CONTENTS Alt, Warren C. (See American Legion, Suffolk County, N.Y.) Ambro, Hon. Jerome A‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ American Legion Commission on a New National Cemetery on Long Island: Page 151 34-37, 117, 144 Anderson, Joseph C. (See New York State Division of Veterans' Affairs.) 147-148 Barnett, Charles R. (See U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conserva- Black, William. (See Joint Veterans' Employment Committee.) Boy Scouts of America: Nassau County Council No. 386– 194 Downey, Hon. Thomas__ Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association: Muller, Robert O., legislative director. Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.: Lazarus, Richard J------ 103-106, 162 19-29, 40 51-97 Hower, Donovan. (See Veterans' Administration.) Husband, James. (See American Legion Commission on a New National Link, Robert E., council commander, Nassau-Suffolk District-- 108-110 Weiner, Irving, Department of New York.... Joint Veterans' Employment Committee: Black, William, chairman___. 146 (III) Kasting, John R. (See Metropolitan Funeral Directors Association.) Klein, John V. N. (See Suffolk County. N.Y.) Kunz, Arthur. (See Nassau-Suffolk Regional Planning Board.) Kusznir, Peter D.. Lambert, Richard G. (See Suffolk County Legislature.) Langworthy, John H. (See Suffolk County American Legion Organiza tion of the Cemetery.) Lazarus, Richard J. (See Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.) Lent, Hon. Norman F Link, Robert S. (See Jewish War Veterans.) Loir, Maurice. (See Military Order of the Purple Heart, Department of Long Island Farm Bureau: Hartmann, Robert, vice president_. Long Island National Cemetery Committee: Mulcahy, Christopher J., vice president___ Long Island National Cemetery Memorial Organization: Williamson, Leroy, president--. McKnight, Thomas_. Marine Corps League: Fage 159 3-4 113-117 39-40 40, 145-146 163 Hanson, George B., junior past commander, Department of New Matthews, Patrick_ Matthews, Patrick. (See Marine Corps League.) Metropolitan Funeral Directors Association, New York, N.Y. : Kasting, John R., executive director__. Military Order of the Purple Heart, Department of New York: Loir, Maurice, legislation officer.. 111-112 49-50 32-34 51, 97-98 Miller, Viggo P. (See Veterans' Administration.) Mulcahy, Christopher J. (See Long Island National Cemetery Committee.) Kunz, Arthur, planning coordinator_. National Funeral Directors Association__. Nauke, Wolfgang. (See Veterans of Foreign Wars, State of New York.) 41-47 154 Newton, David. (See Cooperative Extension Association of Suffolk Noll, Carl T. (See Veterans' Administration.) Pike, Hon. Otis_. Pulaski, Charles. (See American Legion Suffolk County, N.Y.) Ray, John R. (See Veterans' Service Agency.) Riverhead, N.Y., Smith, Allen M., town supervisor__. 2-3 15-19, 164-165 Rothbart, Sandy (See New York State Division of Veterans' Affairs.) Smith, Bernard C.. 161-162 Stern, Debra. (See United Veterans Organization of Suffolk County.) Lambert, Richard G., West Islip and Bay Shore District legislature__123–126 Suffolk County, N.Y. U.S. General Services Administration_ United Veterans Organization of Suffolk County. Stern, Debra, president Van Zandt, James E.. Veterans' Administration: Heimbach, Ray, Architect Engineer-- Hower, Donovan, Director, Land Management Service-- Miller, Viggo P., Assistant Administrator for Construction_. Page 159 178 151-152 159-161 47-48 155 11-15 8-11 8 Noll, Carl T., Director, National Cemetery System--- 5-8, 11, 148-149 Veterans of Foreign Wars, State of New York: Fiore, James C.. 98-99 Nauke, Wolfgang, past New York State commander. 31-32 163-164 Suffolk County Council 162 Veterans of World War I: Hansen, Viola B., commander, Bay Shore-Islip Town Barracks‒‒‒‒‒ Veterans' Service Agency, Nassau County, N.Y.: 99 Ray, John R., director___ 30-31 Weiner, Irving. (See Jewish War Veterans.) Wickham, John. (See New York State Agricultural Resource Commission.) Williamson, Leroy. (See Long Island National Cemetery Memorial Organization.) Wolff, Hon. Lester- Wydler, Hon. John W. Yaphank, Gun Club_. Zeh, Elmer, farmer_. 133-138, 144, 147, 149 150-151 159 102-103 HEARING TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL CEMETERY AT CALVERTON, N.Y. JULY 15, 1977 SUBCOMMITTEE ON CEMETERIES AND BURIAL BENEFITS, COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS, The subcommittee met pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m. in the Ballroom, Holiday Inn, Riverhead, N.Y., Hon. Charles Carney (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. CARNEY. The Subcommittee on Cemeteries and Burial Benefits will be in order. On behalf of The House Veterans' Affairs Committee, I want to thank all of you for taking the time to meet with us today. This subcommittee is meeting here in Riverhead far from the halls of Congress because we wanted to see for ourselves the 902-acre site near Calverton that the Veterans' Administration has selected for a national cemetery and because we wanted to hear your views, pro and con, on this important issue. I assure you that we come here with open minds and in a good faith effort to inform ourselves as fully as possible on the questions at hand, so that, in turn, we can provide Chairman Ray Roberts, the Members of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and the Members of The Congress with all of the facts, and also with our carefully considered judgments to guide them in their deliberations. Frankly, this committee is gravely concerned about the serious impact that this year's closing of the Long Island national cemetery at Farmingdale will have upon the ability of the Veterans Administration to carry out the mandate of the Congress to provide cemeteries and burial benefits for the more than 2.5 million veterans in the Greater New York City region. We appreciate the urgent need for action now to provide a site for a new national cemetery. At the same time, we understand that there is opposition to development of the cemetery on the site selected by the Veterans Administration. We know that those who have proposed alternative sites believe that these sites are adequate and suitable for a national cemetery. We accept the honesty and sincerity of the reasons that have been advanced by opponents of the Calverton site. We are also fully aware, however, of the solid and sound arguments of the thousands of citizens in this area, including the officers and members of America's veterans' organizations, who not only favor but have appealed loudly and clearly for development of the national (1) |