The Daily Collegian Wednesday,May 12 1976 —l3
Vetsdemonstrate for extended education benefits
Veterans from Penn State went to Washington, D.C.,
Monday to demonstrate their support for the extension of
veterans' educational benefits and an increase in the Veterans
Administration (VA) budget for fiscal 1977.
Twenty-nine members of the Penn State Veterans
Organization (PSUVO) went to the capital in a PSUVO
sponsored bus to participate in "Impact Day," the opening of
a week of events organized by the National Association of
Concerned Veterans (NACV).
The first event was a NACV sponsored rally on the steps of
the Capitol; where freshman Congressman Toby Moffet (D-
Conn.) called for a change in government spending priorities.
Moffet said some of the money sent to foreign countries,
such as Argentina, should instead be allocated to the Veterans
Administration. "That's your education money they're send
ing down there," he said.
Anew fight Penn State vets were among those who rallied on the Capitol steps in Washington,
D.C., last Monday for veterans' rights.
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He also said that national veterans' organizations , such as
the Veterans Administration and the American Legion, do not
support the increase of educational benefits for the Vietnam
era veterans. Chairmen of veterans affairs committees in
both Houses in turn cite the stands of these organizations as
reason for not increasing veterans' educational benefits.
The major issue at the rally was the extension of the
delimiting date the date on which a veteran's .educational
benefits expire
Currently , benefits expire 10 years after the vet was
discharged. But according to vets like Jules Nido, who spoke
at the rally, the Vietnam-era veteran was inducted into ser
vice and in return was to receive benefits after his discharge.
However, said Nido, the discharged vet was not informed of
his benefits, and there was no organizational structure to aid
the vet in using his benefits.
Hank Testa, of the veterans affaris office at Baruch College
of New York City, agreed with Nido. Testa said if vets like
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himself were given 10 years to use their educational benefits,,
everything would be fine because now they can get help from
various veterans' programs.
Nido said the vets want what they are entitled to, then cited
John F. Kennedy's famous quote, "Ask not what your country
can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." "Well,
Nido said, "we did it for our country; now our country can do
for us."
The veterans recieved support during the rally from Vince
Bruno of Michigan, who was in Washington representing
Region 17a of the United Auto Workers (UAW). Bruno had a
petition bearing 15,000 signatures. The petition called for the
indefinite extension of the delimiting date.
Bruno, pointing out that UAW has 1.5 million members
nationwide and an experienced organizational structure,
suggested that the UAW and NACV work together in helping
veterans maintain their educational benefits.
Freshman Congressman Robert W. Edgar (D-Pa.), a
member of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs; cited a
fund shortage and said vets may have to accept compromises
such as a limited loan program or a six-month extension of the
delimiting date. "I hope I've been helpful," he said. "I haven't
been optimistic, but I've been as honest as I can."
The PSUVO group left the rally late in the morning to meet
with the Pennsylvania congressional delegation. However, the
meeting did not materialize. Instead, Jimmy Van Zandt,
secretary to the delegation, met with the vets, and showed
them how to go about establishing appointments with
congressmen.
Those who made appointments for later in the day were, for
the most part, only able to talk to congressmen's ad
ministrative aides, said Dwayne Fagan, second vice president
of PSUVO. However, talking to aides is almost as good as
talking to congressmen themselves in terms of demonstrating
the active concern of the vets, he said.
The PSUVO group had a chance to question Pennsylvania
Senator Richard Schweiker in the afternoon. According to
Schweiker, the House veterans affairs committee has the
money to fund a full extention of the delimiting date, and their
denying to do so was "subterfuge."
Schweiker suggested that the committee change its sense of
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Another doctor at a
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priorities so that educational benefits would rank higher and
would therefore receive a larger share of the total budget.
Schweiker added that both he and Sen. Hugh Scott ( R-Pa.),
would endorse the extention of the delimiting date, but that'
they would have to work through the Democratic &Tate
leaders, since any congressional initiative would have to come
from the majority party's members.
Schweiker's legislative assistant, Renee Bergmann, said
that it's likely that no action will be taken before May 31, the
deliiiiiting date for those vets discharged in 1966, but that any
action taken after May 31 would be retroactive to that date.
She said a one-year extention of the delimiting date for those
already in school may be the course taken by Congress in the
next few months.
About 10 members of the PSUVO group also met with local
Congressman Albert Johnson in the afternoon. Johnson
repeated Schweiker's sentiment that any movement for in
creases in veterans' educational benefits would have to come
from the majority side of Congress, adding that "nothing is
too good for the Vietnam-era veteran." ...
A few of the Penn State vets talked with Congressman
Edgar for a few minutes late in the afternoon. Edgar, in
response to Schweiker's claim that the money for veterans'
education would be available if priorities were changed, said
if Schweiker would sit down and study the VA budget, "he
would be shocked." Edgar added that it is impossible for any
congressman to be fluent in all areas that are studied by
Congress.
PSUVO President Frank Quinn said that he was 'disap
pointed by the turnout of veterans for Impact Day and by the
apparent lack of coordination between NACV and PSUVO. He
saw the nearness of final exams and the choice of going to
Washington on Monday as major causes of there not being .
many Penn'State vets represented.
Quinn added that Fagan and Bob Daugenbaugh, PSUVO's
legislative affairs chairman, "did a hell of a job in organizing
this."
Fagan said more congressmen are now aware of the vets'
problems because of their efforts Monday. However, he add
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effort put out by NACV."
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