COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF NATIONAL COM-
MANDERS OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS;
THE AMERICAN LEGION; VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS;
AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II, KOREA, AND
VIETNAM (AMVETS); VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I OF THE
U.S.A., INC.; AND PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

SEPTEMBER 21, 1976; FEBRUARY 22, MARCH 8 AND 25, 1977

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COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

ALAN CRANSTON, California, Chairman

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CONTENTS

Opening statement of-

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1976

Hon. Jennings Randolph, acting chairman of the Committee on

Veterans' Affairs_-_.

Statement of—

Hon. Jacob K. Javits, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York____

Frank J. Randazzo, national commander, Disabled American Veterans,

accompanied by Ronald W. Drach, national director of employ-

ment; Norman B. Hartnett, national service director; William B.

Gardiner, national legislative director; and Denvel D. Adams,

national adjutant__

Written statement of-

Hon. James L. Buckley, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York__

William F. Lenker, chairman, national veterans affairs and rehabilita-

tion commission, The American Legion_-_-

Opening statement of—

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1977

Hon. Alan Cranston, chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs__

Statement of—

Hon. Edmund S. Muskie, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine_-_-

William J. Rogers, national commander, The American Legion___.

Written statement of-

William J. Rogers, national commander, The American Legion__---

Opening statement of—

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TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1977

Hon. Alan Cranston, chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs__

Statement of—

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Hon. Herman E. Talmadge, a U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia__

R. D. Smith, commander in chief, Veterans of Foreign Wars of

the United States---

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FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1977

Opening statement of-

Hon. Alan Cranston, chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs__

Statement of—

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Hon. Charles H. Percy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois_.

Thomas J. McDonough, national commander, AMVETS__

V. Bruce Bennett, national commander, Veterans of World War I

of the U.S.A., Inc---

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Harold B. Say, legislative director, Veterans of World War I of the

U.S.A., Inc___.

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Written statement of-

Harold B. Say, legislative director, Veterans of World War I of

the U.S.A., Inc----.

Edward R. Jasper, president, Paralyzed Veterans of America_---.