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Advice was received from the Office of Management and Budget
with respect to a similar report, on an identical measure, H.R. 9045,
94th Congress, that there was no objection to the presentation of
the report from the standpoint of the Administration's program.
Sincerely,

RICHARD L. ROUDEBUSH,
Administrator..

94th Congress
1st Session

SENATE COMMITTEE PRINT NO. 16

NEEDS OF VETERANS AND WIDOWS

72 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER

A STUDY

PREPARED BY THE

VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION

(Pursuant to Public Law 93-527)

SUBMITTED TO THE

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

UNITED STATES SENATE

VANCE HARTKE, Chairman

JULY 28, 1975

Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1975

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

VANCE HARTKE, Indiana, Chairman

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
ALAN CRANSTON, California
RICHARD (DICK) STONE, Florida

CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
WILLIAM L. SCOTT, Virginia

FRANK J. BRIZZI, Staff Director
GUY H. MCMICHAEL III, General Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
RICHARD (DICK) STONE, Florida

CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina

(II)

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION,

OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS,

Hon. VANCE HARTKE,

Washington, D.C., July 22, 1975.

Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs,

US. Senate, Washington, D.C.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Section 8 of Public Law 93-527, enacted December 21, 1974, directed the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to carry out an original study of the needs and problems of veterans and their widows 72 years of age or older. The study was to include a profile of current income characteristics, describing the proportion and amount of income from all sources and average necessary for all necessities.

The study was also to evaluate the adequacy of the present program to meet the needs of such veterans and widows, as well as actuarial information concerning present expected mortality rates for this

group.

Given the parameters within which the study was conducted, the study results indicate that the present pension system is generally meeting the purposes and objectives set forth in law in providing assistance to veterans and widows 72 years of age and older.

I am enclosing copies of this completed study for your use.

Copies of this study have also been sent to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Sincerely,

ODELL W. VAUGHN,

Deputy Administrator
(In the absence of

Richard L. Roudebush, Administrator).

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