Monthly news of the Department of Washington. [volume], June 01, 1946, Image 1

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Vol. 111., No. 10.
VETS MOVE UP ON SuRPLUS PRIORITY LIST
V. F. W. To Take Over Longacres July 28 For Rechabilitation Fund
July 28, VEW Day
The rehabilitation work of the
V. F. W., both in the community
Posts and in the Department will
get another boost this year from
Longacres racing.
Joe Gottstein, president of the
Washington Jockey Club announc
ed that Sunday, July 28 v/ould be
‘an all-out benefit day for the V.
F. W. rehabilitation program.
Bach Post will participate in
the advance ticket sale, keeping all
but the tax money for their
Post’'s rehabilitation fund. If a
car can be secured, it will be of
fered as the grand prize of the
ticket sale, with smaller prizes
for second, third, fourth and fifth
prizes.
- July 4th was given to the Am
erican Legion so there will be
some active competition in selling
tickets. However in 1945 the Le
gion had the 4th of July and the
V. F. W. the 29th of July and V.
F. W. made twice as much from
their day as did the Legion . . .
all begause the V. F, W. Com
rades really worker.
Tickets and placards will be
out about the sth of June and let
ters will be sent to all Posts out
lining the plan, naming the prizes
and asking each Post to order
tickets,
Account books, such as were
supplied the Posts last year will
be issued again for accurate rec
ords on ticket sales.
The program committee is ar
ranging a Military Band and high
ranking Army and Navy officials
to assist in the ceremonies at the
track.
* fThis is the third successive year
that Longacres has given its fa
cilities to the veteran’s rehabili
tation work of the V. F. W,, with
nearly $150,000 having been rais
ed from Longacres races,
No Medical and
Dental Field Office
Yet Says Col. Hall
“The Veterans Administration,”
reports Col. L. H. Hall, “have for
some time been trymg to hire ful
ly qualified medical and dental
personnel so that field offices in
gome of the major Washington
_cities could be established.”
Until suchh personnel become
available to the V. A. no further
‘action can be taken toward estab
lishing such field offices.
Col. Hall released thig state
ment in answer to the many quer
ies that the Veterans Administra
tion have recently received con
cerning the supplying of medical
and dental care through local of
m this state, |
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CAMPUS PRlNCE—Needmore’'s newest Washington-bred sensa
tion who has been in training this spring at owner Frank
Brewster's track at Lacey. Bred by Allen Drumheller at Walla
Walla . . . by Black Forest (sire of the great Georgie Drum) and
out of Campus Queen, making him half-brother to Campus Fusser
and Little Jeff.
John R. May, Pacific Regional
Veteran Advisor for the Office of
Price Administration broadcast to
every discharge center and veteran
organization headquarters an ur
gent clarification of the important
difference between purchase of an
automobile for other than business
use, and purchase of equipment for
commercial c¢peration,
“The buyer of a passenger auto
mobile which he intends to use
for other than business purposes
-is mot guilty of a violation by rea
son of purchase above ceiling, and
the cheated buyer can bring action
for treble damages,” advises Mr.
May.
Blackmarketeers in passenger
cars, preying on the veteran bank
roll, have spread the story about
the buyer being equally guilty so
that any complaint would be gag
ged by fear of Government action,
Mr. May points out. “Don’t fall for
it,”” he declares. But the truck buy
ing veteran is in a tough spot.
As a business man, or potential
one, he is obligated under the law
to make himself acquainted with
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legal prices. Logically, as a busi
nessman, he should know the law
as a protection to himself, as well
as to his own customers in what
ever business he operates.
In the overceiling sale and pur
chase of a commercial vehicle,
only the United States Treasury
is eligible to collect the damages
resulting from the violation. Mr.
May sets forth these practical
steps as safeguards:
1. Upon locating a desirable ve
hicle, inspect it personally and
then contact the authorized deal
er for the particular make to veri
fy the price.
2. An authorized dealer for a
particular make has the most at
stake in supplying factual informa
tion, even though he is not mak
ing the actual sale and presently
has no trucks to deliver. He wants
the purchaser’'s future business.
The buyer should ask him in de
‘tafl about the “extras” on the
truck, for it is the “extras” that
contribute to varying and decep
tive prices.
3. If, when the correct ceiling
price has been determined by care
ful personal investigation on the
part of the buyer, the seller at
tempts to “blackmarket” by with
holding the vehicle after agreeing
to sell, or by holding out for “side
Higher Priority For Vets
On Surplus Property
The tardy legislation that re
sulted in the amendment to the
Surplus Property Act definitely
benefited the veteran in two im
portant ways, namely: He became
'\eligible to acquire, both for his
own personal use, and for use in
{business, professional or agricul
tural enterprises, certain critical
items in short supply on a ‘“set
aside” list for exclusive disposi
tion to veterans; he was given the
number two spot for priority in
acquiring all other surpluses——in
other words, after the demands of
the various Federal agencies have
been met, the veteran comes first,
The main objective of the set
aside list is to assure supposedly
equitable distribution to veterans
of items that at present are next
to impossible to obtain on the civ
ilian market.
FOR VETERANS ONLY
Commodities included on the
list are as follows: Automotive ve
hicles: passenger cars, new and
used; jeeps; all types of trucks,
215 tons or less; motorcycles;
scooters; homb trucks; all trail
ers. Tractors: D 4 and R 4 Cater
pillar—36-45 DBHP (or equal);
D 7 Caterpillar—6l9o DBHP (or
equal); D 8 Caterpillar 91-140 D
BHP (or equal) TD9 Internation
al--36-45 DBHP (or equal); TD
14 International-—46-60 DBHP (or
equal); TD6 International 46-60
DBHP (or equal). Construction,
Mining and Excavating Machin
ery: Tractor-typ e scrapers, air
compressors; batching plants;
crushing and screening plants;
ditching machines; cranes; shov
els; draglines. Agricultural Ma
chinery: Land levelers; plows.
Medical, Surgical & Dental Ap
paratus and Equipment: Major
operating tables; operating lamps;
field X-Ray units; diathermy ma
chines; dental units; dental chairs’
and dental cabinets, Office Equip
ment: Typewriters. Since all it
ems on the “set aside” list are in
critically short supply, in order
to achieve equitable distribution,
applicants will generally be limit
ed to a single unit of a like item.
ELIGIBILITY UNCHANGED
Eligibility of veterans to secure
certification . for acquisition of
surplus remains the same. Sub
ject to the exception noted be
low, the property the veteran of
World War II buys must be for
use in setting up and running his
\own small business, .agricultural
or professional enterprise. No
purchases for personal use only
can be made on g preferential bas
is, but a veteran may have pref
erence in purchasing property
that he can prove is required in
his employment, even though he
is not the proprietor of an enter
prise. For example, a salesman
who is required by his employer
‘to have a car is entitled to buy
automotive equipment. He must
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present satisfactory proof that
such equipment is required.
To be entitled to the preference,
a veteran or several veterans to
|gether must own more than one=
half of the enterprise so that it is
under his or their control, or must
have an agreement by which he
or they together receive more than
half of the new income from the
enterprise.
PROBLEMS STILL EXIST
However, here are some of the
basic facts of the surplus proper
ty situation that remain virtually
unchanged and are commonly
misunderstood by the average vet
eran: for instance, the veteran
cannot buy as little or as much as
he wants. The government will
not break up a tool kit to sell the
veteran a hammer. It may not
be able to sell him even ONE tool
kit.
The big question in the surplus
’property situation that still ex
ists is that although the veteram
under certain conditions can qual
ify for purchase of any or all of
the above-mentioned critical it~
ems, which are for veterans only,
but the stocks must be available
and, as of the present date, they
‘are not available,
Certification for personal use is
limited to items on the “set aside”
list, and will not be granted to
veterans previously certifieq for
similar items for use in a small
business, professional or agricul=
tural enterprise, because the cer=
tificates of these previously cer
tified veterans are still outstand
‘ing, and will be filled in order of
the date of issuance. This first
come, first served method (oldest
certificates first) in the future
will eliminate the big surplus pro
perty sales that have .been the
cause of so much confusion in the
past.
WAA CERTIFICATION
OFFICES i
The War Assets Certification
Offices in Seattle have been mov
ed from 307 White Henry Stuart
Building to 1409 Second Avenue.
Additional WAA Certification Of
fices in the Pacific Northwest are
as follows: 1204 A Street, Taco
ma, Washington; 310 S. W. 6th
(Fenton Building), Portland, Ore
gon; 500 Welch Building, Spo
kane, Washington; Capitol Secur
ities Building, Boise, Idaho; Pows
er Block, Helena, Montana; 310
Mayer Building, Butte, Montana.
DEPARTMENT
ENCAMPMENT
JULY 10, 11, 12, 13,
1946
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