VIETNAM ERA VETERANS' READJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

ACT OF 1974

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

READJUSTMENT, EDUCATION, AND EMPLOYMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2784 and Related Bills

47-271 O

APRIL 10 AND 11, 1974

PART 2

Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

VANCE HARTKE, Indiana, Chairman

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa
ALAN CRANSTON, California

CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
JAMES A. McCLURE, Idaho

FRANK J. BRIZZI, Staf Director

GUY H. MCMICHAEL III, General Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON READJUSTMENT, Education, and EMPLOYMENT

VANCE HARTKE, Indiana, Chairman

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia
ALAN CRANSTON, California

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
JAMES A. MCCLURE, Idaho

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CONTENTS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1974

Opening statement of Hon. Vance Hartke, Chairman of the Subcommittee

on Readjustment, Education, and Employment of the Committee on

Veterans Affairs..

Statement of—

Hon. George S. McGovern, a U.S. Senator from the State of South

Dakota_

Hon. Robert Dole, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas..

Hon. Daniel K. Inouye, a U.S. Senator from the State of Hawaii..

Hon. Charles McC. Mathias, a U.S. Senator from the State of Mary-

land.

Hon. Ralph Yarborough, a former U.S. Senator from the State of

Texas

Hon. Walter F. Mondale, a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota.

Hon. John L. McClellan, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arkansas_

Hon. Frank Church, a U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho...

Hon. Charles H. Percy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois..

Hon. James L. Buckley, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York..

Hon. James G. Abourezk, a U.S. Senator from the State of South

Dakota___.

Hon. Pete V. Domenici, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.

Hon. Ted Stevens, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska..

Charles E. Mattingly, deputy director, National Legislative Com-

mission, accompanied by Edward H. Golembieski, director, National

Veterans' Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission; and Austin E.

Kerby, director, National Economic Commission, American Legion..

Francis W. Stover, director, National Legislative Service, accompanied

by Norman Jones, director, Veterans Service, Veterans of Foreign

Wars..

William B. Gardiner, assistant national director of legislation, Dis-

abled American Veterans..

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Frank E. G. Weil, national secretary, American Veterans Committee,

accompanied by David Smith, American University student..

Roney F. Hartley, national service and legislative director, AMVETS

(American Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam)_

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THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1974

Opening statement of Hon. Vance Hartke, Chairman of the Subcommittee

on Readjustment, Education, and Employment of the Committee on

Veterans Affairs.

Statement of-

Hon. Lee Metcalf, a U.S. Senator from the State of Montana_____

Panel of veterans college coordinators:

Charlena Bray, special veterans program, Alabama Center for

Higher Education, Birmingham, Ala.; Ron Cordell, veterans

coordinator, Gadsden Junior College, Gadsden, Ala.; Philip J.

Hammond, director of veterans' affairs, Temple University,

Philadelphia, Pa.; Charles Russel, director of office of veterans'

affairs, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif.;

and John Ripper, veterans coordinator, Mount Hood College,

Portland, Oreg--

Jim Mayer, Vietnam veteran, president, accompanied by Tim Craig

and Keith Lindgren, co-chairmen, legislative committee, National

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