SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY COMPENSATION HEARING

4 - JUL10 Copy 1972

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS./

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 3338, S. 3344, S. 3074, and S. 1564

MARCH 29, 1972

Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina

(II)

Opening statement of Hon. Herman E. Talmadge, Chairman of the Sub-

committee on Compensation and Pensions____

Bill S. 3338, as referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs:

Text of---

Agency reports of:

Veterans' Administration_

Office of Management and Budget__

Bill S. 3344, as referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs:
Text of--

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Veterans' Administration transmittal letter to the President of the

Senate, with enclosure_.

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Veterans' Administration report of..

Office of Management and Budget__.

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Text of..

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Bill S. 3074, as referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs:

Veterans' Administration transmittal letter to the President of the

Senate_.

Veterans' Administration report of-----

Bill S. 1564, as referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs:

Text of

Agency reports of:

Veterans' Administration....

Office of Management and Budget----

Statement of—

Hon. Daniel K. Inouye, a U.S. Senator from the State of Hawaii----

Olney B. Owen, Chief Benefits Director, Vetetrans' Administration,

accompanied by J. C. Peckarsky, Deputy Chief Director; J. T.

Taaffe, Jr., Director, Compensation, Pension, and Education

Service; Louis A. Townsend, Deputy Director of Policy; Frank B.

Williams, Deputy Director of Program Administration; Robert J.

Dewey, Assistant Deputy Director of Policy, Planning, and Budget-

ing; John E. Kerby, Assistant General Counsel; and Howard Bern-
stein, Assistant General Counsel, Veterans' Administration_‒‒‒‒‒

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

Veterans, accompanied by William Gardiner and William Flaherty,

DAV

Michael W. Burns, executive director, Paralyzed Veterans of America_

David L. Schnair, national service officer, Blinded Veterans Associa-

tion, accompanied by Robert Carter, executive director_----

Herald Stringer, director, national legislative commission, The

American Legion, accompanied by E. H. Golembieski, director,

veterans' affairs and rehabilitation commission____

Francis W. Stover, director, national legislative service, Veterans of

Foreign Wars of the United States___

Herbert M. Houston, director, national legislative service of Veterans

of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc., accompanied by J. B. Koch,

national commander, and Floyd Henderson and Dallas Halverstadt_

Written statement of-

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E. H. Golembieski, director, The American Legion, national veterans'

affairs and rehabilitation commission____

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Francis W. Stover, director, national legislative service, Veterans of

Foreign Wars of the United States---

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Leon Sanchez, national service and legislative director, American

Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam__.

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(III)