Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-31
VETERANS FUNDS
TO Be INCREASED
Hines Tells President Cost to
United States Next Year
Will Be $500, 100000.
BY j. RUSSELL YOUNG,

STATE GAME LODGE, BLACK
HILLS. s. Oak, July 30.-President
Coolidge was told today by Brig. Gen.
Frank T. Hines, director for the Vet
Grams Bureau. during his brief visit
to the Summer White House, that
World War veterans will cost the
Government about half a billion dol
lars next year,
This will be an increase of approx
mately S45,000,000 over the appropria-
ton for the present fiscal year. In
explaining this apparently huge in
crease. Gen. Hines reminded the
President that s25.000,O00 of this
amount will be required to meet the
new law providing $50 month for all
arrested tuberculosis cases. Were 1t
not for this, the amount to run the
activities of the Veterans Bureau, ac-
cording to Gen. Hines, would be in
creased only 100000 over the pres
ent year.
In explanation of some of the more
important activities Cen. Hines said
that $3.50, 100000 will be required III
meet the demands for compensation
of 235, 900 ex-service men. about SAL
900 900 to be used for bureau salaries
and running expenses, about S35,00O,-
900 for medical and hospital cases and
$116. 900 900 to be placed in the sinking
funds for other forms of veterans
insurance.
Will Press disqualification.
Gen. Hines stated that there will be
no further liberalizing of World War
veterans legislation during the next
session Of Congress. He added in
this connection that next year Will
be the first that the actual cost Of the
liberalizing effects Of the 1924 vet
erans legislation and subsequent
amendments will become known. He
said. however, that during the com
ing session another effort will be made
to secure the enactment of the Vet
erans' Bureau disqualification pro-
gram, which involves the outlay of
approximately $4,000 900. An attempt
was made last Winter TO get this leg
islation through Congress, but 1t was
lost in the jam incident to the Sen
ate filibuster.
1t is not expected by Gen. Hines
that there will be any further extern
sions of time for reinstatement of
war risk insurance. He pointed out
in relation to this that by the recent
extension, which terminated July ,
last, about 100000 veterans were re-
instated on the bureaus rolls for in
surance.
He added that a conservative eSti-
mate of the insurance involved as the
result of this large number of rein
statements placed the amount at
$3.50 .000,0 900. He was happy to report
to the President that 625 900 veterans
are now carrying war risk insurance.
He said also that the books of his
bureau show that more than four bill
lion dollars in war risk insurance is
being carried, which amount is about
10 per cent of the total amount car
ried at the peak Of the World War.
He said that there is outstanding
about three billion dollars in adjusted
compensation.
Paying Bonus i'm Installments.
In reminding the President of all
this Gen. Hines pointed with pride to
the fact that the United States Gov
eminent is one of the biggest insur-
ance companies in the world.
Regarding the adjusted compensa'
ton plan OF the Government it was
explained by Gen. Hines that under
this plan Uncle Sam eventually will
pay the much sought and greatly de-
bated soldiers bonus on the install
| ment plan. Thirty millions have been
| loaned, he said.
On 100000 certificates as Of April
| | on July Is last, more than 700. 900
men had borrowed more than $1,000
| Continued on Page 4, Column 81