CARD DIVISION

SURVIVOR BENEFITS AND INSURANCE

4-AUG 13

Copy ........1969

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON VETERANS' LEGISLATION

4.S. Congress. Senate.

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, V

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1471, S. 1479, S. 1650, S. 2003, S. 2186, S. 2533

BILLS RELATING TO DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY
COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE PROGRAMS

Chapman, Col. James W., legislative counsel, Retired Officers Association
Driver, Hon. William J., former Administrator of Veterans' Affairs___
Golembieski, E. H., director, National Rehabilitation Commission, the
American Legion, accompanied by Wertz, Terrell, assistant director..
Huber, Charles L., national director of legislation, Disabled American
Veterans, accompanied by Flaherty, William, assistant director of leg-
islation; and Gardiner, William, assistant director for legislative research_

Johnson, Hon. Donald E., Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, accompanied

by Farmer, Arthur W., Chief Benefits Director; Taaffe, Jr., J. T., Di-

rector, Compensation, Pension, and Education Service; Petraitis, Fer-

dinand J., Director, Insurance Service; Fable, Robert C., Jr., General

Counsel; Knapp, Donald C., Assistant General Counsel; Bernstein,

Howard, Assistant General Counsel..

Schloss, Irvin P., national president, Blinded Veterans Association_

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

eign Wars of the United States, accompanied by Jones, Norman E.,

director, national rehabilitation service; and Holt, Cooper T., executive

director, Washington office___

COMMUNICATIONS

Alexander, Theresa E., president, Society of Military Widows, letters to

Hon. Herman E. Talmadge, chairman of the subcommittee:

March 29, 1969.

July 7, 1969__

Burns, Harvey R., letter with attachments, to the committee_-

Cranston, Hon. Alan, a U.S. Senator from the State of California, state-
ment_

Dwyer, Mike, national legislative director, Gallant Veterans of the Amer-

ican Expeditionary Forces of 1917-19, statement_ _

Hoffman, John L., national senior commander, Gallant Veterans of the

American Expeditionary Forces, statement submitted..

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

Veterans, letter with attached supplemental statement, to Hon. Herman

E. Talmadge, chairman of the subcommittee___.

Miller, Victor V., national commander, Veterans of World War I, U.S.A.,

Inc., statement_.

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Knowles, Mrs. Edith V., national legislative chairman, Gold Star Wives

of America, Inc., statement submitted..

Ridge, Frank, CLU, statement submitted on behalf of the National

Association of Life Underwriters____

Rossignuola, Ralph J., national legislative director, AMVETS national

headquarters, letter to Hon. Herman E. Talmadge, chairman of the

subcommittee__

Vernor, Richard E., associate general counsel, American Life Convention,

statement submittee on behalf of the American Life Convention, the

Life Insurance Association of America, and the Life Insurers Conference

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

American Legion resolutions attached to the statement of E. H. Golem-

bieski, director, National Rehabilitation Commission, the American

Legion___

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