by Echo Park Communtiy Coalition
Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2008 at 5:01 AM
jfav_causa@yahoo.com 213-241-0906 337 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026
Dear Ms. Speaker,
We are writing to you on the matter of the pending House version of SB 1315 pending at the House of Representatives.
We hold you, as the Speaker and the leader of the Democratic Party, responsible for not passing the bill in the house You have the responsibility to answer why the bill has not been discussed or have not been put into vote despite several promises.
Time is of the essence for these American veterans who were victims of the unjust Recession Act that was passed on February 18th, 1946. Of the 250,000 Filipino soldiers who served under the American Flag during World War II, only 18,000 are still alive with more veterans dying everyday.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
District Office,
450 Golden Gate Ave 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA
94102
July 25, 2008
Dear Ms. Speaker,
We are writing to you on the matter of the pending House version of SB 1315 pending at the House of Representatives.
We hold you, as the Speaker and the leader of the Democratic Party, responsible for not passing the bill in the house You have the responsibility to answer why the bill has not been discussed or have not been put into vote despite several promises.
Time is of the essence for these American veterans who were victims of the unjust Recession Act that was passed on February 18th, 1946. Of the 250,000 Filipino soldiers who served under the American Flag during World War II, only 18,000 are still alive with more veterans dying everyday.
For example, in the county of Los Angeles where majority of the Filipino veterans resides, 126 members of the United Filipino American Veterans (UFAV) have died up to October 2007. Only 54 members are still living, more than 12 of them are seriously sick. Yet many of these same Veterans have vowed to continue this 63-year-old fight until their dying breath.
You can help end this injustice or like your predecessors continue to ignore this issue hoping it will go away. If the issue is money, research has found that it will only cost our government as much as half of what we spend on Iraq per day to give these American veterans their benefits.
Time and excuses are running out. We demand that your office and all the members of the House of Representatives to act now and house version of S.B. 1315 now!
Sincerely yours,
Faustino Baclig,Commander
Pilipino American Veterans Association (PAVA)
ACFV-Western Region
Arturo Garcia, Coordinator
Justice For Filipino American Veterans (JFAV)
Eugenio Mondok Sr. Commander.
United Filipino Ameircan veterans (UFAV)
Franco Arcebal, Vice President for Membership,
American Coalition for Filipino Veterans (ACFV)
Jack Vergara, Commander,
Society of Guerillas and Scouts (SGS)
Juan dela Torre. VIce Commander
United Filipino American Veterans (UFAV)
Leonides Alcantara, Commander
SGS-ACFV
Lourdes Astilla,Commander
Veterans Center Association
Nick Gadia, Vice Commander
Society of Guerilla and Scouts
Jerry Esguerra
PSL-Los Angeles
Paulo Espiritu
Filipino American For Immigration Reforms (FAIR)
Max Gutierrez
Los Angeles Alliance for New Economy (LAANE)
Christine Araquel
KMB-Pro People Youth
Allan Nailat
Long Beach-PAC
Mike Nailat
JFAV-LA
Corazon Esguerra
ANSWER-LA
Elaine Dolalas
FAIR
Devin Whyham
UNITE-HERE Local 11
Jay Valencia, President
Circulo Pampangueno of Southern California
Mario Santos, National Coordinator
AJLPP-USA
Ago Martinez
AJLPP-San Francisco
Pons De Leon
First Quarter Storm Network (FQSN)
