Box 31: Veterans (1952) -- Veterans (1959).
F 1: Veterans, Health and Hospitalization (1952).
Resolutions from American Legion posts in Oklahoma. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Tuberculosis Association; Oklahoma chapter of American War Dads; Oklahoma chapter of American War Dads Auxiliary.
F 2: Veterans, Pensions (1952).
Correspondence especially concerning H.R. 4394, which called for an increase in veterans' pensions (with particular emphasis on the provision for Spanish-American War veterans); Public Law 82-356 (H.R. 4394). Correspondents include: United Spanish War Veterans-Department of Oklahoma.
F 3: Veterans (1953).
Correspondence on a variety of issues, including pensions, G.I. benefits, grave markers, and claims of former prisoners of war; copies of miscellaneous legislation.
F 4: Veterans (1954).
Correspondence on a variety of issues, including pension increase, soldiers' homes, and education. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Veterans Home at Ardmore; American Legion; United Spanish War Veterans.
F 5: Veterans (1955).
Correspondence on a variety of issues, including Veterans' Preference Act and alleged discrimination at Tinker Field. Correspondents include: State Veterans Department of Oklahoma.
F 6: Veterans, Health and Hospitalization (1955).
Matching federal funds for state facilities devoted to care of veterans; soldiers' homes. Correspondents include: State Veterans Department of Oklahoma; Ed Edmondson; Veterans' Administration; War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma.
F 7: Veterans, Housing and Education (1955).
Extension of G.I. Bill benefits; on-the-farm training.
F 8: Veterans, Pensions (1955).
Pensions for veterans or their dependents from various wars, especially the Spanish-American War; special pensions for those awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; pensions for those in the reserves.
F 9: Veterans (1956).
Soldiers' homes; veterans' preference; disabled veterans; veterans' hospitals. Correspondents include: Olin E. Teague; Comptroller General of the United States.
F 10: Veterans, Education (1956).
Proposed increase in G.I. education benefits.
F 11: Veterans, Housing (1956).
G.I. Home Loan Guaranty program. Correspondents include: Olin E. Teague.
F 12: Veterans, Pensions (1956).
Pensions for veterans or their dependents from various wars; disability; separate pensions for veterans of World War I; copy of S. 3013, re: veterans' benefits for those who served with American allies in World War II; Bradley Commission; non-service-connected pensions. Correspondents include: Veterans' Administration; Bureau of the Budget; Edwin C. Johnson (governor of Colorado).
F 13: Veterans (1957).
Material on mustering-out pay. Correspondents include: Lister Hill; Strom Thurmond.
F 14: Veterans, Education (1957).
Restoration of G.I. Bill education benefits to those who served during peacetime.
F 15: Veterans, Health (1957).
Adjustments in organization and salary structure in Department of Medicine and Surgery of Veterans' Administration.
F 16: Veterans, Housing (1957).
Increase in interest rates on G.I. home loans; copy of S. 726, which would allow funds from the National Service Life Insurance Fund to be invested in making direct home loans to veterans. Correspondents include: Lyndon B. Johnson.
F 17: Veterans, Pensions (Jan. - Apr. 1957).
Pensions for veterans or their dependents from various wars; pensions for disabled veterans; pension equity for those who retired from regular or reserve military service. Correspondents include: Retired Reserve Officers Association of Oklahoma.
F 18: Veterans, Pensions (May - June 1957).
Pensions for veterans or their dependents from various wars; pensions for disabled veterans; pension equity for those who retired from regular or reserve military service. Correspondents include: United Spanish War Veterans; United Spanish War Veterans-Department of Oklahoma; Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Thomas E. Martin.
F 19: Veterans, Pensions (July 1957).
Pensions for disabled veterans and for widows of Spanish-American War veterans.
F 20: Veterans, Pensions (Aug. - Dec. 1957).
Pensions for veterans or their dependents from various wars; pensions for disabled veterans.
F 21: Veterans, Social Security (1957).
Restoration of section 2 of H.R. 6191, which would allow disabled veterans to receive full social security benefits without having social security deducted. Correspondents include: American Legion.
F 22: Veterans (1958).
Compensation for former prisoners of war; social security for disabled veterans; unemployment compensation for veterans; separate veterans committee in the Senate; home loans; education; Veterans of Foreign Wars' Five-Point Program. Correspondents include: American Legion-Department of Oklahoma; Strom Thurmond; Carl Hayden; Olin E. Teague; Wayne Morse.
F 23: Veterans, Pensions (Jan. 1958).
Pensions for veterans or their dependents from various wars, especially World War I and the Spanish-American War; Bradley Commission's call for cuts in pensions.
F 24: Veterans, Pensions (Feb. - Apr. 1958).
Pensions for veterans or their dependents from various wars, especially the Spanish-American War; proposed cuts in pensions. Correspondents include: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
F 25: Veterans, Pensions (May - Dec. 1958).
Pensions for veterans or their dependents from various wars; quadriplegics; Congressional Medal of Honor. Correspondents include: United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
F 26: Veterans, G.I. Bill (1959).
Restoration of G.I. Bill benefits to those who served during peacetime. Correspondents include: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; State Accrediting Agency of Oklahoma.
F 27: Veterans, Pensions (Jan. - June 15, 1959).
Pensions for veterans or their dependents from various wars, especially World War I; discussion of legislation such as H.R. 6432 and H.R. 7650 (Veterans' Pension Act of 1959) which dealt with non-service pensions; typescript on H.R. 7650; booklet from House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on veterans' pensions.
F 28: Veterans, Pensions (June 16 - July 1959).
Discussion of H.R. 6432 and H.R. 7650 (Veterans' Pension Act of 1959); typescript from Bureau of the Budget on merits of H.R. 6432; leaflet from House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on H.R. 7650 and non-service-connected pensions. Correspondents include: AMVETS; Preston J. Moore, national commander of the American Legion; Veterans of World War I of the USA; American Legion of Oklahoma; Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Olin E. Teague.
F 29: Veterans, Pensions (Aug. - Nov. 1959).
Materials especially concerning H.R. 7650 (Veterans' Pension Act of 1959); press release, telegram, and statements from American Legion (statements from Preston J. Moore, national commander, and Mrs. Charles W. Gunn, president of American Legion Auxiliary). Correspondents include: State Veterans Department of Oklahoma; National Association of Life Underwriters; Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
F 30: Veterans, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Proposed (1959).
Correspondence urging Kerr to support the creation of a veterans' affairs committee in the Senate. Correspondents include: American Legion-Department of Oklahoma; Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States-Department of Oklahoma.
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