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THURSDAY, Nov. 2, 1950
Photos by John Spicklemire. Times Staff Photographer
Barbara. Jones, 8-year-old School 80 pupil, First a fingerpainting picture.
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Plea From Front—
Boys in Korea Hoping Gl Bill Isn’t Skipped
They Want the Measure Extended
To Include Them Before Session Ends By MARSHALL McNEIL, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
WASHINGTON; Nov:-23—Some-people-say—the -next-short gOF=t gion of Congress, the lame duck session beginning Nov: 27, will)
have adjournment as its most important business. | But if that session adjourns without passing legislation extending the GI Bill of Rights to soldiers fighting in Korea, therg's going to be more than a- little Lsappoinument among our forces
there. That's not just a guess— On Thursday, Sept. 7, Pfc. Aubrey W. Pollard of Dallas, a member of Company “I”, 5th Regiment Combat Team, - took time out from fighting to write a letter to his U.S. senator. Here's what he wrote: “Dear Senator Connally: “lI am writing this from a foxhole on the southern front (Masan) in Korea. My company ic dug in on a ridge extending from ‘Bloody’ Labuk ‘Mountain. ' “We have been on the line for 38 days now. Not because ‘the brass’ doesn’t want to give us a rest, but: because the ‘gooks’ have other ideas along that line. Company ‘I' has had approximately 23 wounded and nine killed so far. We have been awarded the Combat Infantryman’s Badge. % “This brief resume of the activities of my .company is to .show you we ‘aren't speaking as spectators to the problem at hand. The problem I refer to is’ that concerning the hitherto highly touted but lately defunct GI Bill of Rights,
= ” “WHEN we first were shipped to Korea our only throught was to finish this job in the quickest possible manner. No thought of mercenary intent entered our heads. After a few days at the front, however, reports, by word of mouth and” ~—heome-—~ReWSpapers, drift up that, ‘Nothing was too good for the soldier at the front,’ and ‘The GI ‘Bill is as good as theirs.’ “To say the least this fade our morale soar and our spirits rise. The popular pastime be-
came selecting the school we .
would go to and how to spend
the $300 mustering-out—pay.——
This condition was net localjzed for every outfit we passed the common questions - were, ‘Have you heard “if the GI Bill has passed?’ and ‘How many “gooks” did your outfit get lately? “We also figured that if the big shots in Washington and the folks back home were willing to do something like that for us we: wouldn't feel our time ‘and. lives were entirely wasted. (A common thought in the ranks. I, however, had rather fight *Commies* here in Korea for a bag of beans than in Texas with Dallas’ as the prize.) o ” ” “OUR JOY was short lived when we heard ‘the bill’ had been shelved. We couldn't
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troops). “Our morale. dropped like a 10-ton truck. “Well, our question as a company and mine as a man from Dallas, Tex, is, Sen. Connally, can something be done in Washington to re-install the GI Bill for us even if a clause has to be rearranged here and there? The rest of the fellows
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want to know who they have to |
write to, to get some action on
this question which has become
so close. to their hearts. : “My address is enclosed. If you would be so kind as to write me so I can explain to the other fellows. They expect me to know everything just because 1 had a year and a semester at Texas A&M. “Thank you, (Signed) “Pfc. Pollard.” Senator Connally got Pfc. Pollard’s letter on Sept. 16, and on Sept. 23° the Senator replied to him as follows: “Dear Private Pollard: |. “This will acknowledge your
read with much interest. “1 have contacted the Committee on Labor and Public
Welfare, which has been con-|
sidering the bill to extend the benefits of the GI Bill of Rights to cover those members of the armed services who are engaged in the present conflict, and have received an encouraging report. “While the bill.has not been
I am informed that it is being
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studied by the committee staff | and that the Veterans Admin-|
istration has been make suggestions to improve the bills
” ” » “FHERE IS: a possibility that the bill may be brought
asked to |
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-before the Congress when ‘it | returns in November; however, |
if this does not occur there is every indication that some def-
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inte action will be-taken on |!
the bill during the first session of the 82d Congress which convenes in January. The committee staff feels confident that some form of the bill will be passed in the near future. I hope that the-above informa-
fermi
tion will be encouraging to you
and your fellow soldiers.
“Rest assured that the | people at home have not for- | ‘gotten our. fighting men "and that they realize the ‘present |
conilict is a war in every sense of the. word. “With best wishes, I am, sincerely, (Signed) “Tom Connally.” The senator's letter went air-
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TIS We appeared in" the senator's ‘mail. | Siightly bedraggled and. - soiled! from itz long. journey, it bore in red ink a stamp which said: Verified Deceased. AG Sec, CHQ,"FEC. E. C. Gault. Colonel AGC, Asst. Adj. Gen.”
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Victim's Eagerness to Find | '‘Betrothed' Ends a Racket
“‘Lonely Hearts’ Advice Falls Apart When Police Are Called In by Duped Hoosier
FRANKFORT; Ind. Nov. 23
(UP)—A “lonely hearts” racket
with a new twist would have worked perfectly if the victim hadn't gone to the police in a effort to find his betrothed, Kenneth Leroy. Robbins, 30, was held in jail today on a technical | charge of obtainiAg money under false pretenses. Authorities said |
he duped his best friend of more than $350 by pretending the friend | ;
was about to become the husband of a ‘beputiful girl he had never met. : * The victim was Charles Wallace. 34, who was lonely and wanted a girl friend. He told Robbins of his desires several months ago. Robbins obligingly showed him a picture of a beautiful girl he said lived in Terre Haute. Robbins told Mr. Wallace. he knew “the girl's sister here and offered to work for him ‘to arrange. a meeting. Mr. Wallace would write letters to the ‘phantom “girl” and give them to Rob- , bins to. forward. But Robbins opened them,” .wrote an answer and drove to Tefre Haute to mail the reply so .it would bear the . proper postmark. He also kept whatever. money was enclosed. The “girl” had - medical ex-| penses, which Mr. ‘Wallace "un-
wittingly pala, She 3 Tented ang. Thompson Rd. i
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apartment and furnished it—with|
his money.
He sent more money
along for a weddjng ring,’ and] still ‘more . for several trips on| which they were supposed to
meet—but didn’t.
Mr. Wallace finally
Frankfort police to help him find
the girl. They - examined the] letters, recognized a man’s handwriting, asked him about his] friends and arrested Robbins. He| confessed.
of using; the mails to defraud.
TRUCK HITS PEDESTRIAN Clifford Pyle, 22, of the: Martin | Hotel, was treated at General Hospital today after being struck 'by a truck. Mr. Pyle was ‘hit at Maryland and Ilinojs Sts. by a
Polar Ice & Fuel Co. truck driven]
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Police aid he also faced a possible Federal charge,
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