Word: pensioners
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year and a half ago I begged you to let me return to the ranks without asking position or pension. You responded with an order to remain. I obeyed then, as was my duty. But today, at the beginning of the ninth Fascist year, I must repeat that wish. Almost five years of direction of the party are long and exhausting for whoever wishes with all his heart to work in the rhythm that you have impressed on Italian life...
...Ferdinand, Baron von Steuben. Von Steuben, experienced Prussian officer, became in 1778 Inspector General of the Continental Army. He drilled recruits, made soldiers. In 1781 he watched his soldiers defeat the British at Yorktown. Congress, grateful for his services, gave him a gold-hilted sword, $2,400-per-year pension. He died at Steubenville, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1794. Last week the U. S. Postoffice Department prepared to issue 50 million special 2? stamps commemorative of Von Steuben's birth: the German's head reproduced in the same pink color as the standard 2? (Washington-head) variety...
Long had the President recommended such unification of nationwide veterans' welfare activities. High were his hopes that one office force, one chief, would reduce the costly prevailing ratio of salaries to huge disbursements. Under the new pension laws, the Veterans' Administration will deal with about $800,000,000, far more than any other U. S. department, $1 out of every $5 spent by the Government...
...veteran disabled in civil life would be paid a pension, regardless of whether his injuries could be traced to military service or not. ranging from $12 per month for 25% disability to $40 for 100% disability...
...restrictions: 1) a veteran who by "willful misconduct" contracted a venereal disease which disabled him would receive no pension; 2) a veteran with a net annual income large enough to pay an income tax ($1,500 or more) would receive no pension...