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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... reasons . Dr. HAWLEY . Thank you . The chairman asked for a statement regarding the closing of hospitals . I should like to say first that the budget ceiling for purely medical personnel in the appropriation bill for next year , whether ...
... reasons . Dr. HAWLEY . Thank you . The chairman asked for a statement regarding the closing of hospitals . I should like to say first that the budget ceiling for purely medical personnel in the appropriation bill for next year , whether ...
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... reason I ask that question is this : If my memory serves me correctly , the General testified here several weeks ago that in the program of expansion which has taken place that there was a possibility that many of the hsopitals had ...
... reason I ask that question is this : If my memory serves me correctly , the General testified here several weeks ago that in the program of expansion which has taken place that there was a possibility that many of the hsopitals had ...
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... reason why the personnel . refuse to go to Finney ? Dr. HAWLEY . Yes ; but this is not confined to Finney . We have that difficulty in other hospitals located in the smaller communities . There is a great shortage of nurses in this ...
... reason why the personnel . refuse to go to Finney ? Dr. HAWLEY . Yes ; but this is not confined to Finney . We have that difficulty in other hospitals located in the smaller communities . There is a great shortage of nurses in this ...
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... reasons why the Bureau of the Budget denied the request of the Veterans Admin- istration ? Dr. HAWLEY . No , sir , I do ... reason they estimated for the fiscal year 1948 only 62 percent bed occupancy in our existing general medical and ...
... reasons why the Bureau of the Budget denied the request of the Veterans Admin- istration ? Dr. HAWLEY . No , sir , I do ... reason they estimated for the fiscal year 1948 only 62 percent bed occupancy in our existing general medical and ...
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... reason I am asking the question . Mr. Ross . General , have they opened any new hospitals since January ? Dr. HAWLEY . January 1 of this year ? Mr. Ross . Yes . Dr. PRESS . Yes ; there were some hospitals opened after January . Dr ...
... reason I am asking the question . Mr. Ross . General , have they opened any new hospitals since January ? Dr. HAWLEY . January 1 of this year ? Mr. Ross . Yes . Dr. PRESS . Yes ; there were some hospitals opened after January . Dr ...
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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.
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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...