SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION, PENSION AND INSURANCE

SAM B. HALL, JR., Texas, Chairman

CHALMERS P. WYLIE, Ohio

JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas
ALBERT LEE SMITH, JR., Alabama

Starbuck, Dorothy L., Chief Benefits Director, Veterans' Administration; ac-

companied by Max Woodall, Director; Herbert Mars, Deputy Director, Com-

pensation and Pension Service; and Norman Paulson, Assistant General

Counsel..............

Prepared statement of Miss Starbuck

Wanamaker, Cmdr. John F., U.S.N., retired, deputy director of legislative

affairs, the Retired Officers Association

Prepared statement of the Retired Officers Association ......

Lyngh, Robert E., director, national veterans' affairs and rehabilitation com-

mission, the American Legion; accompanied by Paul S. Egan, assistant

director, national legislative commission.....

Prepared statement of the American Legion......

Mayo, Philip R., special assistant, national legislative service, Veterans of

Foreign Wars of the United States......

Prepared statement of Mr. Mayo....

Mansfield, Gordon H., associate legislative director, Paralyzed Veterans of

America.........

Prepared statement of Mr. Mansfield......

Locke, Rosemary, legislative chairman, National Military Wives Association,

Inc ......

32

Arthurs, Jean, president, National Association of Military Wives

Prepared statement of Mrs. Arthurs.........

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75

Joeckel, Charles E., Jr., assistant national legislative director, Disabled

American Veterans; accompanied by Arthur H. Wilson, national service

director; and Jesse Brown, chief of claims

Prepared statement of Mr. Joeckel.....

Parkhurst, Muriel, administrative assistant, Veterans of World War I..............

MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

Opinion of VA General Counsel:

Interpretation of 38 U.S.C. § 410(b)(1) 1976 ......

98

Letters: Correspondence between DAV and VA re proposed DVB circular on

problems in rating individual unemployability.....

101

Written committee questions and answers:

Chairman Hall to Veterans' Administration.

106

Chairman Hall to Disabled American Veterans

107

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