Evening star., 1955-01-13
veterons Service Center

The recent letter. signed Lucile
Hoyme," makes what ! consider an
unwarranted attack on the motives Of
the thousands in this area who favor
retention Of the Veterans Service Gem
ter In its present location pending
relocation in similarly adequate quar-
ters as centrally located. This tndi-
vidual ridicules the letters written to
The Star by four veterans. all Of whom
work for the same industrial Organiza-
ton in this area. Miss Hoyne should
read the excellent and accurate ac-
count of the January meeting Of the
VFW Department Council Of Adminis-
tration as published in the final edition
Of .'The STAR on January il she really
desires to know why four identical
letters were received by your news
paper. If she reads this article. then
Miss Hoyme viii ascertain that Alex
German wrote the letter, which was
copied by three other veterans working
in the same Office. I frankly cannot
see this as an example Of psychic
unity"
respectfully request that The Star
publish my letter so that Miss Hoyme
and others with similar ideas about
the Veterans Service Center may be In
formed as to the facts relating to the
four letters which are the subject OF
ridicule in the Hoyme letter. In my
opinion, the publishing Of the four
letters by The Star on January 5
without some comment was rather un-
fair since 1t apparently gave some in
dividuals the erroneous impression that
thousands Of identical letters were
being mailed out. win The Star please
advise how many letters have been re-
ceived from its readers OF this area on
the subject of the Veterans Service
Center, and at the same time advise
how many or how few Of these letters
are identical?
Miss Hoyme's letter leads me to
wonder Just what is behind the drive
to remove the Veterans Service Center
building. If this building preferred to
by your good paper as "shack") Is to
be torn down, will there be another
building constructed at this location
for some other organization? Or Will
the land be made into q beautiful
uark? And what is The Star offering
dS d oU1ubtOh W vAAS ASASSNs~SA~ -
Veterans Service Center?
do not wish to enter into an argu-
ment with Miss Hoyme or any otner
individual, but since she has CONSIDERED
II proper to ridicule the many veterans
who favor retention Of the center IN
its present location I believe 1t proper
to ask whether or not she wrote the
letter without consultation with other
individuals or whether she was en-
couraged by some one to write as she
did.
I wish that Miss Hoyme and others
who feel as she does would join us IN
q move to obtain adequate quarters
for the veterans Service Center. Most
of the States I have visited have con-
structed war memorial buildings in
which are housed the various offices
that assist veterans Of all wars. Why
not join us In doing something to as
sist the thousands of disabled veterans
who fought to preserve "our way OF
life" and to assist the thousands Of
widows and orphans of those brave men
who gave their all" in the world wars
and the Korean war? Perhaps many OF
these men could not distinguish be-
tween the words raise" and "raze. but
they certainly did know how to fight
for you and for me and for all Of us.
Albert J. Novak.
Editors Note: To date The Star
has received 20 letters against re-
moving the Veterans Service Center.
-Four OF these were identical. They
were the ones to which Mr.. Novak
refers.)