D a V Representatives Appear in Plea for Bills Affecting Vets
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~ eli e is md for the Ill, as ) wa ble r ,minll spas parts ,ition he cl l asbi-~~~::~:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------______________ . XXX, NO. 17 DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS' SEMI-MONTHLY, APR. 28, 1953 WHOLE NUMBER 807 bs With Good Pay D A V Representatives Appear nd More Secure Future ~isa prentice T raining For Veterans Fhall f f an by ANSEL R. CLEARY In Plea For Bills Affecting Vets r ~~~ . Assistant. Directo~, BUl'eau of Apprenticeship na o!e: For. those mter~st.ed IU reading further along this line there is an Ad" d OF A I Across-the-Board Scale Asked For Veterans effi e '" the ~ovembe~ J9al Is~ue of the ItBAIJI!:R'S DH}1'jST entitled. "Want- I u icatl"on ppea s ~ lore and Better \Iorkcr. 10 the BuihUng Trades," which Is hl/:,hly recom- Short-Changed By Less Than 50 MO Dz'sabz'lz'ty of th e!'. The artIcle, bl' Blake Clark, is a condensation from the Kiwanis 7( nts z~~'~ands of young men just out of the service are asking Under Veterans' PreFerence The DAV representatives appeared before the Radwan ~ equi lselves:. "How can I get a job that will pay me a living Subcommittee of the House Veterans Affairs Committee last I ~'ule e an~ g.lve me an opportunity for a better, more secure Increased attention was given during the fiscal year 1952 week to take a stand on a number of bills affecting vets. co of life m the future?" Their answer to this question will to the problem of speeding up the Commission's appellate DAV representatives brought up nine bills for discussion d r!f~' ably be the most important decision they will ever make. procedures, without jeopardizing the inherent right of em- but most of their fire power was reserved for H, R. 33 45 , as those ".eterans who decide to prepare for the future ployee~ ~nd applican.ts to appeal ~rom ~fficial action.s of the and 46, all of which would extend the presumption of se~ce pe er than .Just a~c~pt a job as a temporary means to an ConmusslOn, and WIth. due consideration to the rIghts of connection for disabilities. [, sh app~entlce. t~runmg could be the answer to a satisfying 1 preference eligibles under the Veterans' Preference Act. For F Off H. R. 46 would include all tu- mg t er WIth unlimIted opportunities. example, a proposal is under consideration whereby veterans ormer -Icers berculosis, not just pulmonary, ) Ve OYer 90 A,pprenticeable Trades MEl\IBER RECEIVES AWARD FOR BRAVERY IN LINE and ~geD:cies woul~ have to. present their ca~es.in full at the :rhi~~~~eR~o~:~t~~nP~~~u~;ii~~ f~w thOUg!l most. persons think of a~prentice t~aining !n terms of. OF DUTY. Corporal William T. Boice (left) member of Stars hearIn~ In the regI.onal.office .of the ConmusslOn or before Can Now Appeal nant tumors be raised from one IVll S OJ1~tr uctl~n ll1dustry, .the veteran Interested In chOOSIng a career . Ch 82 NY' the ChIef Law OffIcer In section 14 appeal cases. In many year to three. H. R. 33 overlaps e mdustnal world WIll fmd more than 90 different IlPprentice- and StrIpes apter No. , ew ork, IS congratulated by thO Id l' . t th 't f d li t h · " B -' G D . 1 C D bl d (. ht) Ut' P li Ch' f ' cases, IS wou e muna e e neceSSI y or up ca e ear- 46 on tuberculosis, and asks for r tra d es em bracmg some 300 occupatIons from whIch to choose. ng. en. anle . ou e ay ng as Ica 0 ce Ie I ' b f th B d f AId R . MTorl ng the less . well-known apprenticeable trades, for example, are Edward Thomas looks on. mgs e ore e oar 0 ppea s an eVlew_ Comptroller General Authorizes three years in the case of multiple f di k I sclerosis and psychosis. Lev 0 acco.r ~ rna er, engraver, lithographer, photoengraver, Corporal Boice, a guard at Griffis Air Base, disregarded APPEALS UNDER SECTION 14 OF THE VETERANS' PREFER- Retirement Pay Through Action lIe P al techm~lan, Jeweler, baker, barber, and woodcarver. personal safety and extinguished a dangerous fire which ENCE ACT by Correction Board Admiral Stephenson Speaks lao P e fInanCIal rewards of apprentice training are limited only by . Rear Admiral Charles S. Ste- can vetfran's ability and his determination to get ahead. An article thr~atened mu~h valuable ~qUlpment. The award was a su- Appeals under section 14 of the Veterans' Preference Act are sub- WASHINGTON, D. C. - The phenson, medical adviser, DAV ew al'ing in Rea~er'~ Digest recently points out: penor accompbshment pay mcrease. mitted to the Commission by veteran-preference eligible employees Comptroller General of the United Service Headquarters, Wa:;hing- pose he lowest-paId Journeyman plumber in anyone of the 85 largest who have been discharged, suspended for mote than 30 days, fur- States for the first time author- ton, D. C., told the Radwan group ~f h . cities earns $2.10 an hour; the lowest-paid bricklayer, $2.48. C G loughed without pay, or reduced in rank or compensation as a result ized retirement pay to' a former that diseases exist in the body for e drawing the biggest checks receive up to $28 a day. This is of an adverse decision of an administrative officer· acting for an agen- member of the Armed Forces many years before a doctor can e re for a 5-day week, $5,600 for a 40-week year. Not one white-collar Supreme. ourt ray Ded-catesI cy. Veterans in the field service submit their appeals to the appropri- through action by a Correction be certain of the nature of the afte el'in a thousand reaches this salary." ate Commission regional office and, following investigation and hear- Board (Decision B-96905 dated 27 trouble. pOl'tunilies for advancement offer another stl-ong cu-gument for RI F V VA H - I ing, the decisions on such aflpeals are made by the regional directors. February 1953), according to re- Adm. Stephenson told the con· serious consideration of apprentice tl'aining by the veteran. Com- Ues or ets osplta Appeals from employees in the departmental service and overseas ports received from the Director gressman what several million ex- !lowi ling on the apprentice-trained workel-'s opportunity for advance- employees are decided by the Commission's Chief Law Officer in of Claims, Cicero F. Hogan. Thus, servicemen have known for years, ed t, W. F. Van Cleaf, Director of Industrial Relations for the Washington. The veteran or agency concerned may appeal the decision the services' Correction Boa.rds that "the kind of physical exami- 25 f ·Chalmers Company, said recently that one out of every three WASHINGTON, D. C.-By rea- DURHAM, N, C.-Carl R. Gray, ot the Chief Law Officer or regional director to the Commissioners. (appointed pursuant to Public nation given on discharge is to- H. entices who have been with the Company since 1935 has been son of the Supreme Court's recent Jr., administrator of Veterans Af- These further appeals are handled by the Commission's Board of Law 220, 82nd Congress) may now tally inadequate" to detect many Greg oted to management responsibility. decision not to review a lower fairs, dedicated the new SOD-bed Appeals and Review. be able to consider and assist de- kinds of bad conditions. ~tti, b security is also of vital concern to the veteran who is looking court's ruling in favor of veterans, veterans hospital here today. The During the fiscal year 1952, there was an increase in the number of serving cases that heretofore Many of these conditions-serv- trea I'd the future. A SUl'vey in Portland, Oregon, indicates that the the veterans' preference rights in $8,000.000 building has been re- section 14 appeals prQcessed in the Commission. The number of ap- were denied retirement pat· ice incurred- don't grow to the , adj entice· trained man keeps his job longer, is more likely to own federal employment have been ceiving patients since its opening peals received in regional offices and in the Office of the Chief Law Hogan stated that former offi- point of real danger until long l'ty, and, in every way, has an advantage over the mCUl who has strengthened. on April 6, 1953. Officer rose from 1,497 in 1951 to 1,619 in 1952. The number processed cers who feel they had sufficient after the veteran has returned to -~;lled. The upholding of the lower Dr. Hollis Edens, president of 8 service-connected disability at the cI'vill'an ll'fe, he sal·d. been so tl ~ D k U· . in the Board of Appeals and Review increased from 54 in 1951, to 585 tl f th I - f od wages, opportunity for advancement, and a degree of job se- court's decision involved so-called u e mverslty, acted as master in 1952. me 0 e r separation rom Rep. Olin E. Teague (D., Texas) ty not enjoyed by the untrained worker; these are the principal "synthetic" seniority granted un- of ceremonies at the dedication. senice to warrant a finding that asked the DAV how many veterans tages offered by apprentice training to the veteran. del' some union contracts as it Vice Admiral Joel T. Boone, The following table shows the number of section 14 appeals proc- they were permanently incapaci- would be affected if the time limit Learn by Dolng might affect the seniority accord- chief medical director of the Vet- essed in regional offices and in the Office of the Chief Law Officer, by tated to perform active duty and were raised from one to three ed veterans reinstated under re- erans Administration, spoke brief- fiscal years, since enactment of the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944: who are not in receipt of physical d t ddt all pprentice training, the method used by industry to train its skilled employment statutes.