VETERANS, CLOSE RANKS
* " EXTEND A EXPAND
™G.I.BILL
H Payment of All School
Expenses       plus
Decent Living Allowance !
*       An End to All
G.I. Bill Restrictions!
*A/o Cutoff in the G.I. Bill I
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VETS!    TODAY WE ARE FACING A DAMN SERIOUS
SITUATION.    WE HAVE TWO CHOICES:   EITHER WE
STAND UP AND FIGHT,   OR WE'LL BE CRUSHED.    Most
of us never thought it would be this bad as we marked our
days off on the short-timers calendar.    But after getting
discharged we found ourselves on another operation — Operation Hard Times.
While we were in the military,   we looked forward to
the day we got out because we thought it would be an improvement over the day-to-day hassles of military life.    No one
argues that it's not good without having NCO's and Officers
on our backs day and night,   but the way we have to live
and the conditions we face sure aren't what we expected.
When the rich sent us off to fight in their war in Vietnam,
when they needed us to keep their business interests nice
and safe for them,   they promised us the sky;    they delivered
little.     The truth is that they didn't care for us one bit —
they used us and then they threw us away.    Sure we got some
benefits,   and we fought for them too,  but it's a nightmare
trying to get them and keep what little scraps they throw us.
EXTEND AND EXPAND THE GIBILL
The latest and biggest attack on vets is the cuts that
keep coming down on the GI Bill.     On Memorial Day,   1976,
the day that the VFW and American Legion were parading
up and down the streets saying how great it is to fight for
the rich man,   3. 7 million of us vets,  discharged from  1954-
1966,   w'ere bounced off the GI Bill.    Nearly half a million
of these vets were in school at the time.    Many of these
vets,   members of VVAW or vets we go to school with,  held
VA certificates of eligibility for many more months of
school,   but they received no warning until letter came in
the mail with the bad news--no more GI Bill for you!
That cut was just the beginning of what they have in
store for us.    Current legislation floating around Congress
tells a grim tale of things to come^^y^rf^brr^^n elude:
plans  to cut off the (Jl^^imtKF^^^^t^tff \ ■ ■,    thi I  i     /ice
after January  1976;    cttLug  twMjS&i^^ft^l i gibil it# f< >r the
Bill from   10 years  to ■years:    a/id |»A|^other cfcs  (see
the separate section om the G^P™l*For mor^^j|p^).
That's one side ■£ th^^tjg^NWIgSyi^ the O&A side is
sneakier.      The  VA  is  r w   ^* w i 11W tSZ^^W^1 K! ■ i     < >\ir attendance  in many schools .^frfWrWnHke  the  roll  call  in the  military,   if they don't like the results,   you're off the GI Bill.
In some schools if the VA doesn't like your grade average
(taken in spot checks),   they decide what courses you should
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