Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-11-21

G. am GIL. of four years and
have been taking this G.I. training
on farming for year. ? would like
to know if could change and take
another training under the same
bill?-J. E. G., Jemison, Ala.
A. Yes, you probably could ar
range to change your training. Sug-
gest you contact the school or insti-
tuition where you now are taking
your training and discuss your plans
with them, or you might contact
your nearest VA office and take the
matter up with the counselor there.
@. know that some will consider
this low-dOwn trick to play on a
veteran, but it isn't as bad as his
accepting a pension when he does
not need it. He is taking from some
one who does need it and cannot get
it. This man is working and through
friends got pension. That is not
right, but can anything be done
about it's. E. B., Walnut, Kas.
A. Veterans administration does
not generally make pension allow
ances to veterans not entitled to
such allowance. Pension for disabil-
ity is not made on basis of need,
but on disability rating. There is
nothing to prevent disabled veterans
from taking job if they can do the
work, and at the same time they
can draw a disability pension. A
question of fraud is different, al
though of course we do not know the
details of this particular case.
@. Could you please tell me
through Veterans Service bureau
just how to find the whereabouts of
a boy in the U. S. army in the Pa
cific who hasn't been heard from FOR
three and half months? His
mother receives her monthly check
as his dependent.-Mrs. L. C. c.,
Big Stone Gap, Va.
A. If you know the boys outfit and
last address, send letter addressed
to the commanding officer of the
unit, or to the chaplain of the unit
asking his whereabouts. If you are
not successful, write to the Enlisted
Personnel Division, Adjutant Gen.
erals Office, Department of the
Army, Washington, D. c., giving full
name, serial number and his last
address.
@. My husband was in the navy
five months and IL days. He finished
his boot training and was sent to
naval hospital for treatment for high
blood pressure. There he was dis
charged with small compensation
of $3.50 per month. Our family doc
tor has stopped him from work and
said he should have an operation to
lower his blood pressure. Can he get
this operation through the govern
ment?-Mrs. C. II. NJ, Tuscumbia,
Ala.
A. Ordinarily such medical atten-
ton can be obtained by veterans
within year after discharge. Sug-
gest you contact the Veterans adj
ministration hospital from which he
was awarded his compensation.
They will be able to give him all in
formation concerning such an opera
ton or further treatment, or even
additional compensation.
@. Can you inform me whether or
not it is too late to apply for on-the-
job training? I would like to learn
practical electrical engineering if
possible. Where can l find out about
this?-L. J. X, Ell Reno, Okla.
A. No, it is not too late, since the
law provides you have four years
from the day of your discharge to
apply for such training. If there is
no state, municipal or private en-
ployment agency in Ell Reno. am
sure that you could apply to one
such agency in nearby Oklahoma
City to get information.