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 �This Page Declassified lAW EO12958 USAI  lsroIcA- STs -- 91 whose disability was rated at not less than 60 per cent. '2ø The next year Congress en- acted Pubhc Law 108, 81 Cong., I Sess. (ap- proved 20 June 1949), which provided bene- fits for reservists who suffered disability or death while engaged in active duty for pe- riods of less than 30 days, or while en- gaged in inactive-duty training. It was spe- cified that such reserve personnel or their beneficiaries were to receive the same pen- sions, compensation, death gratuities, re- tiremerit pay, hospxtal benefits, and pay and allowances as those rectaveal by per- sonnel of the regular components. This pro vision for equal benefits also applied to the National Guard of the United States, ground and air, and to the federally recog- nized National Guard of the states, terri- tomes, and the District of Columbia. - This legislation was beneficial in that it removed one of the major lnequitms existing in the personnel regulations dealing with the re- serve components and the National Guard. It also created greater incentive for service in the reserve and the National Guard, par- ticularly in the Am Reserve and the Air National Guard in which service was likely to present more hazards. 2005-V51.PDF 2ednicomacheanet00arisuoft.djvu Legislative_History_of_the_AAF_and_USAF.djvu Legislative_History_of_the_AAF_and_USAF.txt Legislative_History_of_the_AAF_and_USAF.upload Phenomenal Hailstorm with Thunderstorm Sydney 1st Jan 1947.pdf S9140jea.pdf Sangblad irsk 4-sidet.pdf allquitepotomac00beerrich.djvu beggarsoperaitsp00kidsuoft.djvu bookofpoem100willrich.djvu catholicencyclop028499mbp_djvu.txt celticirishsongs00collrich.djvu centenarytrib00trenrich.djvu collegesongscoll00wait.djvu cowboysongsother00lomauoft.djvu doc-41d46d9f54e9a(2).pdf doc-41d46d9f54e9a.pdf edgarallanpoehow00smituoft.djvu evolutionofworld00lowerich.djvu flexbisonparse houseofcecil00dennuoft.djvu ichingthesacredb012658mbp.djvu leg.sh legrandmeaulnes00alaiuoft.djvu lettersofedgaral008964mbp_djvu.xml lightswavestheir00michuoft.djvu lightwavestheiru00michrich.djvu list_of_articles.txt list_of_cmd_params.txt list_of_delsort_talk_pages.txt list_of_journal_infoboxes.txt list_of_journal_stubs.txt list_of_missing_journal_talk.txt list_of_nj_journals.txt list_of_regexes.txt list_of_wfb_articles2.txt literatureofphil00goodiala.djvu masqueofpoets00lathrich.djvu mwparser occultjapanorway00lowe.djvu p8-falkoff.pdf papersonlit00fullrich.djvu peterrabbithisma00fiel.djvu pierrejeantransl00maupuoft.djvu poemsextracts00wincuoft.djvu poemsofannecount00wincuoft.djvu poetsmasque00obririch.djvu pywikipedia pywikipedia-misc pywikipedia-patrol pywikipedia-patrol-old pywikipedia-patrol2 pywikipedia-prefixindex pywikipedia-search pywikipedia-svn pywikipedia-trunk qhoratiflaccicar00godliala.djvu query.py sacredbooksofchi00laozuoft.djvu sacredbooksofchi028287mbp.djvu selectionofwarly00jameiala.djvu selectionsfromwr00dunsrich.djvu solarsystemsixle00lowerich.djvu standardorangeso00armauoft.djvu table_of_changes.wiki table_of_changes2.wiki table_update.txt take2.wiki test.txt test2.txt theethicsofarist00arisuoft.djvu unusedfiles.py wikiparser The major post-war personnel legislation of the postwar years dealing with leave was the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946. Thru legislation was for the purpose of giving all personnel in the armed forces equal treatment in the matter of leave. It pro- vided that each member of the armed forces was entitled to leave at the rate of calendar days per month of active service, excluding periods of absence without leave. Such leave was not to be accumulated in an amount of over 120 calendar days. After 31 August 1946, however, no member of the armed forces was to be permitted to ac- cumulate leave In excess of 60 days. On dis- charge enhsted members of the armed forces were to be compensated for accumu- lated leave in excess of 60 days on the basis of their base and longevity pay as of the date of their ohscharge ff dm- charged before 31 August 1946, or on 31 August 1946 if discharged at a later ß The air reservist who flew only on wsek-nds was mor likely to continue his service in the reserve when assured the same death and disability bnefits as Regulars, date. There was to be addxtional compensa- tion on the basis of subsistence and allow. encee. Settlement and compensation was to be in cash or in United States bonds. In the event of the death of a seNiceman with accumulated leave these payments were to be made to the immediate survivors. Such payments were to be exempted from taxa- tion. 22 This measure was amended several times in the next three years to liberalize and clarify its provisionsJ S The generous leave privileges and terminal leave bonuses granted by this legislation offered added incentives for service in the Air Force and the other armed services. Some other fields in which Congress en- acted personnel legislation for the benefit of members of the armed forces include ab- sentee voting, free postage, and extension o the time limit for filing income tax re- turns. During World War II Congress en- acted two measures to facilitate absentee voting by service personnel. Public Law 712, 77 Cong., 2 Sees. (approved 16 September 1942) provided that no person in the armed forces should be denied the opportunity to vote for members of Congress and for Presi- dential electors because of absence or fail- ure to comply with state laws prescribing registration or payment of poll tax3  Pub- lic Law 277, 78 Cong., 2 Sees., which became law on 1 April 1944 without the President's signature, required the Secretaries of War and Navy to make postcard ballot applica- tion forms available to those serving in the armed forces. It also repealed all of the 1942 law except those provisions waiving registration and poll tax requirements for voting. It urged the states to liberalize their own election laws and allow the Federal postcard to serve as a registration farm and as a request for a ballot. It also pro. vided for a special Federal war ballot to be used in voting for Urnted States Representa. tires, Senators, and Presidential electors. By 15 July 1944 the governors of all the states could report that they had set up procedures for absentee voting, all but four of them had accepted the use of the Federal postcard as suggested. Undoubtedly this legislation contributed to the fact that nearly one-third of the eligible service per- THIS PAGE Declassified lAW EO12958