ZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT (HOOVER COMMISSION) PROVIDING FOR REORGANIZATION OF THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION AND CREATING A VETERANS' INSURANCE CORPORATION

-U.S. Congress. House.

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H. R. 3316, H. R. 3317, H. R. 3677, and H. R. 3686

BILLS SEEKING TO REORGANIZE THE VETERANS'
ADMINISTRATION AND TO CREATE A
VETERANS' INSURANCE

CORPORATION

MAY 27, 28, JUNE 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, AND 12, 1952

Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Pages of all hearings are numbered cumulatively to permit a
comprehensive index at the end of the Congress. Page numbers
lower than those in this hearing refer to other legislation.

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UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1952

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

JOHN E. RANKIN, Mississippi, Chairman

Adair, Hon. E. Ross..

American Legion:
Griffith, Paul..
Hospitalization memo

Page
2086-2087,

2131, 2141-2145, 2163-2169, 2194-2197, 2314, 2435

Insurance Advisory Board_

Kraabel, T. 0.

Stevens, Charles.

Taylor, Gen. John Thomas_

Warner, Milo J..

Wilson, Donald R.

2176-2187

2400-2423

2154-2155

2158, 2167-2169, 2173, 2178, 2183, 2394

2161-2162, 2171-2175
2153-2154, 2285-2306, 2383

2154-2175

2383-2402

American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS): Wilson, Rufus H. 2197-2205

Ayres, Hon. William H.

Bills, who drafted__

Booz, Allen & Hamilton survey:

2034, 2037-2038, 2135, 2141–2144, 2286

2307

2447-2450

2088

2444-2447

2119-2120

Contract--

2031-2091

Robert L. L. McCormick.

2036-2040, 2074-2091

Junior Chamber of Commerce of the United States: William A.
Gossett

June 6, 1952: George A. Ijams, Veterans of Foreign Wars

June 10, 1952: Carl R. Gray, Jr., Administrator of
Affairs

June 11, 1952:

Donald R. Wilson, National Commander The American Legion.. 2383-

John Thomas Taylor.---.

June 12, 1952: Carl R. Gray, Jr..

2400, 2424-2432
2383
2432-2444

2319-2347

Veterans

2349-2381

(III)

2074-2091, 2121, 2131-2149

Coates, Daniel. (See Citizens' Committee for Hoover Report.)
Devereux, Hon. James P. S.

2074,

2078, 2083-2086, 2089, 2135, 2145-2146, 2148, 2153, 2155, 2157-
2158, 2160-2161, 2171-2175, 2178-2179, 2182, 2187, 2191-2193,
2200, 2211, 2285, 2293-2297, 2304, 2308-2309, 2317, 2320, 2329,
2333-2347, 2370-2378, 2388-2390, 2396-2397, 2399, 2424-2428,
2431-2432.

Disabled American Veterans: Foster, Charles E..
Economy Act, history of..

Evins, Hon. Joe L

Financial statements:

American Legion_

AMVETS.

Citizens Committee..

Disabled American Veterans

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Foster, Charles E.

(See Disabled American Veterans.)

2189-2197

2287-2290

2360-2365

2214-2230

2283-2285

2211-2214

2271-2282

2230-2271

Gossett, William Adair. (See United States Junior Chamber of Com-
merce.)

Gray, Carl R., Jr.

(See Veterans' Administration.)

(See Citizens Committee for Hoover Report.)

Griffith, Col. Paul. (See American Legion.)
Harris, Donald.

Hunter, Hon. Allan O..

2378, 2390-2391, 2424, 2426, 2435, 2443, 2450

Ijams, George A. (See Veterans of Foreign Wars.)

Insurance, comparison of private firms with Veterans' Administration 2165-2166
Johnson, Dr. Robert L. (See Citizens' Committee for Hoover Report.)
Jones, Hon. Hamilton C.
2210, 2311, 2322, 2325–2330, 2332-2333,
2365, 2369-2370, 2376–2379, 2392, 2395, 2397, 2424, 2442
2201-
2203, 2210, 2287, 2292-2299, 2300-2311, 2315-2317, 2349, 2355-
2356, 2362-2364, 2369, 2373, 2376-2377, 2385-2388, 2392-2398,
2424, 2426, 2430-2432, 2440-2442, 2450-2451.

Kearney, Hon. Bernard W

Kee, Hon. Elizabeth_
Ketchum, Omar B. (See Veterans of Foreign Wars.)
Kraabel, T. O. (See American Legion.)

2082

2072-2074

2107-2119

Letter from President on Citizens Committee work.
Letters, private, urging action on this subject -
McCormick, Robert L. L. (See Citizens Committee for Hoover Report.)
Patterson, Edwin B., committee staff..
2087-2088, 2090, 2148, 2356, 2443
Prouty, Hon. Winston L...
Rankin, Hon. John E., chairman.

2355, 2365
2017,

2031, 2036, 2038, 2040, 2072, 2074, 2076-2079, 2093, 2120-2121,
2131, 2133-2138, 2149, 2152-2154, 2160, 2162-2163, 2169, 2189,
2194, 2197, 2199, 2200-2202, 2205, 2210-2211, 2285-2287, 2291-
2296, 2300, 2303, 2305-2312, 2315-2317, 2319, 2321–2322, 2325-
2326, 2333, 2336-2337, 2342-2343, 2347, 2349, 2355-2356, 2364-
2365, 2372-2373, 2377-2385, 2387-2388, 2390, 2392, 2394, 2397-
2399, 2400, 2424-2435, 2440-2444, 2451.

Rogers, Hon. Edith Nourse.
Rogers, Hon. Walter...

2037, 2039-2041, 2074-2076, 2083,
2365-2370, 2396, 2398-2400, 2424, 2426-2432, 2443, 2450
2145-
2146, 2148-2149, 2162-2163, 2199-2201, 2210, 2305, 2322, 2324,
2331-2332, 2335-2336, 2347, 2356, 2364–2365, 2368, 2374, 2376-
2377, 2384-2385, 2390-2392, 2443, 2451.

Rowan, Ida, committee clerk.
Secrest, Hon. Robert T.

2138

2193, 2196-2197, 2200-2201, 2210, 2290-
2292, 2302-2303, 2360, 2365, 2369, 2372-2373, 2377-2378

V

Sittler, Hon. Edward L

Page 2041,

2077-2078, 2085, 2088-2090, 2143-2144, 2146-2147, 2149, 2152, 2169, 2170-2173, 2176-2178, 2182-2183, 2211, 2290-2299, 23032306, 2310-2311, 2361, 2379–2381, 2435–2444, 2451. 2199-2200, 2293,

Springer, Hon. William L..

2295-2299, 2300-2303, 2305, 2434–2435, 2438, 2442-2443 Stevens, Charles. (See American Legion.) Taylor, Gen. John Thomas. Teague, Hon. Olin E

(See American Legion.) 2034, 2036-2039, 2077-2082, 2085, 2087, 2090 2091, 2132-2133, 2136– 2138, 2141, 2145-2150, 2152, 2174-2176, 2179-2183, 2186-2187. 2017-2031

Text of bills.
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce: Gossett, William Adair. 2149-2152
Veterans' Administration:

Birdsall, Guy H...

Examples of action taken resulting in economies.

Gray, Carl R., Jr., Administrator__

Offices, saving from consolidation of

Organization charts.

Postwar activities of.

Veterans of Foreign Wars:

Ijams, George A

Ketchum, Omar B.

Warner, Milo J. (See American Legion.)

Wilson, Donald R. (See American Legion.)

2148, 2372-2374 2356-2360 2349-2381, 2432-2444

2093-2094

2044, 2051, 2056, 2058, 2060

2094-2107

2311-2317, 2319-2347

2308-2311, 2315

Wilsor, Rufus H. (See American Veterans of World War II.)