Smyrna times., 1954-06-17
BIRTHDAY OF CT
BILL OF RIGHTS
To Celebrate Tenth Anniver-
sary in Wilmington Tues
day, June 22nd
BECAME LAW IN 1914.

Principal celebration of the
tenth anniversary of the CT Bill Of
Rights will be observed in Will
mington, Delaware, at a luncheon
Tuesday noon, June %, at which
the guest of honor will be Harvey
". Higley, Administrator of Vet
Grams Affairs Washington, D. C..
The CT Bill became law on June
%, 1914, and was proclaimed fol-
lowing President Roosevelt's sig
nature by Brig. Gen. Frank Il.
Hines, then the Administrator, at
a luncheon in Hotel DUPONT. The
tenth anniversary will be marked
in the very same room where the
initial announcement was made by
General Hines. Cooperating to
bring some 400 people to the
luncheon are the Veterans Admin
istrational Regional Office, Will
mington; the city's Lions and OPP
timist Clubs and veteran, fratern-
al and civic groups. John G. Leach,
vice president of Goldey-Beacom
School of Business, is chairman.
Inspect Offices
MIR. TIigley will arrive in Will
mington from New York City on
Tuesday morning, June %. He will
inspect VA regional Office facili-
ties after an official welcome from
Governor ]. Caleb Boggs, Col.
Thomas III. Stillwell, VA manager,
and special greeting committee.
Following his anniversary address,
the administrator is expected to
visit the Veterans Administration
Hospital at Elsmere. According
to Veterans Administration rec
ords, more than 7,SOO,0 900 veterans
received training in the last de-
cade through the CT Bill. The tot
al represents more than half of all
veterans who served in World War
II. In a recent study of records,
it was pointed out that results
were as follows: 100000 veter-
ans trained as skilled craftsmen;
1900 900 studied for the profes-
sions; 1000 took CT training in
the fields of management and bus
mess administration; more than
100000 enrolled in institutional
on-farm training; $4,000 trained
for clerical and sales jobs while
CT high school and grade school
students numbered nearly 300, 900.
Teachers Added
Al total of 23S,000 teachers were
added to the nations teaching
staff as well as 243,0O0 account
ants; 1O7 900 lawyers, $4,000 So
cial scientists; 1900 writers and
journalists; 1000 social workers
and 1900 librarians, through the
use of education and training pro-
visions of Public Law 346, the Off
cial title of the CT Bill. 1t is also
pointed out by officials that while
the CT Bill far exceeded anything
ever done for veterans of other
wars engaged in by the United
States, the benefit program is
nothing new. The first veterans
benefit on record in America dates
back to the Pilgrims of Plymouth
Colony in 1926. 1t provided that
anv soldier injured in defense OF
the colony shall be maintained
competently by the colony during
his life" Following the establish
ment of the United States in 1776,
a federal pension law was enacted
and the Secretary of War admin
istered the program. After 1919
a Bureau of Pensions was estab-
lished, and operated until 1888
when it became known as the Of
flee of Pensions. In 1849 the Pen
sion Office was moved out of the
War Department and placed under
the jurisdiction of the newly Great
ed Department of Interior. There