Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 16, Number 46, DeMotte, Jasper County, 4 October 1946 — SUBSISTENCE CHECKS DELAY WILL NOT HAZARD EDUCATION [ARTICLE]

SUBSISTENCE CHECKS DELAY WILL NOT HAZARD EDUCATION

- Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 2. —Delay in receipt of subsistence checks which inconvenienced student veterans last year will not be an education hazard to exG. I.’s registering for the fall semester opening Oct. 11 at Indiana University. Leo R. Dowling, assistant director of thd university office, said that the student veterans entitled to subsistence under the G. I. “Bill of Rights” will be on the payroll within 48 hours after registering. Under a cooperative arrangement between the Indianapolis regional office of the Veterans Administration and the I. U. office of Veterans Affairs, a staff of 55 will be on duty to handle the of student veterans enrolling for the first time since separation from service. Lowling said that the G. I. students should receive their first subsistence check by the end of the first montih of school. Previously the checks were not received for several months in numerous cases. The wait created such a serious problem for many veteran students last year that a special state fund was created to keep them in school until their checks arrived.