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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... taken place that there was a possibility that many of the hsopitals had become overstaffed and in the program of readjustment which would take place , in all probability this condition would be corrected . I say that is if my memory ...
... taken place that there was a possibility that many of the hsopitals had become overstaffed and in the program of readjustment which would take place , in all probability this condition would be corrected . I say that is if my memory ...
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... taken care of ? Dr. HAWLEY . Yes . I should have answered your other question more fully : The principal reason for the reduction was that for some reason they estimated for the fiscal year 1948 only 62 percent bed occupancy in our ...
... taken care of ? Dr. HAWLEY . Yes . I should have answered your other question more fully : The principal reason for the reduction was that for some reason they estimated for the fiscal year 1948 only 62 percent bed occupancy in our ...
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... taken over and made permanent hospitals because it would result in having to rebuild the whole establishment . I do not know anything about this in particular but I think the fact ought to be brought out that this is a temporary frame ...
... taken over and made permanent hospitals because it would result in having to rebuild the whole establishment . I do not know anything about this in particular but I think the fact ought to be brought out that this is a temporary frame ...
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... taken care of and I know in my State they are not being taken care of . You once told me that the Oklahoma City Hospital would be finished on December 31 , 1947. Then you changed it in here and said , " I think it is going to be ...
... taken care of and I know in my State they are not being taken care of . You once told me that the Oklahoma City Hospital would be finished on December 31 , 1947. Then you changed it in here and said , " I think it is going to be ...
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... taken care of or do they need more attendants , more hospitals ? You are at liberty to say what you please here . Dr. HAWLEY . With all deference to the gentleman from Oklahoma , I do feel that , the country over , the veteran is well taken ...
... taken care of or do they need more attendants , more hospitals ? You are at liberty to say what you please here . Dr. HAWLEY . With all deference to the gentleman from Oklahoma , I do feel that , the country over , the veteran is well taken ...
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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...