Consolidation of Government Soldier Compensation Bureaus: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, Sixty-sixth Congress, Third Session, on H.R. 14677 and H.R. 14961. February 14, 16, 17, 23, 26, and 28, 1921

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Page 78 - ... under Articles II, III, and IV, respectively, shall not be assignable ; shall not be subject to the claims of creditors of any person to whom an award is made under...
Page 76 - The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations and not upon the impairment in earning capacity in each individual case, so that there shall be no reduction in the rate of compensation for individual success in overcoming the handicap of a permanent injury.
Page 78 - II, III, and IV, respectively, shall not be assignable ; shall not be subject to the claims of creditors of any person to whom an award is made under Articles II, III, or IV ; and shall be exempt from all taxation...
Page 133 - Those who are confined in a hospital under said bureau for a compensable disability during the period while they are so confined; (b) those who are rated as temporarily totally disabled by reason of an injury or disease entitling them to compensation during the period of such total disability and while they are so rated...
Page 23 - This appropriation shall be disbursed by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, and such portion thereof as may be necessary shall be allotted from time to time to the Public Health Service, the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and the War and Navy Departments, and transferred to their credit for disbursement by them for the purposes set forth In this paragraph.
Page 39 - ... the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, the Public Health Service, and the Federal Board for Vocational Education.
Page 7 - That the discharge or dismissal of any person from the military or naval forces on the ground that he is an enemy alien, conscientious objector, or a deserter, or as guilty of mutiny, treason, spying, or any offense involving moral turpitude, or willful and persistent misconduct...
Page 90 - I wish to thank you for the interest you have shown in my behalf, and trust by this time you have some more information from Washington.
Page 34 - The director shall adopt reasonable and proper rules to govern the procedure of the divisions and to regulate and provide for the nature and extent of the proofs and evidence and the method of taking and furnishing the same...
Page 159 - ... the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, the Rehabilitation Division of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, and the United States Public Health Service. The...

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