COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

EDITH NOURSE ROGERS, Massachusetts, Chairman

BERNARD W. (PAT) KEARNEY, New York

ALVIN E. O'KONSKI, Wisconsin

HOMER A. RAMEY, Ohio

FRANK A. MATHEWS, New Jersey

WILLIAM J. CROW, Pennsylvania

W. HOWES MEADE, Kentucky

RICHARD B. VAIL, Illinois
HERBERT A. MEYER, Kansas

E. (EDWARD) A. MITCHELL, Indiana

JAMES T. PATTERSON, Connecticut
DAYTON E. PHILLIPS, Tennessee
ROBERT TRIPP ROSS, New York
GEORGE W. SARBACHER, JR., Pennsylvania
CLAUDE I. BAKEWELL, Missouri
GLENN R. DAVIS, Wisconsin

JOHN E. RANKIN, Mississippi

A. LEONARD ALLEN, Louisiana
WALTER B. HUBER, Ohio
OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas
GLEN D. JOHNSON, Oklahoma
JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee
GEORGE L. LUSK, New Mexico
W. M. (DON) WHEELER, Georgia
HAMILTON C. JONES, North Carolina
HAROLD D. DONOHUE, Massachusetts

KARL STANDISH, Clerk

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CONTENTS

Statement of-

Birdsall, Guy H., Assistant Administrator for Legislation, Veterans'

Administration, Washington, D. C...

Kraabel, T. O., director, national rehabilitation commission, the

American Legion, Washington, D. C..

Spear, Ralph E., Assistant Director, Foreign Relations Service,

Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C...

Marcus, Col. Morris H., Office of the Adjutant General, Department

of the Army, Washington, D. C____

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Tench, Col. Charles T., Office of the Army Comptroller, Department

of the Army, Washington, D. C.............

Exhibits-

Executive order of the President of the United States dated July 26,

1941.

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Executive order of the President of the Philippines dated October 28,

1944

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H. R. 4943, Eightieth Congress.

Letter, Omar B. Ketchum, director, national legislative service,

Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington, D. C., dated January 29,

1948..