Consolidation of Veterans' Activities: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments in the House of Representatives on H.R. 6141, a Bill to Authorize the President to Consolidate and Coordinate Governmental Activities Affecting War Veterans. Seventy-first Congress, Second Session. With Table of Contents, Index, and Statements Summarized |
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... examinations made during November .. Patients receiving treatment in hospitals U. S. Veterans ' Bureau . U. S. Public Health .. Army .. Navy . Soldiers ' homes . St. Elizabeths . Contract ... Total . Kind of hospital 65 , 758 6 , 524 ...
... examinations made during November .. Patients receiving treatment in hospitals U. S. Veterans ' Bureau . U. S. Public Health .. Army .. Navy . Soldiers ' homes . St. Elizabeths . Contract ... Total . Kind of hospital 65 , 758 6 , 524 ...
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... examination of the witness been completed ? The CHAIRMAN . I am very sure we have all been very appreciative of the statement made by the Secretary of the Interior . It has been very helpful and very illuminating and we are particularly ...
... examination of the witness been completed ? The CHAIRMAN . I am very sure we have all been very appreciative of the statement made by the Secretary of the Interior . It has been very helpful and very illuminating and we are particularly ...
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... examination is made even in man's bed . The total cost to the Government is $ 5 . So that we actually have a better decentralization already in effect from the standpoint of medical examination than , the Veterans ' Bureau . The ...
... examination is made even in man's bed . The total cost to the Government is $ 5 . So that we actually have a better decentralization already in effect from the standpoint of medical examination than , the Veterans ' Bureau . The ...
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... examinations , and so does the Veterans ' Bureau . Now , take in Milwaukee , our examiners are conscientious , able men . I believe there would be a considerable saving in the Pension Bureau if the examinations at Milwaukee would be ...
... examinations , and so does the Veterans ' Bureau . Now , take in Milwaukee , our examiners are conscientious , able men . I believe there would be a considerable saving in the Pension Bureau if the examinations at Milwaukee would be ...
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... examination may be in San Francisco one day and then in New York or some other distant point . I had a Civil War veteran whose case took months of investigation . He had been married seven times without having his former wives die or ...
... examination may be in San Francisco one day and then in New York or some other distant point . I had a Civil War veteran whose case took months of investigation . He had been married seven times without having his former wives die or ...
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activities adjudication administrative agencies American Legion appeal appropriated Army Assistant Secretary authority Battle Mountain beds BEEDY believe bill Board of Managers Branch Bureau hospitals Bureau of Pensions Cabinet officer Captain BETTELHEIM cent CHAIRMAN checks claims COCHRAN Colonel CHURCH Colonel MARSTON Colonel SCOTT Commissioner CHURCH Commissioner of Pensions compensation Comptroller Congress consolidation coordination cost DALLINGER decision Director Disabled Volunteer Soldiers domiciliary employees erans examination existing expense facilities fact gentlemen Government head HINES Home for Disabled institutions Interior Department JOHNSON KNUTSON legislation matter McCARL ment military MONTET National Home National Soldiers Navy neuropsychiatric operation organization patients payment Pension Bureau personnel preaudit present President problem proposed question record relief Rice W salaries SCHAFER Secretary WILBUR service connection Spanish War veterans Spanish-American War statement SWING thing tion transfer United States Veterans War Department WOOD World War veterans
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Page 85 - Administration shall be subject to review, on appeal, by such administrator. "SEC. 3. All property the title of which now stands in the name of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is hereby transferred to and the title thereof vested in the United States.
Page 70 - Chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN...
Page 2 - His service organizations are the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans; he is a thirty-second degree Mason, an Elk, and a Baptist.
Page 1 - President is authorized to utilize, coordinate, or consolidate any executive or administrative commissions, bureaus, agencies, offices, or officers now existing by law, to transfer any duties or powers from one existing department, commission, bureau, agency, office, or officer to another, to transfer the personnel thereof or any part of it either by detail or assignment, together with the whole or any part of the records and public property belonging thereto.
Page 102 - ... of the Veterans' Administration, including the expenses of maintenance and operation of medical, hospital, and domiciliary services of the Veterans' Administration, in carrying out the duties, powers, and functions devolving upon it pursuant to the authority contained in the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to consolidate and coordinate governmental activities affecting war veterans...
Page 104 - No public money shall be expended upon any site or land purchased by the United States for the purposes...
Page 111 - Philippines, and who are disabled by disease, wounds or otherwise, and who have no adequate means of support...
Page 2 - ... unless and until they shall thereafter be superseded or discharged according to law. The outstanding obligations assumed by the United States by virtue of the provisions of this subdivision may be enforced by suit in the Court of Claims or in the district courts of the United States...
Page 111 - Spain, and who are disabled by disease, wounds or otherwise, and who have no adequate means of support, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their living...