1953 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II, AND UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

MAR 91953

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRST

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

P139-57

1953 LEGISLATIVE OBJECTIVES OF THE AMERICAN LEGION,
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, DISABLED AMERICAN

VETERANS, AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD

WAR II, AND UNITED SPANISH
WAR VETERANS

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FEBRUARY 10 AND 17, 1953

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UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1953

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

EDITH NOURSE ROGERS, Massachusetts, Chairman

BERNARD W. (PAT) KEARNEY, New York
WILLIAM H. AYERS, Ohio

E. ROSS ADAIR, Indiana

WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois
WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont
EDMUND P. RADWAN, New York
RUSSELL V. MACK, Washington
JOHN P. SAYLOR, Pennsylvania
EDWARD J. BONIN, Pennsylvania

PETER FRELINGHUYSEN, JR., New Jersey
WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD, California
PAUL A. FINO, New York

ALBERT W. CRETELLA, Connecticut

OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas

JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee

W. J. BRYAN DORN, South Carolina
ROBERT T. SECREST, Ohio

ELIZABETH KEE, West Virginia

GEORGE S. LONG, Louisiana

HARLAN HAGEN, California

JAMES A. BYRNE, Pennsylvania

BRADY GENTRY, Texas

D. R. (BILLY) MATTHEWS, Florida
ED EDMONDSON, Oklahoma
ARMISTEAD I. SELDEN, JR., Alabama

KARL STANDISH, Chief Clerk

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