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 WHAT
ABOUT JOBS AND SMALL BUSINESS
Have you been
thinking about this, well if you have here is some dope on the
matter:
.. Civil service offers special opportunities for all honorably
discharged veterans. Those with service connected disabilities get
an addition of 10 points to their Civil service examinations and are
placed at the top of the list of men eligible for appointment ahead
of all non-veterans. All of which means you don't have to be the
highest man in the test to land the job for which you are fitted.
There are also a considerable number of jobs which are open to
veterans.
.. In case you're out of work, the GI Bill of Rights protects you.
Under its "readjustment allowance provision, eligible veterans out
of a job are entitled to $20 a week for as much as 52 weeks of
unemployment, depending on the length of service."
.. If the veterans earnings do not exceed $3 a week, he is
considered unemployed. If partially employed, that is if he is
not making $20 a week, he will receive the difference between his
actual earnings and $23 a week. That applies to everyone with at
least 90 days service after 16 September 1940, and excludes only
those with dishonorable discharges.
.. But perhaps you don't want a job. Maybe you want to open
your own business or run your own firm. In that case, the GI Bill of
Rights provides a government guarantee of half of any loan you can
float from a bank up to a total of $4,000. That is, the government
is security for $2,000 and no more. If the bank is willing,
you can borrow more than $4,000 but the U.S. guaranteed security
remains at $2,000.
.. Don't kid yourself that its easy to get such a loan. It
isn't. You'll have to prove both to the Veterans
Administration and the Bank that you're a good risk, that you have
the experience at running a business or farm that you're buying and
that the price is fair and that you have sufficient security for
that part of the loan not guaranteed by the government.
.. It should be remembered that the loan provisions of the GI Bill
are in addition to the loan functions of the Farm Security
Administration and the Federal Housing Authority. In other words,
you can arrange for part of the necessary loan for a farm or home
through your bank and the balance through one of these agencies.
.. Practically any bank or lending institution will have the
information and necessary forms for a business or farm loan. However
the first thing you ought to do is apply for all the information you
can get from the Division of Small Business, Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, Farm Security |
Administration and like
agencies in the States.
.. The Ship's Library has a number of pamphlets on small business
opportunities and farming.
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WHAT THE FISH ARE SAYING
A new record dash from
Compartment C to the lea [sic] rail has been established. Soldier
seen taking four steps at a time in said dash for the rail.
Could it be that his dash was prompted by a case of seasickness.
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His friends all him "Choo Choo" because he goes on a little toot.
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What is the greatest invention in the world?
Man is the greatest invention. Yes, but woman is an improvement on
that invention. That's what keeps men out late at night, looking for
improvements.
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Remember, you can't tell the
kid brother about your German Fraulein.
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Moron: How do you crack your finger nails so much?
Imbecile: Trying to hold on after the wedding. (Sparks)
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Definitions: Temperament is temper that isn't too old to spank.
A blonde -- an established beachhead.
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Wanted: One typist who can do copy work. Must not be subject
to seasickness. |
