Legislation to Provide GI Benefits for Post-Korean Veterans: Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, on S. and H.R.74, 209, August 31, September 1, 2, 7, and 15, 1965

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Considers S. 9, H.R. 74, and numerous related bills, to provide education and training benefits to veterans who have served subsequent to Jan. 1955. Eligibility would be based upon service during the induction period and upon service in a combat zone.

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Page 2991 - veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
Page 2919 - STATEMENT OF HON. LINDLEY BECKWORTH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS Mr. BECKWORTH.
Page 2899 - States hereby declares that the veterans' education and training program created by this Act is for the. purpose of providing vocational readjustment and restoring lost educational opportunities to those service men and women whose educational or vocational ambitions have been interrupted or impeded by reason of active service in the Armed Forces during a period of national emergency and for the purpose of aiding such persons in attaining the educational and training status which they might normally...
Page 2884 - Any male person who has not been ordered to report for induction into the Armed Forces under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended...
Page 3058 - We are delighted to put your entire statement in the record if that is what you would like, and you may proceed in any manner you wish. STATEMENT OF HON. ALAN CRANSTON, A US SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Senator CRANSTON. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I deeply appreciate the opportunity to appear before you. My statement, contains many examples of complaints I have received from California about particular situations in the handling of the...
Page 3006 - Jr., recently reappointed by the President, when he said in a speech to the UBSA convention: "It is our feeling — and I know you agree with this — that the lack of credit in civil service examinations for business school training above the high school level has had two undesirable effects: It has discouraged the less talented and less ambitious students from taking such training since there was no apparent economic advantage to be gained, and it has influenced business school graduates to seek...
Page 3068 - Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake — but for the Nation's sake. Nothing matters more to the future of our country: not our military preparedness — for armed might is worthless if we lack the brainpower to build a world of peace; not our productive economy — for we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of government — for freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.
Page 3087 - To provide readjustment assistance to veterans who serve in the Armed Forces during the induction period. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE I SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966".
Page 2970 - ... recognize the sacrifices of those of our Armed Forces who have served in time of war; and Whereas, the VFW recognizes that the earning of a campaign medal for military service is comparable to wartime service, now, therefore Be it resolved, by the 66th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, that we support legislation which will elevate to wartime service all benefits including compensation, pension, education, hospitalization, rehabilitation, loans and any...
Page 2928 - Trimble. STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES W. TRIMBLE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ARKANSAS Mr. TRIMBLE. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you today to speak briefly in behalf of the civil service retirees.

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