Once again, Feres Petition--but this is terribly important for us, would give ill servicemembers the right to sue for relief!!

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Help a Vet! Please sign the petition and pass it on.

Thanks

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From: Verpalegislative@... [mailto:Verpalegislative@...]

Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 11:01 PM

Verpalegislative@...

Subject: VERPA Act 2003 " Now or Never " Update Letter

Veterans Equal Rights Protection Advocacy, Inc.

~VERPA~

P.O. Box 8225, Medford, OR 97504-0225

" Veterans & Families For Equal Justice Under Law "

Inc. December 1999

***********************

Chairman: McCarthy (CA) * Founder/Executive Director: A. Trueman

(PA)

Legislative Coordinator: Barb Cragnotti (OR) * VA Abuse Coordinator: Bauer

(IL)

Human Rights Coordinator: pending * Legal Coordinator: Misha Coale (VA)

Gulf War S/I Coordinator: J. (NC) * PR Coordinator: Thurlow

(MI)

National Security Coordinator: Mark Zeller (GA)

Web site: WWW.VERPA.ORG * Email: verpalegislative@...

February 15, 2004

Dear Veterans, Military, Family and Friends,

We would like to thank everyone who participated in VERPA's " It's Now or Never "

campaign the first two weeks of January, 2004. Enough calls were received by

Senator Specter's office to compel them " to get things rolling " regarding the

VERPA Act. We appreciate your support and together we can and will abolish or

amend the Feres Doctrine. We are working with the Senator's office to get all

issues we know of, by working directly with all of you. Since our last update,

additional matters of injustice have been presented to us. Again, the time is

now or never to spread or pass the word that all issues under the Feres Doctrine

can be addressed under the VERPA Act.

Please help us help you by:

1. Signing our on-line petition:

http://www.petitiononline.com/fd1950/petition.html to

document your service connected injury or injustice allowed by the Feres

Doctrine.

The hard copy of all previous signatures and comments has been provided to

Senator Specter for his review.

2. Call your own State Representatives. You can find their names and numbers at

www.congress.org then put in your zip code. Please let them know that you

wish for

them to sponsor or cosponsor the VERPA Act to abolish or amend the Feres

Doctrine. Although we are focused on the Senate at this time, there must of

course

be a Companion bill in the House of Representatives. We have all ready been

promised that when the Senate introduces a Feres Bill, Congress will follow.

3. For those who have yet to submit your case in writing, please send it to

Senator

Specter, 711 Hart Senate Building, Washington, DC 20510-3802. Please mail a

copy to VERPA to ensure your case gets to the hearings when the time comes.

Mail

is not being delivered to WA DC at this time due to the ricin scare so you

may want

to wait until delivery begins again.

We have come a long way, however we still have work to do as a " team. "

Although Americans not serving in our military might not believe the Feres

Doctrine impacts them, please let everyone you know with children 18 to 26,

there is a joint bill S 89 and HR 163; " a bill to provide for the common defense

by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women,

perform a period of military service for a period of civilian service in

furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other

purposes. "

We are honored to introduce our Sister Organization: The Haase

Foundation. Please visit their new website: www.justinhaasefoundation.com

Also, please review our newly updated website at www.verpa.org and forward this

message to Veterans you know, as well as to your own family and friends. Our

website explains who we are, why, and what we are doing to abolish Feres.

Specifically, on our " About US " page are specific questions which a " yes " answer

on any one of the questions will make you see we must achieve this now and as a

team! " One for all and all for one " has always been the position of VERPA with

regards to addressing our injuries or injustices under the Feres Doctrine.

Any questions or comments.. please send them to me at verpalegislative@....

Thank you again for your support of VERPA. We are here to help YOU and to stop

further abuses allowed by the Feres Doctrine again, it is now or never and we do

have the attention of the Congress because we speak the truth and as a team.

Sincerely,

Barb Cragnotti

VERPA Legislative Coordinator

www.verpa.org

" Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy. "

Henry Kissinger's statement to Bob Woodward, of the Washington Post

Meryl Nass, MD

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W 207 288-5082 ext 220 or pager 441

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