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Professional promoter of domestic harmony, Mrs. Stapleton was not criticizing either the "terribly good time" that GI couples have together at little expense. or their management of money. She was alarmed only at the rapidity at which they are expanding their families. They ought to get out more at night she explained...
...delegates may well determine the success or failure of the Chicago conference, for in the past student gatherings have invariably sunk knee-deep in weighty resolutions instead of chasing after specific objectives. If a student organization can be set up now to function forcefully on such questions as GI allotments, the miserable condition of public education in the South, and religious and racial quotas in schools, the student's part in American education will have vastly increased in scope...
Asked how the GI's were doing on their limited funds, she answered, "They don't". Without war savings, support from home, or money earned by their wives, it would be imposible by her calculations for them to stay in college...
...prevalence of GI clothing, the comparative scarcity of civilian garb, and the popularity of parka jackets made the move advisable, according to William C. Bradford, secretary of the Union...
...only the exceptional family that does not badly need its ninety dollars per month to help meet expenses, or which would buy luxury or semi-luxury goods even if its allotment were upped considerably. For this reason and also because veterans with children were the forgotten men of the GI bill, an increased allotment for this group is reasonable and desirable. Such an increase, instead of distorting the purpose of the GI bill, would help to distribute its benefits more fairly...