Evening star., 1932-12-07
$4,497,6 ,622 TO $39,743,27O
Legislation Proposed by President

act Is enacted, where any person shall.
have been maintained as an inmate of
| the United States Soldiers Home. or
of any National or State Soldiers
Home, or of Saint Elizabeths Hospital,
or maintained by the Veterans Admin
| Lstration in an institution or institu-
tions, for a period of 80 days or more,
the compensation, pension, allowance,
or retired pay under the Emergency Of
ficers Retirement Act of May "a, 1928.
shall thereafter not exceed $40 per
month SO long as he shall thereafter be
maintained: Provided: That II such
person has wife. q child or children,
or dependent parent or parents. the
difference between the $40 and the
amount to which the veteran would
otherwise be entitled except for the
provisions of this subdivision may be
| paid to the wife. child or children, and
| dependent parent or parents in accord
ance with regulations prescribed by the
administrator.
Discretion Is Authorized.
"All or any part Of such compensa-
ton, pension, allowance, or retired pay
under the Emergency Oficers' Retire
ment Act Of May "a. 1928, of any men,
tally incompetent inmate of such in
stitution may, in the discretion of the
administrator, be paid to the chief Of
f1cer OF said institution to be properly
accounted for and to be used for the
benefit of such inmate: Provided, how
ever, That in any case where the es-
tate of such mentally incompetent vet
eran without dependents, derived from
funds paid under the War Risk Insur-
ance Act, as amended, the World War
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laws governing the granting of Army
and Navy pensions, or the Emergency
OfhcerS' Retirement Act Of May "a,
1928, equals or exceeds $4,000. paw
ment of compensation, pension, allow
ance, or retired pay shall be discon-
tinued until the estate Is reduced to
$4,000, and this proviso shall apply to
payments due or accruing prior or sub
Sequent to the date of enactment of
this amendatOry act: Provided further.
That II such person shall recover his
reason and shall be discharged from
such institution as competent, such
sum shall be paid him as is held in
trust for him by the United States or
any chief officer of an institution as
q result Of the laws in effect prior and
| or subsequent to the enactment of this
amendatory act: Provided further, That
II IN the judgment of the administra-
| tor mentally incompetent person
without dependents. receiving compen-
sation, pension. allowance. or retired
pay under the Emergency Officers' Re-
tirement Act Of May "a, 1928, requires
institutional care for his mental con-
dition and his guardian or other per-
son charged with his custody refuses to
accept or permit the continuance of the
institutional care offered or approved
by the administrator, compensation,
pension, allowance, or retired pay under
the Emergency Oficers' Retirement Act
OF May "a, 1928 payable, shall not ex-
coed $50 per month so long as the need
for such institutional care shall con-
| tinue. The administrator in his dis
cretion, upon showing of proper treat
ment in recognized reputable private
institution, may waive the reduction
provided by this subdivision.
"All prisoners who are or may.
from the date Of enactment Of this
amendatory act, become inmates of the
Naval Home at Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, q naval hospital, the United
States Soldiers Home. Washington,
District Of Columbia, or of the Vet
erans Administration homes, or of
Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall have the
pension to which they are entitled paid
to them directly or to their guardians
In case they be insane or otherwise in
competent and under guardianship, ex-
cept as to payments made to the chief
officer OF an institution as provided in
the preceding paragraph OF this sec
tion, provided that from and after the
enactment of this amendatory act the
payment of pensions in all cases where
pensioners are under guardianship may
be made to the legal guardians of such
persons without submission Of vouch-
ers."
Provision on Tuberculosis.
(d) Arrested tuberculosis: That para
graph OF Section 202 Cd of the
World War Veterans Act, as amended
CU. s; c., title 38, Sec. 48O). is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof
the following proviso:
Provided further, That the compen-
sation OF not less than $50 per month
snail be terminated effective six months
after the approval of this amendatory
act or five years after the effective date
| OF the award Of $50 per month, which
ever Is the later
(e) Emergency officers retired pay:
In the administration of the act of
May "a, 1928, entitled "An act making
eligible for retirement, under certain
conditions, ofhcers and former officers
OF the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps
OF the United States, other than offi-
GERS OF the Regular Army, Navy, or
Marine Corps, who incurred physical
disability in line of duty while in the
service Of the United States during the
world War" GU. s. c.. Supp. v, title 3s
Secs. 581 and $500, no officer or former
oIncer shall receive retired pay there
under, unless he served as a member
OF the Military or Naval Establishment
between April 6. 1917, and November
| II, 1913, inclusive. and within such pe-
ROD actually contracted q disease or
suffered an injury in line of duty as
the result Of and directly attributable
to such service, or unless he served a
period OF 80 days or more between
April 6. 1917, and November IL. 1918
inclusive, and actually contracted q
disease or suffered an injury in line
| OF duty as the result of and directly
attributable to service between Noyem-
Der IL, 1918, and July 2, 1921, inclu-
sive, and unless he has been or is found
Dy the former Veterans Bureau or the
veterans Administration to be not less
than 80 per centum permanently dis
apled as result thereof prior to May
"a, 1928, or within one year thereafter,
In accordance with the rating schedule
and amendments promulgated pursu-
ant to subdivision 90 of Section 202 of
the World War Veterans Act, 1924, as
amended (U. S. c., title SO, Sec. AID,
in force at that time, and unless he is
found by the Veterans Administration
to be not less than 80 per centum per
manently disabled at the time Of the
enactment Of this act under such rating
schedule as amended and in effect at
the date Of the enactment OF this act
Provided. That no person shall be re-
tired without pay except in accordance
with the foregoing provisions of this
section, except that the degree of dis
ability required for retirement without
pay shall be less than 80 per eentum
and more than 10 per centum perma-
nent disability.