Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Of 10 protect vets Job rights August 1945 stars and the right of veterans to their a peacetime jobs ext site with the selective service which i Autoine tidally folds up on May a solution to this problem spotlights vet news of the United press reports that there Wutti be plenty of time for Congress to pass new legislation ing veterans  rights unless president Truman or con Gress the end of hostilities guaranteed Job return will toe abolished mechanically when con Gress terminates Steps Are toeing taken to prevent such a president Truman has assured return in veterans if he will ask Congress for new legis lation to protect their right to old chairman Elbert of the Senate military affairs committee stated also that he will have Emer gency legislation ready to preserve Job guarantee should Speed become going a step Ameri can legion is preparing a Bill under which As Well As would be assured their old the original selective service act makes no such provi Sion for men who the selective service sections in question pledge the return of a Veteran to his former Job if he applies within 90 Days of Dischar unless changing conditions make this Welcome sign returning War veterans Are find ing a practical Welcome sign at civil service a leave of absence to take advantage of i educational opportunities is one of the actions being reveals the civil service ass boys Survey of 97 personnel agencies in county and municipal fifty five agencies reported that if an Emp love wishes to take advantage of the i educational pro he is granted a leave of absence without time spent in military service is included in computing vacation leave credit in 24 agencies such time is counted in determining retirement service credit in 67 already veterans have been placed in civil service and under the governments new at least positions now held by persons with War service appointments will be opened to Competition among veterans with in two dental program a program for the enrolment of veterans in premed and Predential schools has been set up to alleviate the Short age caused by the new program was announced by War manpower commissioner Paul Mcnutt who said that returning servicemen will be Given full vet legislation proposals when Congress reconvenes next veterans legislation will receive particular the american legion will push the following proposals a year of military training for every Able bodied i Bill one would ease loan provisions the other would increase subsistence pay under the educational pro revision of National service life insurance so that a permanently and totally disabled vet could Cash in Bis at All he gets is his Job priority for vets in both Public and private the veterans of foreign wars want 1job seniority rights for Veter a Bonus equal to daily for every Day spent in Domestic ser vice and daily for overseas ser an average exse Viceman would get under this which would Cost expansion of present plan to provide free hospitalization for All compulsory military training i he disabled american Veteran Tahk m persian Gullers conquer near easts High f Peak after gruelling three Day climb by Ralph Viggers Iran the first american unaided by Don key pack to hike to the top of mount foot Peak in Northern Iran thai exceeds in Elevation the tallest Mountain in the United re turned to Teheran Vai Hirabad Post Early this week to Tell of an endurance March which eliminated four out of seven five plucky gis and two offi cers equipped with shepherds hiking Wool lined ski and 50pound packs started from the Bottom of the de Mountain which is the highest Point Between the Alps of Europe and the Himalayas of it was a hot they were determined to reach the craters rim at the top where in Winter the temperature often Falls to 30 below they were jumping out of the Fry ing pan into the mov ing upward toward 80mile gales that whip fiercely around Dema vends White at the end of the third Days William Matthews of Louis Milic of new York and 1st Law rence Williams of crossed the rim of the Crater at the top of the there they placed their names in a Small me Tal Box which for 30 years has served As a recorder of the mountains Sarge drops out the first to feel the ill effects of the trek was John on the night of the second Day he showed symptoms of air at he was overcome by Cyanosis Lack of oxygen in the blood and was unable to carry to protect themselves from the cold at night the climbers had to Digi Fox holes in volcanic without they had to use mess gear spoons As entrenching during the night one of the shelters caved in and another had to be Rugby the Light of a Flash the following morning Frank Hurst and James Olds remained with for they Felt unable to go higher because of fatigue and it want air hunger in their but real food although they had packed nine Large rations the Altitude diminished their appetites and Vitamin pills were All they had eaten in 36 stimulant fails the four remaining men struggled on in two separate but when Only 100 Yards from the top Albert Curtis he figured a nip from his whiskey flask might restore his Energy for the final but the Bolt from the Jug and gaseous Sulphur fumes which remain to remind visitors that dem Avend was once an Active nauseated him and he called it on the hard ascent Many Obsta cles hindered the Progress of the on the first part of the safari flocks of sheep blocked their higher up vegetation did not sheep no longer bothered them because there was no grazing but this gave Rise to another since nothing grew they had nothing to Burn for preparing hot Tea and another danger was browsing off to sleep while resting Between Milic and Burns into an easy sleep while gathering wind for another upward they had lagged behind the had not Burns accidentally both might have Frozen to death at the organization proposes special benefits for the one Soldier in every ten who will re turn to civilian life allow ances for the dependents of disabled men and Federal reimburse ment from workmen compensation funds Are a Bonus to that pro my by this int but mount King Peak located on the outskirts of three Bucks for water another about Midway a the Steep they ran out of water and became so thirsty that Matthews paid an iranian Mountaineer 100 rials about three Dol Lars for a canteen of at above a sea of these dehydrated Gas quenched their thirst with Here they also filled their can teens with water and with renewed vigor struck out they be Crane thirsty readied far another gulp of water and found it Frozen in their along a Stream bed caused by melting Snow from the mountains the hikers encountered Snow drifts from live to eight feet after blowing through they came upon changing Fields of powdered a waste of the once Active said dragging through that stuff is like scaling a Steep roof covered with two feet of Loose Snow in Between the Clouds although the Way was some of the sights the men saw More than made up for once they slept sandwiched Between two layers of its a funny explained to look up 50 Yards and see and then look Down to More Clouds right below although Clouds had obstructed the View of these on a Clear Day one can see the gasp Kin 150 Miles to the and the Golden Temple of Fatinna in ancient 100 Miles to the the descent was comparatively easy and required Only one the weary men returned to Camp with chapped win burned a four Days growth of arid minus several pounds this much we said if we try it again Well pack More blankets and water and less rations trekking up the Side of James Olds and John Burnt Bend under the weight of their hiking of the Parry of two listed men and one officer reached the crime wave hits los Angeles in a Desper ate attempt to combat a crime wave which has suddenly swept the the los Angeles City Council has asked the armed forces to release i69 badly needed police in a 24hour period ending last a 154 crimes were committed in the including one if robberies and 32 automobile William Matthews and Louis Mic rest below the rim of the Crater atop mount after the three Day Lawrence Williams snapped the Oti theres a War Over three year old playing with the big kids has his own reconversion he rushed to his dad there still shooting me Down for a he and the War is Yoa w Tell concentrated fun Salt Lake City after three straight nights of Vij rejoicing and tying up 300 Merryma Ceis had the police the cops invited them to take Over Toms lice they gratefully comply and continued their fun