DISABLED SOLDIERS’ PENSIONS.

Evening Star, Issue 21013, 29 January 1932, Page 12

DISABLED SOLDIERS’ PENSIONS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Could you tell me why disabled soldiers in receipt of a pension (and they must have some disability before they receive as much as 5s a week, that being the lowest amount paid) and working under No 5 scheme, should be penalised by having the number of their days cut down according to the amount tf their pension? I think this is a gross insult to these men, who received these disabilities in nobly defend-' ing the Empire, and any pension they received should not be taken into consideration, as they are working under a disadvantage. There _ are many people in far better positions than the disabled soldiers who are working under No. 5 scheme who are making money in other directions, and yet nothing is said or done about it. This only goes to show the insult which has been levelled at these disabled men, and also the ineffective way in which inquiries are made regarding other sources of income. There are people letting rooms, taking in boarders, and by various other methods trying to help the family income, and good luck to them, as' any sane person knows that it is quite impossible to live on unemployed wages; but why make any distinction? It is high time the R.S.A. woke up to the fact that these men are being very harshly treated, and put up a fight for them. They should not be content with from headquarters, as they well know that these promises are never fulfilled.—l am, etc., Returned Soldier’s Wife. January 29.