Full Text of HR1117 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On November 4, 1943, members of the American | 3 | | Legion met at the Luther B. Easley
Post 128 in Salem; at this | 4 | | meeting, the G.I. Bill of Rights
(officially known as the | 5 | | Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) was "born" to assist | 6 | | veterans of
active service in the U.S. Armed Forces during | 7 | | World War II; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The G.I. Bill of Rights was drafted by Omar J. | 9 | | McMackin of Salem, Earl W. Merritt of Salem, former Governor | 10 | | John Stelle of McLeansboro, Dr. Leonard W. Esper of | 11 | | Springfield, George
H. Bauer of Effingham, William R. McCauley | 12 | | of Olney, James P. Ringley of Lemont, and A. L. Starshak
of | 13 | | Chicago; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The plan, originally written down as ideas on | 15 | | napkins in Salem, eventually became
legislation passed by the | 16 | | U.S. Senate on June 12, 1944 and the U.S. House of | 17 | | Representatives on
June 13, 1944; it was signed into law by | 18 | | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 22,
1944; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, There were several key components of the G.I. Bill | 20 | | of Rights that included educational
opportunity, vocational | 21 | | on-the-job training, readjustment financial allowances, home, | 22 | | farm, and
business loans, a review of discharges, adequate |
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| 1 | | health care for veterans, the prompt
settlement of disability | 2 | | claims, mustering-out pay (which was removed from the bill | 3 | | after it was
enacted separately), effective veteran employment | 4 | | services, and the concentration of all
veterans functions in | 5 | | the Veterans Administration; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, On June 26, 1958, the American Legion - Department | 7 | | of Illinois recognized with a
citation stating "That All Men | 8 | | will now recognize the Luther B. Easley Post 128 as the | 9 | | Birthplace
of the G.I. Bill of Rights"; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, This historic piece of legislation is a fine | 11 | | example of things to recognize as being born,
built, or grown | 12 | | in Illinois as part of the Illinois bicentennial; therefore, be | 13 | | it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 | | recognize November 4, 2018 as the
75th anniversary of the | 17 | | "birth" of the G.I. Bill of Rights (officially known as the | 18 | | Servicemen's
Readjustment Act of 1944) at the Luther B. Easley | 19 | | Post 128 of the American Legion in Salem; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Commander Harold Kocher of
the Luther B. Easley | 22 | | Post No. 128, and all other American Legion post commanders |
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members involved in this historic meeting, as a symbol of | 2 | | our esteem and respect.
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