CONTENTS

I. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

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Birdsall, Guy H., Assistant Administrator for Legislation, Veterans' Ad-
ministration___

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29

Clorety, Joseph A., Jr., national director of veterans' affairs of the American

Veterans Committee (AVC).

95

Coile, S. H., Assistant Administrator for Vocational Rehabilitation and
Education, Veterans' Administration__.

41

Downer, Adin M., assistant legislative representative, Veterans of Foreign

Wars

90

Eckert, Charles E., legislative attorney, Office of the Comptroller General,

General Accounting Office...

68

Fuller, Dr. Edgar, executive secretary, National Council of Chief State

School Officers

111

Hughes, Philip S., budget examiner for veterans' affairs, Bureau of the

Budget

20

Jones, Norman D., president, National Association of State Approval

Agencies.

100

Kennedy, Miles, director of the legislative commission, the American

Legion

Kerr, Hon. Robert S., a United States Senator from the State of Oklahoma_

Matchett, Francis T., Assistant Chief, Office of Investigations, Office of

the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office..

Monk, A. H., executive assistant to Mr. Coile, Veterans' Administration_ _

Munson, Cecil H., director, national field service, the American Legion__

Parker, Charles A., executive director, National Aviation Trades Asso-

ciation.

Robinson, Russell F., legislative chairman, National Association of State

Approval Agencies..

122

106

108

Slayman, Charles H., Jr., national legislative director of AMVETS (Amer-

ican Veterans of World War II)..

Smith, Wayne H., attorney, general counsel's office, Office of the Comp-

troller General, General Accounting Office...

70

51

79

26.

70

48

79

Teague, Hon. Olin H., a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas.

II. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Monday, September 17, 1951:

Philip S. Hughes, budget examiner for veterans' affairs, Bureau of the

Budget.

Hon. Robert S. Kerr, a United States Senator from the State of Okla-

homa

Guy H. Birdsall, Assistant Administrator for Legislation, Veterans'

Administration_

S. H. Coile, Assistant Administrator for Vocational Rehabilitation and

Education, Veterans' Administration..........

41

A. H. Monk, executive assistant to Mr. Coile, Veterans' Administra-

tion...

2220

26

29

48

Tuesday, September 18, 1951:

Hon. Olin H. Teague, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Texas

51

Charles E. Eckert, legislative attorney, Office of the Comptroller Gen-

eral, General Accounting Office..

68

Wayne H. Smith, attorney, General Counsel's Office, Office of the

Comptroller General, General Accounting Office.

70

Francis T. Matchett, Assistant Chief, Office of Investigations, Office

of the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office.

70

Tuesday, September 18, 1951-Continued

Miles Kennedy, director of the legislative commission, the American

Legion.

Cecil H. Munson, director, national field service, the American Legion_

Adin M. Downer, assistant legislative representative, Veterans of For-

eign Wars

Wednesday, September 19, 1951:

Joseph A. Clorety, Jr., national director of veterans' affairs of the

American Veterans Committee (AVC).

Norman D. Jones, president, National Association of State Approval

Agencies.

100

Russell F. Robinson, legislative chairman, National Association of

State Approval Agencies..

106

Charles H. Slayman, Jr., national legislative director of AMVETS

(American Veterans of World War II).

108

Dr. Edgar Fuller, executive secretary, National Council of Chief State

School Officers.

111

Charles A. Parker, executive director, National Aviation Trades

Association.

122

III. LIST OF STATEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Birdsall, Guy H., Assistant Administrator for Legislation, Veterans' Ad-

ministration, insertions of:

Chronological digest of basic act and amendments.

Table entitled, "Estimate of training load and increased cost for

direct benefits if S. 1940, Eighty-second Congress, is enacted, effec-

tive March 1, 1952”.

Fuller, Dr. Edgar, executive secretary, National Council of Chief State

School Officers, letters submitted by:

Committee on veterans' training contracts, Missouri Association of

School Administrators, Washington, Mo., in re education of

veterans...

Riley, George A., president, Missouri Association of School Adminis-
trators, Missouri State Teachers Association, Brookfield, Mo., in re
changes in school contracts with the Veterans' Administration_____
Ruff, Otto G., supervisor of veterans' education, Nebraska State De-
partment of Public Instruction, Lincoln, Nebr., in re S. 1940---
Hill, Hon. Lister, a United States Senator from the State of Alabama, in-
sertion of:

Yates, Frank L., Acting Comptroller General of the United States,
letter of, dated September 17, 1951, addressed to Senator Murray,
in re S. 1940_..

Murray, Hon. James E., a United States Senator from the State of Mon-
tana, insertions of:

Comparative committee print-S. 1940 compared with part VIII of
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended..

Senate bill 1940___

40

39

118

121

116

74

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IV. APPENDIX

Commissioner of education, State department of education, Hartford,

Conn., letter of___.

Aeronautical Training Society, Washington, D. C., letter of..._.

Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, statement and letter

of...

125

127

132

Jordan, Mrs. Marie, national legislative chairman, Gold Star Wives of

America, statement of___

133

Mason, Walter J., member, national legislative committee, American

Federation of Labor, statement of

134

Military Order of the Purple Heart, Washington, D. C., letter of

National Council of Chief State School Officers, letter of, enclosing letters

from:

137

Erwin, Clyde A., State superintendent of public instruction, State of

North Carolina..

137

Hissong, Clyde, superintendent of public instruction, State of Ohio..

Simpson, Roy E., superintendent of public instruction, State of Cali-

fornia.

139

138

Reserve Officers Association of the United States, letter of...

140

Upholsterer's International Union of North America, AFL, statement of..

140