Legislative Objectives of Veteran Organizations: Hearings Before the CommitteeU.S. Government Printing Office, 1948 - Veterans |
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... Thank you . You realize that on any one of these subjects we could consume a whole day . Another problem with which we are vitally concerned and in which this committee is also vitally concerned and which this committee has done ...
... Thank you . You realize that on any one of these subjects we could consume a whole day . Another problem with which we are vitally concerned and in which this committee is also vitally concerned and which this committee has done ...
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... thank you for that full and complete statement . There are those two bills increasing subsistence allowances for those lads going to school and some of those lads seem to have the idea that they are supposed to be supported in luxury ...
... thank you for that full and complete statement . There are those two bills increasing subsistence allowances for those lads going to school and some of those lads seem to have the idea that they are supposed to be supported in luxury ...
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... ever worked harder , and I would also like to thank the gentleman again for his work , and the work of the men throughout the country . Mr. KETCHUM . May I ask if any members of 14 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS OF VETERANS ' ORGANIZATIONS.
... ever worked harder , and I would also like to thank the gentleman again for his work , and the work of the men throughout the country . Mr. KETCHUM . May I ask if any members of 14 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS OF VETERANS ' ORGANIZATIONS.
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... Thank you , Mr. Ketchum and Mr. Klawans . ( Thereupon , at 11:55 a . m . , the committee recessed until 2:30 p . m . , tomorrow , Thursday , January 15 , 1948. ) LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS OF VETERANS ' ORGANIZATIONS FOR 1948 FRIDAY ...
... Thank you , Mr. Ketchum and Mr. Klawans . ( Thereupon , at 11:55 a . m . , the committee recessed until 2:30 p . m . , tomorrow , Thursday , January 15 , 1948. ) LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS OF VETERANS ' ORGANIZATIONS FOR 1948 FRIDAY ...
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... Thank you , Madam Chairman . The CHAIRMAN . I have a message from Judge Mathews , the distin- guished member from New Jersey , who regrets that he can not be here today . Mr. COLFLESH . I have had the pleasure of serving on many com ...
... Thank you , Madam Chairman . The CHAIRMAN . I have a message from Judge Mathews , the distin- guished member from New Jersey , who regrets that he can not be here today . Mr. COLFLESH . I have had the pleasure of serving on many com ...
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Administration ALLEN Amend American Legion American Legion Auxiliary AMVETS authority BAKEWELL benefits branch offices ceilings chronic diseases COLFLESH COMMITTEE ON VETERANS CROW dependents Disabled American Veterans disabled veterans doctors dysentery Edith Nourse Rogers Eightieth Congress employees extend Foreign Wars gentleman from Mississippi gentleman yield GI bill going GOLOB hearing hospitals House July increase KEARNEY KETCHUM KLAWANS KRAABEL large number legislative program leprosy loiasis LUSK Madam Chairman national commander national legislative committee national security non-service-connected O'KONSKI organization PATTERSON payment pension PHILLIPS present presumptive problem Public Law question RAMEY RANKIN regional office Representative Requests legislation resolution Rogers Sarbacher Senate service-connected disabled session socialized medicine statement subsistence allowances TATE TAYLOR TEAGUE tion totally disabled treatment tropical diseases tuberculosis United Urge the Veterans Veterans of Foreign veterans of World Veterans Preference widows and orphans World War II
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Page 60 - Except in the event of legal proceedings under section 19 of Title I of this Act, no claim agent or attorney except the recognized representatives of the American Red Cross, the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and such other organizations as shall be approved by the director shall be recognized in the presentation or adjudication of claims under...
Page 26 - ... originating because of therapy, administered in connection with such diseases, or as a preventative thereof...
Page 26 - ... endocrinopathies; epilepsies; Hodgkin's disease; leukemia, nephritis; osteitis, deformans; osteomalacia; organic diseases of the nervous system, including tumors of the brain, cord, or peripheral nerves; encephalitis lethargica residuals; scleroderma; tuberculosis, active; tumors, malignant; ulcers, peptic (gastric or duodenal) and such other chronic diseases as the Administrator of Veterans...
Page 18 - Mr. ALLEN. Madam Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Louisiana. Mr. ALLEN.
Page 45 - Administration to reimburse all State Workmen's Compensation costs as to service-connected disabled veteran employees. (HR 1533, by Mr. Rankin ; referred to Committee on World War Veterans
Page 61 - Extend total disability provisions to include veterans totally disabled in line of duty, as provided for those "less than total in degree...
Page 37 - I think some immediate consideration should be accorded that type of case. The DAV pleads with you to consider HR 2716 at an early date and to report it favorably to the House. The members of this committee are fully aware of the tremendous increase in the cost of living index in recent months. Until now it is estimated that a family of four must have an income of about $3,400 per year to live. This is more than double the compensation received by a totally and permanently disabled veteran. There...
Page 26 - ... because of therapy, administered in connection with such diseases, or as a preventative thereof, shall be accorded service connection when shown to exist within one year after separation from active service or at a time when standard and accepted treatises indicate that the incubation period thereof commenced during active service. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent service connection for any disease or disorder otherwise shown by sound judgment to have been incurred in or...