LEGISLATION PROPOSING CONSTRUCTION AID TO 4.3. Congress. House. HEARINGS BEFORE THE 4PL 6 COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS. EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 4446, 4977, 4986, 4988, 5006, 5009, 5378, 5930, BILLS RELATING TO MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND JANUARY 25 AND 26, 1956 Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 4-60414 72001 Pages of all hearings are numbered cumulatively to permit a UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1956 Albert, Hon. Carl American Legion, Miles D. Kennedy, legislative director_ 1907-1908, 1910 2020 AMVETS, James W. Heafey, assistant legislative director_. 2024 1915, 1987 1925-1926 Burnside, Hon. M. G.. 1879 1890, 1906 Bangert, Harold A., assistant attorney general of West Virginia_ Blitch, Hon. Iris... Brown, Hon. Paul__ The chairman__ 1873, 1875, 1878-1879, 1890, 1894, 1906, 1908, 1910-1914, 1916- Chapman, M. A. (See Veterans' Administration.) Clark, Omer. (See Disabled American Veterans.) Daley, T. F. (See Veterans' Administration.) Donahue, Dr. Hayden, Oklahoma Medical Service__ Davis, Donald, special assistant to Governor of Oklahoma. Disabled American Veterans, Omer Clark, legislative director_. 1927 1933-1939, 1945 2023 2005 1931-1932 2000 2021 Downer, Adin M. (See Veterans of Foreign Wars.) Edmondson, Hon. Ed.. 1894, 1912, 1914-1915, 1924-1925, 1927-1931, 1937 Ford, Hon. Gerald R., Jr., letter from.. Hospital beds, VA, in relation to veteran population__. 2003 Hospitals, patient load and vacancies in or near Oklahoma__ Kennedy, Miles D. (See American Legion.) McCarthy C. S. (See Veterans' Administration.) Shuford, Hon. George A.. 1992- 1999, 2001-2002, 2004-2005, 2021, 2028 Soldiers homes operated by the several States: Average present in homes. 1916, 1923-1924, 2023 Brief presented by Georgia to Comptroller General 1828, 1846 1894-1902 1946-1950 1880-1887 1829, 1836-1838 1823 1941 1878-1879, 1990, 2001 1991-1992 1913, 1915-1916, 1995, 2027-2028 1987-1989 Soldiers homes operated by the several States-Continued History of program. Page 1889-1890 1918-1923 Hospitalization for service-connected disability 1940-1941 Joint statement by Oklahoma congressional delegation presented to 1908-1909 Joint statement by West Virginia congressional delegation---- 1875-1877 1821 Legislation overruling decision of GAO denying payment for certain 1838-1842 Service-connected veteran desiring to remain in State home_. 1942 Staff Director (Oliver E. Meadows). 1916 VA reports thereon. 1824-1828, 1842-1853, 1866-1873 Thomson, Hon. E. Keith_. 1913, 1914, 1916 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Adin M. Downer, assistant legislative director. 2024- Veterans' Administration: M. A. Chapman, Director of Homes_ 2027 1928-1929 1918-1924, 1926-1931, 1939 1924-1925, C. S. McCarthy, Deputy Director of Homes.. Wheeler, Pete, Georgia Department of Veterans' Affairs... 1941 : AMENDING THE ACT PROVIDING FOR FEDERAL AID FOR STATE VETERANS' HOMES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1956 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in room 356, Old House Office Building, Hon. Olin E. Teague, (chairman of the committee), presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. This committee is meeting this morning to take up a number of bills pertaining to State homes. Without objection I will place in the record at this point the text of H. R. 7918, and related bills, along with the departmental reports thereon, and other pertinent material on this subject. (The bills and reports referred to, are as follows:) AID TO STATE OR TERRITORIAL HOMES (U. S. C., title 24, sec. 134) All States or Territories which have established, or which shall establish, State homes for disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States who served in the Civil War or in any previous or subsequent war who are disabled by age, aisease, or otherwise, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning a living, provided such disability was not incurred in service against the United States, shall be paid for every such disabled soldier or sailor who may be admitted and cared for in such home at the rate of $700 per annum from September 1, 1954. The number of such persons for whose care any State or Territory shall receive the said payment under this section shall be ascertained by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under such regulations as it may prescribe, but the said State or Territorial homes shall be exclusively under the control of the respective State or Territorial authorities, and the Administrator shall not have nor assume any management or control of said State or Territorial homes. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall, however, have power to have the said State or Territorial homes inspected at such times as it may consider necessary, and shall report the result of such inspections to Congress in its annual report: Provided, That no State shall be paid a sum exceeding one-half the cost of maintenance of each soldier or sailor by such State: Provided further, That onehalf of any sum or sums retained by State homes on account of pensions received from inmates shall be deducted from the aid provided for in this section. No money shall be apportioned to any State or Territorial home that maintains a bar or canteen where intoxicating liquors are sold: Provided further, That for any sum or sums collected in any manner from inmates of such State or Territorial homes to be used for the support of said homes a like amount shall be deducted from the aid provided for in this section, but this proviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which the wives or widows of soldiers are admitted and maintained. (August 27, 1888, ch. 914, sec. 1, 25 Stat. 450; March 2, 1889, ch. 411, 25 Stat. 975; January 27, 1920, ch. 56, 41 Stat. 399; February 12, 1925, ch. 225, 43 Stat. 933; April 15, 1926, ch. 146, 44 Stat. 294; February 23, 1927, ch. 167, 44 Stat. 1145; December 22, 1927, ch. 5, sec. 1, 45 Stat. 39; March 23, 1928, ch. 232, sec. 1, 45 Stat. 363; February 28, 1929, ch. 366, 45 Stat. 1385; May 28, 1930, 1821 |