HEARINGS

BEFORE

THE COMMITTEE ON

WORLD WAR VETERANS' LEGISLATION

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 801, H. R. 1182, H. R. 1185
H. R. 1744, H. R. 1749

TO AMEND CERTAIN LAWS AND VETERANS REGULATIONS
AFFECTING WORLD WAR VETERANS
AND THEIR DEPENDENTS

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Printed for the use of the
Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1943

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MAR 8 '43

CONTENTS

H. R. 801, H. R. 1182, and H. R. 1185_

H. R. 1744 and H. R. 1749..

Statement of

Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, Administrator, Veterans' Administration...

Page

1-4

67-68

4-6, 35-67

Francis M. Sullivan, executive director, national legislative committee, the American Legion.

6-8, 27 8-18, 27-28

18-27

Omar B. Ketchum, national legislative representative, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States..

Millard W. Rice, national service director, Disabled American
Veterans

Frank Haley, national service director of the Military Order of the
Purple Heart_

28-30

Jack Kyle, national commander, the Regular Veterans' Association. 31-33
Warren E. Miller, national legislative representative of the Army and
Navy Union___

Edward E. Odom, Solicitor for Veterans' Administration.

33-34 68-76