The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-24
Vets Vote
For Bonus
AT Meeting
Ask New Housing
Legislation. Vet
For Droft Boord

A mass meeting of veterans
that packed the courtroom at the
county courthouse and over
flowed onto the sidewalk and
grounds Friday night voted unan-
imously for a state bonus to be
paid to veterans II World War l
and II.
The meeting was called by the
Elmer Joseph Grant Post, WV,
Of Pascagoula, and was one of a
series of such meetings held
throughout the state recently at
the call of VFW State Comman-
der Karl Wiesenburg to ascertain
a majority of the veterans wish
es on the payment of a state
bonus.
The veterans also unanimously
adopted two resolutions which
were presented to the meeting:
The first, presented by Lin
jacobson, representing both the
local VIEW and Legion posts, re-
quested Congress to enact a law
providing for the full reestab-
lishment of an unrestricted sec
ondary market for the purchase
of G.. l. home loans on a perma-
nent basis designed to carry out
and support the intent of the G..
I. Home Loan Act.
Plan Cooperative
Such legislation would be in
keeping with plans for the estab-
lishment in Pascagoula, If nee
essary, Of a cooperative for the
purchase of the permanent fed
eral housing to prevent block
sale of the homes. Under plans
the homes would be p~tfrrfasrd
for resale on a non-profit basis
to tenants. veterans and non
veterans alike, Mr.. Jacobson said.
The second petition, presented
by Herschel Richards on behalf
of four county veteran organiza-
tons which had previously con-
sidered and approved the pro-
posal, petitioned Governor Field
ing L. Wright to appoint a World
War II veteran to the county
draft board.
The resolution said In part that
the jackson county draft board
is presently composed of one
World War I veteran and two
non-veterans, and that there is
a need for appreciation of the
problems of the present day
Armed Forces such as only a vet
eran Of World War II can supply.
The resolution added that there
are a number of World War II
veterans available for the APP
pointment and that this over
sight and apparent disregard of
the sacrifices of World War II
veterans is keenly felt by all
World War II veterans The res
olution closed by asking the gov
ernor to remedy the situation by
appointing a World War II vet
eran to the board at his earliest
convenience.
State Commander Wiesenburg
was then introduced by Milton
Zerkus, member of the local WV
post, and told of the series of
meeting that are being held
throughout the state in all major
communities to ascertain the vet
Grams wishes and sentiments on
the question of a state bonus.
Explains Illinois Bonus
Explaining that the veteran
bonus is a new question In Mis-
sissippi, but not in many other
states. MI. Wiesenburg called on
DR.. F. c. Minkler, who had re-
Gently received a veterans bonus
from the State OF Illinois, where
he was indicted into the Armed
Forces during the recent conflict
DR.. Minkler explained the work
ing Of the Illinois bonus and ex-
pressed the opinion that. If a
state veteran bonus was adopted
in Mississippi, il should be paid
to those veterans who we're in
Quoted into the armed forces from
the state so that it would rot
work a hardship on individuals
who had helped to fill the states
quota, but now resided elsewhere.
at is not my purpose to at
tempt to tell you whether or not
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