Miscellaneous Compensation Legislation: Hearings, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, on H.R. 109, H.R. 128, H.R. 704, and H.R. 6853. April 25-27, and May 10, 1961Considers legislation to expand veterans service-connected disability and death benefit entitlements. Includes report "Aging American Veterans and the National Economy," by Robert F. Martin, 1960 (p. 769-835). |
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... Chairman SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS W. J. BRYAN DORN , South Carolina , Chairman SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING ROBERT A. EVERETT , Tennessee , Chairman SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOSPITALS ELIZABETH KEE , West Virginia ...
... Chairman SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS W. J. BRYAN DORN , South Carolina , Chairman SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING ROBERT A. EVERETT , Tennessee , Chairman SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOSPITALS ELIZABETH KEE , West Virginia ...
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... chairman of the subcommittee , presiding . Mr. DORN . The subcommittee will come to order . We are meeting this morning to consider all the bills pending before the committee which relate to service - connected disability and death ...
... chairman of the subcommittee , presiding . Mr. DORN . The subcommittee will come to order . We are meeting this morning to consider all the bills pending before the committee which relate to service - connected disability and death ...
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... Chairman , Committee on Veterans ' Affairs , House of Representatives , Old House Office Building , Washington , D.C. MY DEAR MR . CHAIRMAN : This will acknowledge your letter of March 22 , 1961 , requesting a report from the Bureau of ...
... Chairman , Committee on Veterans ' Affairs , House of Representatives , Old House Office Building , Washington , D.C. MY DEAR MR . CHAIRMAN : This will acknowledge your letter of March 22 , 1961 , requesting a report from the Bureau of ...
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... Chairman , Committee on Veterans ' Affairs , House of Representatives , Washington , D.C. DEAR MR . TEAGUE : The ... chairman of the Hospital Subcommittee . STATEMENT OF HON . ELIZABETH KEE , A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE ...
... Chairman , Committee on Veterans ' Affairs , House of Representatives , Washington , D.C. DEAR MR . TEAGUE : The ... chairman of the Hospital Subcommittee . STATEMENT OF HON . ELIZABETH KEE , A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE ...
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... chairman , Mr. Teague , and I want to make known my support for this general field and urge its prompt enactment . Mr. DORN . Thank you , Mrs. Kee . Our next witness will be the gentleman from Mississippi , the Honorable Frank E. Smith ...
... chairman , Mr. Teague , and I want to make known my support for this general field and urge its prompt enactment . Mr. DORN . Thank you , Mrs. Kee . Our next witness will be the gentleman from Mississippi , the Honorable Frank E. Smith ...
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