European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars ant stripes aids vaccine ready for human testing new York the Reagan adm Nistra lion s proposal to charge veterans a higher fee for government guaranteed Home Loans lost an opening round thursday. The House veterans affairs subcommittee on hous ing and memorial affairs unanimously approved a Resolution opposing an increase in the veterans administration Home loan fee from i percent to 2.5 percent. Subcommittee chairman Marcy Kaptur. Doi to. Said the proposal would raise the average fee from $600 to 11,500. The congressional budget office has said the fee increase could prove no 20.000 veterans from buying a Home in fiscal 1 the a has guaranteed 12 million Home Loans with a total value of $27 j. 4 billion since 1944. Kaptur said More than 7.s million of the Loans totalling 1102.7 billion have been repaid demonstrating the effective Ness of the program. The Reagan administration has tried without Suc Cess to increase he fee for the last three years. The Resolution now moves to Ilic full commence
