-Job training courses
under the G. l. Bill of Rights
and the law pertaining to dis
abled veterans. One out of every
four veterans of World War Ill
has applied for certificate in
dicating eligibility for some form
of education and training.
The problem of prompt pay
.ment of subsistence allowances
to the veterans has been solved.
Some checks were being delayed
as much as four five months be-
cause of shortages in personnel
in the colleges and in the VA.
The VA also arranged to pay
I uition to the colleges from
month to month to relieve the
strain on their working capital.
The colleges now face their
greatest problem of finding emo
ugh teachers and in providing
scGassrooms and living quarters
lOr veterans.
A second major problem, which
General Bradley took to Congress,
was abuse of bn-the-job tram
ing. The VA was paying the mon
ey to trtainees but not all of the
states were supervising the train
ing institutions. There were no
national standards for this train
ing and there was not enough
supervision.
The VA! moved to clean out
the chiselers to protect worthy
veterans and legitimate business
firms. Genera{Bradsey believes
this problem is now solved.
To meet the problem of a
great increase in the counselling
program the VA increased the
number of guidance centers from
eighty-five to 276.
: More than 900 schools have
beenapproved for training under
the CT Bill. The VA also has start
ed to install on-the-farm training,
combining class work with pract-
zeal supervised farming.
1t also has arranged for more
than two million textbooks to be
/ released by the Army and Navy
Off veterans who are studying un-
der the CT Bill and the law per-
tanning to disabled veterans.
The greatest problm in insur-
anc concerns the vetrans rather
than the VA. Less than one out
of every four World War veteran
now has premiums paid up to date
10,0n0,000 veterans now are now
on Government insurance. Almost
without National Service Life In
surance. Originally IS per cent OF
them carried this insurance wher
they were in the armd services
which means that 80 million doll.
ars worth of economic security
has been allowed to lapse.
The VA has added 1000 persons
to its staff and has trained them
to adJudicate and rate claims. The
number of rating boards through
out the country has cen increased
form 491 to 984. The VA is now
paying monthly pensions or COM
pensation to 2,666,000 veterans and
dependents. With the increases re-
emily AUTHORIZE by Congress these
payments will range from $10.3e
to $3.50 a month for each person
Decides the bill recently signed
by Presidnt Truman, liberalizing
Government insurance, new vet.
Grams legislation includes:
l. The act giving thee VA tight
er control oveer on-the-Job train
ing.
The law giving the VA auth
! ority to operatee canteens in We
| hospitals.
& The appropriation AUTHORITY