Evening star., 1947-07-25
Start in Closing Out
81 Bill Benefits Is
Up 10 White House
BY sts Associated Press

BY ths Associated Press
The day President Truman signs
Senate joint resolution 123 will be
T-Day-Termination of war days
so far as some 10000 900 war veter-
ans and servicemen are concerned.
Enactment of the measure, which
has passed Congress with no sign of
White House opposition, will mark
the beginning of the end of the vast
educational, unemployment and
loan-guarantee benefits of the G. I.
Bill of Rights. Mr.. Truman has
until August to act on the measure.
When 1t becomes law war veterans
benefits will no longer be available
to:
/. New enlistees. Men and women
who enter the services after the
Presidents signature is affixed will
be considered peace-time personnel.
When they leave the services, they
will be considered only ex-service-
men, not war veterans AS such
they will not be entitled to unem-
ployment allowances, educational
or job-training assistance, or gov
ernment loan-guarantees. If they
have service incurred disabilities,
they will be entitled to compensation
at about IS per cent of the wartime
rates.
2. Men and women in service at
time the the measure is signed but
who leave the service after less
than 80 days of duty. Those who
have even one day of service before
the act becomes law, however, and
remain in service for the minimum
80 days period will qualify to some
degree for the benefits.
For men and women still in
service when the President signs
S-123, termination of benefits will
begin with the day of their dis
charge. For othere veterans of
World War II, benefits will be af-
fected as follows:
/. Education and job-training-
courses must be started not later
than four years after the date of
the signing, and must be completed
not later than nine years after T
day. The Veterans Administration
pays up to $500 a school year for
from one to four years-depending
upon length Of service-toward a
war veterans tuition, laboratory
and library fees and other expenses.
It pays subsistence allowances up
to 800 month.
Affects Disab
2. Unemployment allowances-will
cease two years after T day. They
range up to $40 a week for not
more than So weeks.
3. Loan guarantees-will be made
any time within 10 years after T
day. The Government guarantees
up to so per cent on farm, home and
business loans to veterans-loans
not exceeding $4,000 on montreal
estate property and $4,000 on real
estate.
S-123 sets termination dates for
the benefits not only of the CT Bill
of Rights-Public Law 346, officially
known as the Servicemen's Read
justment Act-but of the vocational
readjustment of disabled veterans
Public Law 16.
Public law 16 offers to disabled
veterans privileges matching those
under the GI bill-up to four years
of education, with no training be-
yond nine years after T-day, a
minimum subsistence allowance of
$105 month and other benefits.
Insurance Guaranty to End. r~...
Enactment Of S-123 also will ter
inmate Federal guarantee Of pre-
miums on commercial life insurance
policies of servicemen.
This practice, provided in Article
w Of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil
Relief Act, was adopted to protect
serviceren who as civilians had
taken out insurance policies so large
that they would have been unable
to pay the premiums with their
military earnings.
Expiration of the Selective Service
Act, which halted the compulsory
draft, ended the need for such pro-
lection.
AS of June 30, there were IA 1861 900
World War II veterans. The Vet
Grams Administration, adding in the
numbes of persons still in active
service, estimated that when the
war is oficially terminated the total
of World War II veterans will ex-
ceed 5000, 900.
AS of June 80, Oil 800 disabled
veterans and 1882 ,633 other veterans
were participating in education and
training benefits.
More than $4,000 were drawing
unemployment allowances, which in
May totaled s55, ,726 900, and 800 1926
loans totaling $4,855 ,288. 900 were
under o11arapty