CONTENTS

Administration Witnesses

Olney B. Owen, Chief Benefits Director, Veterans' Administra-

tion, accompanied by:

J. C. Peckarsky, Deputy Chief Benefits Director;

James T. Taaffe, Jr., Director, Compensation, Pension,

and Education Service; and

D. C. Knapp, Assistant General Counsel.

Public Witnesses

American Legion, Charles E. Mattingly, National Legislative

Commission, accompanied by:

Edward H. Golembieski, director, National Rehabilitation

Commission..

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Blinded Veterans Association, Julius D. Morris, national

president, accompanied by:

Jack Street, administrative assistant.

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Chapman, Col. James W., senior legislative counsel, Retired

Officers Association__

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Disabled American Veterans, Charles L. Huber, national

director of legislation, accompanied by:

William Flaherty, assistant director of legislation; and

William Gardner, assistant director of research..

Huber, Charles L., national director of legislation, Disabled

American Veterans, accompanied by:

William Flaherty, assistant director of legislation; and

William Gardner, assistant director of research.

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Lassen, Peter, executive director, Paralyzed Veterans of
America, accompanied by:

Harry Schweiker.

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Mattingly, Charles E., National Legislative Commission,

American Legion, accompanied by:

Edward H. Golembieski, director, National Rehabilita-

tion Commission

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Morris, Julius D., national president, Blinded Veterans Asso-

ciation, accompanied by:

Jack Street, administrative assistant...

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Paralyzed Veterans of America, Peter Lassen, executive direc-

tor, accompanied by:

Harry Schweiker

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Retired Officers Association, Col. James W. Chapman, senior

legislative counsel.

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Stover, Francis W., director, National Legislative Service,
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, accompanied
by:

Norman D. Jones, director, National Rehabilitation
Service____

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Francis W.
Stover, director, National Legislative Service, accompanied
by:

Norman D. Jones, director, National Rehabilitation
Service___

Communications

American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, statement of Arthur A. Bressi, past national commander and special projects officer.

Bressi, Arthur A., past national commander and special projects officer, American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor,

statement__

Carlton, Col. John T., executive director, Reserve Officers
Association of the United States, statement.

Clifford, Dean R., letter to Hon. Herman E. Talmadge, chair-
man of the subcommittee___--

Cranston, Hon. Alan, a U.S. Senator from the State of California, statement

Fleet Reserve Association, statement of Robert W. Nolan, national executive secretary

LeMelle, Jean, letter to the subcommittee_

Nolan, Robert W., national executive secretary, Fleet Reserve
Association, statement.

Reserve Officers Association of the United States, statement
of Col. John T. Carlton, executive director_

Taklo, Henry J., letter to Hon. Herman E. Talmadge, chairman of the subcommittee....

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