Evening star., 1946-08-16
Terminal Pay
Forms Forecast
Here Next Week
Shipments Begun
To West Coast,
GPO Reports

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Despite persisting reports that
veterans might have to wait as long
as IS days for their terminal leave
pay applications, War Department
spokesman said today the forms
should be available to most former
enlisted personnel by the early part
Of next week.
City Postmaster Vincent C. Burke
reported that no forms have been
received yet, but we're ready to dis
tribute them to our 40 Washington
stations as soon as they arrive" He
also assured there will be no delay
in handing out the forms.
Col. H. F. Chrisman, assistant to
the acting chief of finance, said
previous estimates were outside
limits" cited in order to give small
sub post Offices all over the country
plenty of time to receive the applica-
tions.
Forms Being Shipped.
Government Printing Office off,
cials, meanwhile. told The Star that
distribution of the forms, coming
OF presses at the rate of 3,O00,00 a
day, already has begun to about
$4,000 post Offices throughout the
country. First shipments have been
sent to West Coast areas to insure
delivery to post offices all over the
country at about the same time.
Still uncertain about the time vet
Grams will have to wait to receive
bonds and cash after filing applica-
tions, Col. Chrisman said 'it will
probably be maximum of so days"
Our big problem is the supply of
bonds" he declared. THE Treasury
tells us the bonds won't be ready
until about September q, and then
again time limits will be determined
by disbursing conditions in the local
finance Offices"
To Be Punched Cards.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the Treas
ury Snyder announced that the
bonds will be 'distinctively designed
punched cards, following the pat
tern of most Government checks"
to enable the Treasury to mechanic
many of its accounting procedures.
Through the speeded accounting
service, he said. quicker service can
also be given to veterans who have
lost the bonds, and added that
prompt detection of erroneous pay
ments will greatly reduce clerical
expenses.
A Treasury spokesman also dis
closed the bonds will be printed by
a private concern. over heavy protest
from the CIO and AFL. The Inter-
national Business Machine Co. and
the Remington Rand Co.. both are
negotiating for the printing con-
tract-involving some $4,000 900
bonds-but the job has not yet been
awarded.
q. S. Printing Demanded.
The union objections came with
a demand that the printing Job be
done by the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing-following the recent
dismissal of 125 bureau employees.
The employees were dismissed July
l, the official declared, as a result
of personnel cutbacks" after the
war and by returning veterans
claiming their old jobs.
mo plate printers were involved
in the layoff," he said. land under
stand the bureau has enough back
work to crowd their schedules for
the next two years"
Mr.. Snyder also announced that
machinery is under way to provide
for cashing bonds on maturity. The
issue date will be the first day of
the quarter following the date of
each veterans discharge. Under
this system, the Secretary said, the
first issue date will be April /, 1943,
and the first maturity date April l
1948. ALI bonds will draw 2A per
cent interest per year under the
plan, making 1914 per cent of
face value interest rate due on
maturity.
Survivors Can Get Cash.
Bonds can be cashed Immediately
however, on the death of a veteran
by his survivor, Mr.. Snyder said.
Applications must be notarized
and sent, along with photostats or
original discharge papers, to the
designated finance Office nearest
the point of discharge-not nearest
the veterans residence, Col. Chris
man emphasized.
Veterans separated from enlisted
service in Maryland, West Virginia
or the District will mail forms to
Baltimore.
The forms consist of only one page
OF questions-attached to a three
page set of instructions.
One Bond to a Veteran.
The colonel also pointed out that
each veteran will receive only one
bond, and that the bond will be
"non-denominational."
"By nondenominational we mean
that bond will not be marked with
a printed value of say S25 or $50"
he explained. "All bonds issued
from the Treasury will have blank
spaces to be filled in by the dis
bursting finance officer, and each
bond will be for the highest null
tiple due of $25."
Washington veterans who hav.
lost their discharges may apply al
the United States Army recruit.
ing station, 403 Tenth street NV.
for substitute certificates, Mai
Richard j. Carmody, the station,
public relations officer, announced
yesterday.
Free Photostat Service.
In the meantime, the Veterans
Information Center, Fourteenth ane
Pennsylvania avenue NV, is max.
ing plans to furnish free photostat
service at night to make copies Of
discharge papers "as soon as the
applications begin to arrive"
Waldron e. Leonard, director, sale
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