January 14, 1997
U.S. Government Fund
A Class/B Class/C Class
Supplement to Prospectus Dated September 30, 1996
The following amends and supplements the section Buying Class A
Shares at Net Asset Value under Classes of Shares:
Class A Shares of the Fund may be purchased at net asset
value by any investor within 90 days after a redemption of shares
from a fund outside the Delaware Group of funds provided that:
1) the redeemed shares were purchased no more than five years
before the proposed purchase of Class A Shares of the Fund; and
2) a front-end sales charge was paid in connection with the
purchase of the redeemed shares or a contingent deferred sales
charge was paid upon their redemption.
Effective November 1, 1996, the "NAV/Delaware Group Asset
Planner Accommodation Program," has been discontinued. This
program permitted certain investors who were already shareholders
in any Delaware Group fund or those who were transferring assets
into a Delaware Group individual retirement account ("IRA") from
another IRA outside the Delaware Group or from a qualified plan
distribution to invest in Delaware Group funds at net asset value
when using the Asset Planner service. All share purchases
through Delaware Group Asset Planner are now subject to
applicable sales charges. Delaware Group Asset Planner is an
asset allocation service that gives investors, working with a
financial professional, the ability to more easily design and
maintain investments in a diversified selection of Delaware Group
mutual funds. See The Delaware Difference and How to Buy Shares
in the Prospectus.
Also effective November 1, 1996, the annual $35 Asset
Planner fee is waived until further notice. Investors who utilize
the Asset Planner for an IRA will continue to pay the annual IRA
fee of $15 per Social Security number.
