VETERANS PENSIONS

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HEARINGS Copy

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON FINANCES
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 7650

1950

AN ACT TO MODIFY THE PENSION PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS
OF WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, AND THE KOREAN
CONFLICT, AND THEIR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN

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JULY 28 AND 29, 1959

Printed for the use of the Committee on Finance

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1959

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CONTENTS

Text of H.R. 7650.

Analysis prepared by the staff of the House Committee on Veterans'

Affairs.

Reports:

Bureau of the Budget..

Veterans' Administration.

Statements:

Buchanan, Thomas R., chairman of the Committee on Affairs of

Veterans and Servicemen of the National Association of Life

Underwriters__

105

Edmondson, Hon. Ed, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Oklahoma

41

Fletcher, Edythe M., national president, Widows of World War I,

Inc..

49

61

68

Gunn, Mrs. Charles W., national president, American Legion Aux-
iliary

Holden, John R., legislative director, AMVETS.

Hopper, Merle E., chairman, national legislative committee, Veterans
of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc.; accompanied by Fred J. Hollen-
beck, national commander, Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A.
Ketchum, Omar B., director, National Legislation and Rehabilitation
Services Veterans of Foreign Wars

Langer, Hon. William, United States Senator from the State of North
Dakota

Mazur, Joseph A., chairman, Veteran and Armed Forces Affairs Com-
mission, American Veterans Committee; accompanied by Irvin
Lechliter, executive director, American Veterans Committee.

Moore, Preston J., national commander, the American Legion; ac-

companied by Mrs. Charles W. Gunn, national president, American

Legion Auxiliary; Robert M. McCurdy, chairman, National Reha-

bilitation Commission; William F. Hauck, director, Washington

office; Miles D. Kennedy, director, National Legislative Commis-

sion; John J. Corcoran, director, National Rehabilitation Commis-

sion; James V. Day, director, National Public Relations Commis-

sion; Clarence H. Olson, assistant director, National Legislative

Commission; John S. Mears, legislative representative, National

Legislative Commission; Charles W. Stevens, assistant director,

National Rehabilitation Commission; Edward MeGrail, assistant

director, program management, National Rehbailitation Commis-

sion; Warren MacDonald, research analyst, National Rehabilition

Commission; Edward Golembieski, chief of claims, National Reha-

bilitation Commission, and Michael M. Markowitz, rehabilitation

director, Department of Pennsylvania, the American Legion..

Stans, Hon. Maurice H., Director of the Bureau of the Budget
Taylor, F. B., quartermaster-adjustant, Veterans of World War I,
Department of Virginia.

Whittier, Hon. Sumner G., Administrator of the Veterans' Adminis-
tration; accompanied by William J. Driver, benefits chief director,
Department of Veterans Benefits..

Williams, Judge David B., national commander, Disabled American

Veterans; accompanied by Joseph R. Harold, executive assistant;

Elmer M. Freudenberger, acting national director of legislation;

and John W. Burris, national director of employment relations,

DAV...

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Amendments suggested by Hon. William Langer, U.S. Senator from the

State of North Dakota...

Comparison of H.R. 6432 with H.R. 7650.

Comparison of H.R. 7650 and H.R. 6432 with present law.
Letters:

Barracks No. 1836, Bethany, Mo., to Hon. Clinton P. Anderson..........
Bird, Henry, commander, third district, Department of Idaho,
Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc., Payette, Idaho, to
committee_-_

Costello, John S., adjutant, Kootenai Post No. 14, Coeur d'Alene,

Idaho, to chairman

Fetzer, S. Rea, legislative officer, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the

U.S. Department of New Jersey, Trenton, N.J., to chairman.......

Henderson, Floyd E., Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, State of

North Dakota, to Hon. William Langer. --

Hollenbeck, Fred J., National Commander, Veterans of World War I

of the U.S.A., and enclosure, to committee...

Kramer, Douglas D., department commander, the American Legion,

Department of Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho, to chairman___

Langer, Hon. William, U.S. Senator from the State of North Dakota,

and enclosures, to chairman.......

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Markowitz, Michael M., rehabilitation director, the American Legion,

Department of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa., to chairman_.

Miles, Clarence R., manager, legislative department, Chamber of

Commerce of the United States, to chairman___

Neufeld, Ben, State chairman, California State Council of the Amer-

ican Veterans Committee, Berkeley, Calif., to chairman_

Nichols, Albert R., senior vice commander, Department of Idaho,

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A.,

Inc., to chairman..

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Sherry, Raymond E., commander, Veterans of World War I, District
6, Department of Idaho, to chairman__
Valdes, Felix D., secretary, Montezuma Barracks No. 615, Taos,
N. Mex., to Hon. Dennis Chavez..

Wood, Thomas B., State president, Idaho Pension Union, Inc., Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, to chairman__

101

Yaun, J. Clifton, Sr., Yaun Manufacturing Co., Inc., Baton Rouge,
La., to chairman_

Projected pension costs.

Resolution of the Veterans of World War I of the State of Virginia.

Suggested changes in H.R. 7650 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars--

Total membership of the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A..

108

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52

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