COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

27-920

MARCH 21 AND 22, 1978

Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1978

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COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas

RAY ROBERTS, Texas, Chairman

DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia
DON EDWARDS, California

JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas
MARGARET M. HECKLER, Massachusetts
CHALMERS P. WYLIE, Ohio

G. V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY, Mississippi ELWOOD HILLIS, Indiana
CHARLES J. CARNEY, Ohio

GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California

LESTER L. WOLFF, New York

JACK BRINKLEY, Georgia

RONALD M. MOTTL, Ohio

ROBERT J. CORNELL, Wisconsin

W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina

MARK W. HANNAFORD, California
EDWARD P. BEARD, Rhode Island
ROBERT W. EDGAR, Pennsylvania
CLIFFORD ALLEN, Tennessee
SAM B. HALL, JR., Texas
DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio
DOUG BARNARD, Georgia

JAMES ABDNOR, South Dakota
WILLIAM F. WALSH, New York
TENNYSON GUYER, Ohio
GEORGE HANSEN, Idaho
HAROLD S. SAWYER, Michigan

DON EDWARDS, California

JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas G. V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY, Mississippi MARGARET M. HECKLER, Massachusetts CHARLES J. CARNEY, Ohio

GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California

LESTER L. WOLFF, New York

W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina

MARK W. HANNAFORD, California

RONALD M. MOTTL, Ohio

ELWOOD HILLIS, Indiana
JAMES ABDNOR, South Dakota
TENNYSON GUYER, Ohio
GEORGE HANSEN, Idaho
HAROLD S. SAWYER, Michigan

CLIFFORD ALLEN, Tennessee

SAM B. HALL, JR., Texas

DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio

DOUG BARNARD, Georgia

ROBERT W. EDGAR, Pennsylvania

(II)

78-60-956

CONTENTS

Opening Statement of Mr. Montgomery-.

Statement of Mr. Larry Roffee, Jr., executive director, Paralyzed Veterans

of America, Inc.

Questions and remarks by:

Mr. Edgar---.

Mr. Guyer---

Statement of Mr. John Sommer, Jr., chief of claims, American Legion_.

Questions and remarks by Mr. Montgomery__

Statement of Mr. Harold Say, national legislative director, Veterans of

World War I of the USA, Inc---

Statement of Mr. William W. Thompson, national vice president, Blinded

Veterans Association__.

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1

3

Questions and remarks by:

Mr. Hall__-

Mr. Monroe_

Mr. Vail_

Mr. Fails__

Statement of Mr. Don Schwab, director, National Legislative Service,

Veterans of Foreign Wars_-.

Questions and Remarks by Mr. Edgar_.

AuCoin, Hon. Les____

52, 53, 54, 55

30

30

32

Burke, Col. Lloyd. (See Congressional Medal of Honor Society.)

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Townsend, Louis A., staff.

Congressional Medal of Honor Society: Burke, Col. Lloyd---

Disabled American Veterans:

Heilman, John___.

Edgar, Hon. Robert W..

Fales, John. (See Blinded Veterans of America.)

Guyer, Hon. Tennyson__.

Hall, Hon. Sam B., Jr___

Heilman, John. (See Disabled American Veterans.)

Lord, Edward. (See American Legion.)

Monroe, Charles. (See Blinded Veterans of America.)

30, 31

68

76, 77, 78

71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76

10, 11, 32, 39, 40, 68, 69, 70, 71

11, 20, 21

12, 20, 21, 30, 31, 32

Montgomery, Hon. G. V‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 29, 32, 38, 39,

Paralyzed Veterans of America:

Roffee, Lawrence W..

40, 51, 52, 54, 55, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78

3, 4, 5-10, 12

10, 11

Phillips, Ms Lynne-

Peckarsky, J. C. (See Veterans Administration.)

Phillips, Ms. Lynne (See Paralyzed Veterans of America.)

Roffee, Lawrence W., Jr. (See Paralyzed Veterans of America.)
Say, Harold B. (See Veterans of World War II.)

Schwab, Donald H. (See Veterans of Foreign Wars.)
Sommer, John. (See American Legion.)

Thompson, William. (See Blinded Veterans of America.)
Townsend, Louis A. (See Committee on Veterans' Affairs.)
Vale, Sumner. (See Blinded Veterans of America.)
Veterans' Administration: Peckarsky, J. C----

55, 56,

57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71

Veterans of Foreign Wars: Schwab, Donald H---- 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

Veterans of World War I, Inc.: