BILLS GRANTING BENEFITS TO VETERANS OF THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND TO

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 55, 252, 279, 417, 1310, 1847, 2573,
2574, 2715, 4490, and H. J. Res. 207

BILLS PROVIDING BENEFITS TO VETERANS OF
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND TO

THEIR DEPENDENTS

APRIL 28, 1953

Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Pages of all hearings are numbered cumulatively to permit a
comprehensive index at the end of the Congress. Page numbers
lower than those in this hearing refer to other legislation.

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

EDITH NOURSE ROGERS, Massachusetts, Chairman

BERNARD W. (PAT) KEARNEY, New York
WILLIAM H. AYRES, Ohio
E. ROSS ADAIR, Indiana
WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois
WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont
EDMUND P. RADWAN, New York
RUSSELL V. MACK, Washington
JOHN P. SAYLOR, Pennsylvania
EDWARD J. BONIN, Pennsylvania

PETER FRELINGHUYSEN, JR., New Jersey
WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD, California
PAUL A. FINO, New York

ALBERT W. CRETELLA, Connecticut

OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas

JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee

W. J. BRYAN DORN, South Carolina
ROBERT T. SECREST, Ohio
ELIZABETH KEE, West Virginia

GEORGE S. LONG, Louisiana

HARLAN HAGEN, California

JAMES A. BYRNE, Pennsylvania

BRADY GENTRY, Texas

D. R. (BILLY) MATTHEWS, Florida
ED EDMONDSON, Oklahoma
ARMISTEAD I. SELDEN, JR., Alabama