FILE - In this June 22, 1944 file photo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt puts his signature on the G.I. Bill of Rights at the White House in Washington, putting into law the measure for veterans aid. Looking on from left are: Sen. Bennett Clark, D-Mo.; Rep. J. Harbin Peterson, D-Fla.; Rep. A. Leonard Allen, D-La.; Rep. John Rankin, D-Miss.; Rep. Paul Cunningham, R- Iowa.; Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, R-Mass.; J.M. Sullivan; Sen. Walter George, D-Ga.; John Steele; and Sen. Robert Wagner, D-N.Y. Sullivan and Steele are American Legion officials who helped sponsor the bill. (AP Photo/File)