Testimony of Chief Medical Director, Veterans' Administration, Concerning Veterans' Hospitals, Facilities, and Personnel: Hearings Before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session ... June 17 and 18, 1947U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - 42 pages |
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... American Legion and the VFW told me we had a waiting list of 677 , a proportion of which , a large proportion of which , were service - connected . Now , your statements always were to me - and I questioned you once here in front of the ...
... American Legion and the VFW told me we had a waiting list of 677 , a proportion of which , a large proportion of which , were service - connected . Now , your statements always were to me - and I questioned you once here in front of the ...
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... American veteran is being well taken care of . It sounds good . The American public is being sold a bill of goods that they are being taken care of and I know in my State they are not being taken care of . You once told me that the ...
... American veteran is being well taken care of . It sounds good . The American public is being sold a bill of goods that they are being taken care of and I know in my State they are not being taken care of . You once told me that the ...
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... American Legion in Oklahoma , the State commander of the VFW , and from various service officers of those two organiza- tions throughout my district . Now , the State commander of the American Legion in Oklahoma is devoting his full ...
... American Legion in Oklahoma , the State commander of the VFW , and from various service officers of those two organiza- tions throughout my district . Now , the State commander of the American Legion in Oklahoma is devoting his full ...
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... American Lake , Wash . Boise ,. 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 12 41 53 12 22 41 53 -3333 26 431 169 2,267 37 2 62 21 419 1 192 483 1 213 537 215 4 14 23 83 275 1,377 277 1,483 39 55553 00 1,483 39 39 37 1 2 5 2 17 90 2 109 2 T 37 2223 22 31 44 20 10 ...
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... American Lake , Wash . Boise , Idaho ... Fort Harrison , Mont . Portland , Oreg .. Roseburg , Oreg . Walla Walla , Wash . Vancouver Annex , Wash.1 . RO , Boise , Idaho . RO , Juneau , Alaska . RO , Fort Harrison , Mont . RO , Portland ...
... American Lake , Wash . Boise , Idaho ... Fort Harrison , Mont . Portland , Oreg .. Roseburg , Oreg . Walla Walla , Wash . Vancouver Annex , Wash.1 . RO , Boise , Idaho . RO , Juneau , Alaska . RO , Fort Harrison , Mont . RO , Portland ...
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Page 40 - Veterans' organization' means an organization composed of members or former members of the armed forces of the United States which is organized for patriotic and public service purposes, including the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Jewish War Veterans, American GI Forum, Catholic War Veterans, or any veterans' organization chartered by the United States Congress.
Page 14 - ... emergency cases. I think the public, from the information that comes out of your office, it seems to me, gets such a glowing report that everything is going all right, when I know down in my State that they are not. I just fairly well sympathize with the Appropriations Committee and everyone else, but if you are not going to come in here and tell us what you need...
Page 19 - ... the certification ? Mr. SHUFF. I was not in it at the time. I have to get that from Mr. Fowler. Do you have the vote ? Mr. FOWLER. Do you want the actual figures of the vote ? Mr. PUCINSKI. Approximately. Mr. AYRES. Yes, approximately. Mr. PUCINSKI. I will give it to you in just a second. Mr. AYRES. The thing that I am trying to get at, Mr. Chairman, is that this has come up in different places throughout the country. The employees go out and strike and then, before anything is settled, most...
Page 39 - ... Well, then, I hope the chairman will support my amendment. Mr. Allen. Would the gentleman yield? Mr. Kearney. Yes. Mr. Allen. Of course, the gentleman knows that I would support it, too. I think that that would be a good amendment. Mr. Kearney. Well, the committee will have a chance to vote on it. Mr. Huber. Will the gentleman yield? Mr. Kearney. Yes. Mr. Huber. I think, since everybody has to play the same record when we discuss communism, I want to say in advance how I, too, detest and despise...