a Fe = ba Ya ARTA TW TGGe on ion Veterans— 76 re tf 14h oy, rom the latest information available we learn that the living veterans of the nation’s wars numbers more than 22 million. Nearly 70 per cent of these, more than 15 million, served in World War II. A total of 5,455,000 served in the Korean > conflict and this number includes 945,000 who also served in World War II. The remaining 2,899,000 were of veterans earlier wars and peace time service. Vet-_ erans and their families make up 45 per cent of our total population. These are facts and | figures to Ehinik about on Veterans Day which usually isa more quiet day than were Armistice Day formerly taking celebrations November 11. ‘on Bite | The jollification at Annistics Day iste: brations sprang from widesprgad belief that. the armistice which ended War I fighting also ended the possibility of fu- | ture world wars. The outbreak.of World War II put a quick end to that delusion. Lively celebrations on Armistice Day became inappropriate in the faee of what . was happening. The decision to observe Veterans Day on Nov. 11 was and i is widely ee approved. _ However, the American people remem: ber their veterans every day of the year through the ministrations of the Veterans’ | Administration in: Washington; a govern- | ‘mental activity which the American people ' gladly support with their taxes. :