Provision for War Veterans Compared

Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 281, 28 November 1945, Page 7

Provision for War Veterans Compared

AMERICA CLAIMS HERS THE MOST LIBERAL.

Received Tuesday 9.50 p.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 26.

A survey for Congress of the legislation of six countries shows that generally the American provision for war veterans is the most liberal, hut some of the provisions do not compare favourably with Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa, says the Herald-Tribune’s Washington’s correspondent. A striking exception is the discharge payments, the United States’ being the lowest and only half that of New Zealand and Canada. Whereas Australia allows discharged men to apply for loans five years after vocational training, the United States application period is two years after discharge or the end of the war. The United States is the most democratic, as there is no distinction in rank as in other countries. The reinstatement laws of other countries are more explicit than those of the United States, where a veteran is merely assured of the same rights as though he had not left his job to enter service.