Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-23
Housing Trainees

ton and training under the benefits
of the two federal laws.
With schools and housing facilities
already damned to overlooking by
1884, 900 veterans enrolled in more
than $4,000 U. S. and foreign edu-
cational institutions, and with al
most 100000 taking on the job train
ing in more than 1885, 1000 training es-
adjustments, applications for educa-
ton and training have reached tho
unprecedented figure of more than
5000, 900 leaving 3,496, 900 veterans to
be housed and enrolled in the al
ready crowded schools and training
centers. Just how it can be accom-
plished has not been worked out.
OF course, there are veterans drop
ping out of school each year for, as
of the first of this year, an estimated
1886, 1000 had completed or discon-
tinued their courses of education or
training But the majority of the
remaining veterans who have ap-
piled for education and training and
have received their VA certificates
of eligibility have not yet entered
training or educational courses.
The six million figure is almost
half of the 14,447 1000 veterans of
World War II.
To J. N. w., Risco, Mo.-This col
umn has received your original hon.
orable discharge papers together
with an application for a correspond
ence course. However, there was
no letter accompanying the dis
charge certificate, so we are at
loss as to your question. We will
return the discharge paper for it il
valuable to you.-The Editor.
Questions and ANSWERS
@. am an excl. and although I
have tried consistently to get a G.I.
loan for home, have been unable
to do so. I know Of other men who
are in the same boat as L. They
just don't make them. What's the
matter? Is the law no good or are
the G.I.s who fought a war to save
their security bad risk for these
bankers?-B. L. D., Jefferson City,
Mo.
A. The law is a liberal law with
the government guaranteeing up to
SO per cent of loan of $4,000 for a
home. AS for the G.I. being a good
risk, Veterans administration says
that in the case of home loans, as
of March Is, 1947, they had approved
for guaranty SAB, 1000 home loans with
face value of So, 642, 1000, 900 carry
ing government guarantee commit
ments of $1,707 100000. AS of the
same date, claims against the guar
anty had been made by lenders in
only 212 home loan cases and AZ of
these were subsequently withdrawn.
Of the remaining 1876 cases, claims
in the amount of SPAS, 400 have been
paid and this amount will be re-
duced by further recovery through
liquidation of security of the loans.
So while this infinitesimally small
number of defaults may not reflect
accurately the long-term trend, for
the loans are made up for periods
up to Is years, the experience to
date is that ex-G.I.s are an exceed
ingly good loan risk On farm loans,
total of 26, ZOO has been made and
only 60 defaulted. On business loans,
59,450 have been approved and 1872
have been defaulted.
@. My son, Pfc. L. C. F., was sup
posed to get his discharge around
December IL, 1916, and it is now
April, 1947, and he still has not re-
ceived his papers. The last time
he talked to the officials they claimed
they were trying to trace his papers
but couldn't give him another dis
charge paper. Why not? As the
boy will need it very much in the
years to come, please see If you can
not do something towards getting
him copy of his discharge papers.
Mrs. R. H. F., Kaycee, Wyo.
A. Apparently your sons papers
have been lost or missent and his
service record has been forwarded by
the separation center to the demo-
blllzed personnel record branch, Of
flee of the adjutant general, 1900
Goodfellow Blvd, ST. Louis 20, Mo.
So If the local separation center
can give you no information, write
to this address and explain the stu
alton to them. They will send you a
form, likely for Identification pur-
poses, and then will send you du-
plicate papers.
@. Can you tell me what Sec. X-AR
615-36O, WD 1896 stands for on my
discharge?-L. L. D., Oxford, Miss.
A. Army regulation 615-360 is a
section of the military code govern
ing discharges generally and covers
all releases from active duty. With
reference to war department circu-
lar 1896, we must have the year in
order to determine its reference
since each year the circulars start
with No. and run through the
year. No doubt the WD 1896 order is
of general nature, giving author