National Cemetery Policy: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, on National Cemetery Policy |
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... allowance for any veterans , so that the costs referred to would be certainly a contingency so far as the U.S. Government is con- cerned . I do not know that I suggest we go that broad . But there are a number of communities in which ...
... allowance for any veterans , so that the costs referred to would be certainly a contingency so far as the U.S. Government is con- cerned . I do not know that I suggest we go that broad . But there are a number of communities in which ...
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... allowances ( there are no State contributions in this field in Pennsylvania ) barely reach a third of this amount and as a result without a public burial site , such as would be afforded by a national cemetery , the families of many of ...
... allowances ( there are no State contributions in this field in Pennsylvania ) barely reach a third of this amount and as a result without a public burial site , such as would be afforded by a national cemetery , the families of many of ...
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... allowances , combined , barely approach this cost to bury an honorable discharged veteran . ( In Pennsyl- vania there are no State allowances ; counties pay up to $ 75 provided the cost of the funeral does not exceed $ 800 . ) The ...
... allowances , combined , barely approach this cost to bury an honorable discharged veteran . ( In Pennsyl- vania there are no State allowances ; counties pay up to $ 75 provided the cost of the funeral does not exceed $ 800 . ) The ...
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... allowance could take care of it , but you can't do that all the time . In some cases we do have the occasion when the body has to be shipped from a hospital to a facility that has a cemetery . Mr. ASPINALL . Do you know what the average ...
... allowance could take care of it , but you can't do that all the time . In some cases we do have the occasion when the body has to be shipped from a hospital to a facility that has a cemetery . Mr. ASPINALL . Do you know what the average ...
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... allowance of $ 250 and the maximum and the average cost to the survivor . In other words , are we just adding $ 250 like on a trade - in on an auto- mobile ? You can go down and pay cash but if you trade it in , it will cost you more ...
... allowance of $ 250 and the maximum and the average cost to the survivor . In other words , are we just adding $ 250 like on a trade - in on an auto- mobile ? You can go down and pay cash but if you trade it in , it will cost you more ...
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12 percent 87th Congress acres additional Administration Admiral HoYT American Legion Arizona Arlington Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery Army ASPINALL Battle Creek benefits Beverly National Cemetery bill BRENNAN Budget Bureau burial allowance buried in national cemetery located Chairman CHENOWETH close Colonel TEMPLE Committee on Interior CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Custer D.C. DEAR death Department Disabled American Veterans DURNO Edgewater Park Township eligibility for burial established expansion facilities February 23 feel figures Foreign Wars Fort Bayard funeral gentlemen going grave sites gravesites HUGHES Insular Affairs Interior and Insular interment J. T. RUTHERFORD KENNEDY land legislation Michigan national ceme national cemetery system National Parks organizations Pennsylvania problem question recommend record request resolution SAYLOR space statement STOVER Subcommittee on National submitted survivors teries Thank tion tional cemetery TURNER United veteran population Veterans of Foreign Washington Whereas WITMER World War II
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Page 44 - veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
Page 78 - As previously announced, this is a hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Page 44 - Administration facilities, may furnish domiciliary care to — (1) A veteran who was discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service for a disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty, or...
Page 19 - Chairman, Subcommittee on National Parks, House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs...
Page 58 - In addition to the foregoing, when such a death occurs In the continental United States or Hawaii, the Administrator shall transport the body to the place of burial In the continental United States or Hawaii. Where such a death occurs In a Territory, a Commonwealth, or a possession of the United States, the Administrator shall transport the body to the place of burial within such Territory, Commonwealth, or possession.
Page 43 - ... a board of managers of an establishment for the care and relief of the disabled volunteers of the United States Army, to be known by the name and style of " The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers...
Page 43 - ... the president of the United States; the chief justice of the Supreme Court; the president of the senate; the speaker of the House of Representatives; and the presidents of the following institutions, viz.: Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University.
Page 101 - ... do not need this compensation, and this situation is met by the clause in the bill which provides that before the adjustment is made that application must be made for it. On the other hand, the great majority, and particularly the private soldier, does need the relief, and it should be granted. As a member of the national executive committee of the American Legion I come as a representative of the service men of North Dakota. Telegrams and letters sent to me from practically every post in the...
Page 77 - OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 9 :55 am, in the committee room, 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Hon.
Page 3 - I understood it, there was an informal agreement between the chairman of the Armed Services Committee and the chairman of the Interior Committee.