Thomas Mott Osborne: “I would like to join those congratulating the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kline) for his introduction of H.R. 1412.…”

“I would like to join those congratulating the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kline) for his introduction of H.R. 1412. Madam Speaker, a high percentage of our military personnel are Reservists and National Guardsmen. These are ordinary citizens; they have families. Many of them are in school. Many are in higher education. I would like to call attention to a couple of aspects of H.R. 1412 which have heretofore been somewhat ignored. Number one, this particular legislation allows Reservists who leave college and universities for military service to return with the same academic standing as they had when they left. And this may seem kind of minor, but it is very important because in many graduate programs if you are not there for consecutive semesters, you lose your standing. You are no longer in the graduate college. Also sometimes after a period of absence, a student will lose credits and so this legislation prevents that from happening. I think that is very important. Also this legislation urges full refunds of tuition and fees for those who are called to active duty.”