and nature of a discharge or dismissal, except a discharge or dismissal by reason of the sentence of a general court martial; and to review the decision of a retiring board retiring or releasing an officer to inactive service without pay for disability. (c) Title II.-Education of veterans-Provides for eligible veterans, education or training, or a refresher or retraining course, at an approved educational or training institution, for a period not to exceed 1 year. Upon satisfactory completion of the course of education or training (except refresher or retraining course), an additional period of education or training is provided depending upon the length of military or naval service. The maximum period of education or training is 4 years. (d) Title III.-Loans for the purchase or construction of homes, farms, and business property-Provides that loans by private or governmental (State or Federal) lending agencies or individuals to qualified veterans for the construction or purchase or repair of a home for the veteran, the purchase or improvement of a farm or a building; or equipment to be used in farming, or for the purchase or establishment of a business or for equipment, machinery, or tools to be used by the veteran in pursuing a gainful occupation may be guaranteed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the loan or loans, providing the aggregate amount guaranteed shall not exceed $2,000. Payment by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs of the interest for the first year on that part of the loan guaranteed is authorized. It is also provided that loans guaranteed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4 percent per annum, and shall be payable in full in not more than 20 years. (e) Title IV.-Employment of veterans-Creates a Veterans' Placement Service Board, consisting of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, as chairman, the Director of Selective Service, and the Administrator of the Federal Security Agency (or whoever may have the responsibility of administering the functions of the USES), for the purpose of establishing an effective job-counseling and employment-placement service for veterans. This Board determines all matters of policy relating to the administration of the Veterans' Employment Service of the United States Employment Service. The chairman of the Board has the authority and responsibility for carrying out the Board's policies through the Veterans' Employment Representatives in the several States or through persons engaged in activities authorized by section 8 (g) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended. (f) Title V-Readjustment allowances for former members of the armed forces who are unemployed-Readjustment allowances of $20 per week for a period not to exceed 52 weeks are provided for unemployed veterans who served after September 16, 1940 and meet the eligibility requirements. Self-employed veterans earning less than $100 per month are eligible for readjustment allowances representing the difference between their net earnings and $100 per month. The unemployment allowances are not payable to a veteran who is receiving subsistence allowances for education or training under title II, or who is receiving increased pension for vocational training. (g) Title VI-General administrative and penal provisionsEstablishes a discharge or release from active service under conditions other than dishonorable as a prerequisite to entitlement to benefits provided by this act and to veterans' benefits provided by Public Law 2, Seventy-third Congress, approved March 20, 1933. 102.10 Mustering-Out Payment Act of 1944 (Public Law 225, 78th Cong., approved Feb. 3, 1944, as amended).-Provides mustering-out payments for members of the armed forces, with certain exceptions, discharged or relieved from active service under honorable conditions on or after December 7, 1941, in the amount of $100 for those who served less than 60 days, $200 for those who served for 60 days or more, only within the continental limits of the United States, and $300 for those having performed active service of 60 days or more, who served outside the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska. 102.11 Vocational Rehabilitation Act (Public Law 16, 78th Cong., approved Mar. 24, 1943, as amended).-Provides vocational rehabilitation courses not exceeding 4 years, including placement in suitable gainful employment, furnished by the Veterans' Administration for service-connected disabled veterans of World War II, including persons who served in active military or naval service on or after September 16, 1940, discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, who are in need thereof to overcome a serviceincurred handicap, with tuition and books paid for by Veterans' Administration, with training allowance of $92 per month, plus $11.50 for wife, plus $5.75 for each minor child and $11.50 for dependent parent, unless entitled to more on the basis of serviceconnected disability. 102.12 Aid for Blind Veterans Act (Public Law 309, 78th Cong., approved May 24, 1944).-Provides seeing-eye guide dogs for blind veterans entitled to disability compensation or pension. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to pay all necessary traveling expenses to and from their homes, and incurred in becoming adjusted to such seeing-eye or guide dogs, and also to provide such veterans with mechanical and electronic equipment for aiding them in overcoming the handicap of blindness. 102.13 Hospitalization, Domiciliary Care, and Burial Benefits (Section 6, Public Law 2, 73d Cong., approved Mar. 20, 1933, as amended; Public Law 365, 77th Cong., approved Dec. 22, 1941; Public Law 10, 78th Cong., approved Mar. 17, 1943, and Veterans' Regulations, as amended).-Medical treatment and hospital or domiciliary care for service-connected disabilities, and with certain limitations, for nonservice-connected disabilities, including outpatient treatment, prosthetic appliances, other services and supplies and burial benefits are provided for eligible World War II veterans. 102.14 Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act (Public Law 861, 76th Cong., approved Oct. 17, 1940, as amended).—(a) This law is designed to protect the rights of persons in military service in certain civil proceedings, such as lawsuits for: (1) Collection of debts. (2) Rescission of certain contracts. (3) Repossession of certain property. (4) Collection of certain taxes. (5) Eviction of dependents for nonpayment of rent. Certain rights in public lands are also protected, and a procedure is provided whereby a person in service may protect certain life insurance policies from lapse for nonpayment of premiums during the period of military service. (b) Generally, the method of the act is to provide for adequate representation of the person in military service during his absence, or to authorize the postponement of certain proceedings and transactions until after his return from military service. The act does not relieve a person in military service from the actual payment of debts or other obligations which he may have incurred before entering military service. It is only when his ability to meet his obligations has been impaired because of his military service that relief is afforded, and this relief is principally against the penalties that would be imposed for nonpayment of such obligations. Questions of the extent to which relief is afforded generally are left to the discretion of the Courts. 102.15 Pensions.-Pensions for World War II veterans, their widows, children, or dependent parents are payable under certain specified circumstances and conditions of eligibility by authority of various Federal statutes and Veterans' Regulations as modified or amended. (See pt. I, ch. 3; and pt. IV, ch. 4.) Some of the basic pension laws are included in the Appendix in full text. 103.8 103.9 Veterans' Administration. Railroad Retirement Board. 103.10 Department of Commerce. 103.11 Smaller War Plants Corporation. |