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THE BEGINNINGS OF THE GI BILL ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to John Riddle, concerning his letter to the Herald Tribune and commenting that because most boys will go directly from high school into military service, that he is working on a plan for their education when they return -- i.e. what would become the GI Bill. 1 page, single small 4to sheet, White House stationery; some staining. Washington, 31 October 1942
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE GI BILL ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to John Riddle, concerning his letter to the Herald Tribune and commenting that because most boys will go directly from high school into military service, that he is working on a plan for their education when they return -- i.e. what would become the GI Bill. 1 page, single small 4to sheet, White House stationery; some staining. Washington, 31 October 1942
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Notes: "... It seems that we must accept the fact that most boys from the preparatory schools will go directly into the Army or Navy -- but I am now working on a future plan for them, to get some college or technical training when they come back..."
Although post-War plans began as early as the Fall of 1942, the GI Bill was not introduced to Congress until January 1944. After 6 months of heated opposition, the Bill was passed and signed by FDR on 22 June 1944. It is considered by some to be the greatest single piece of social legislation from that era.
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