The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-02-16

l3) The Hoover Commission
has recommended the creation
of veterans insurance corpor
alton. The creation of the cor
poration is not the issue, but
the veterans feel that it should |
continue as a part of the VA.
(4) The fourth recommended
ton opposed by veterans is the
proposal to transfer the home
loan program set up under the
CT Bill of Rights to the Housing
Administration, an agency that
has been, and will continue to
be a political football.
ECONOMY
If these four activities are left
with the Veterans Administra-
ton, believe that as much econ
omy will result as if they are
transferred. I know that the vet
Grams will be given better serv-
ice. Today there is represent
ative of the VA in GAINESVILLE,
Cambridge and Marietta. Veter-
ans in my district can go to one
of these offices if he wants to
be admitted to a veterans hos
pital or needs medical care. He
can 60 to one of these offices to
discuss his veterans insurance
or a loan on his home. Every in
dividual- veteran can bring any
problem to one of these repre-
sentatives of the VA. If the four
activities are transferred to four
separate agencies of the govern
ment, each, at tremendous ex
pense, would have to set up a
local office in most of the coun-
ties of the United States, or de-
priVe the veterans of someone
reasonably close to home to
whom they can take their prob
lens. BY having his activities in
one organization, he has been
: able to eliminate some of the red
: tape that binds nearly every cit
izen in his contacts with the
government.
Let me site an example of the
merry-go-round the veterans
fear. On December %, 1949, a
young man from Ohio was in
. jured in the post office here in
Washington. On the 23rd he filed
claim for compensation. The To-
? cal postmaster had to fill out a
form which had to be taken to
| the Employees Compensation
Bureau. He was then compelled
to go to the Federal Security
Agency for medical examina-
ton and continued treatment of
| fractured arm. From the Fed
, eral Security Administration he
: had to return to the post office
, to get another signature from
the post master. This he took to
! the Employees Compensation
f Bureau who approved his claim
: and sent it to the Treasury De-
apartment from where the check
s is mailed. During the duration
of his injury this young man
} must go through all these steps
s every two weeks. He did not
I receive his compensation for the
= first two weeks of injury until
? the 3rd of February, inspite OF
= the fact that | made numerous
r telephone calls in his behalf.
s do not want to see the veteran
Q thus tossed around on a sea OF
= bureaucracy as he surely would
). be if the activities which affect
G him are scattered in various
@ branches of the federal govern,
+ ment.
/ The American Automobile AS,
e sociation will mark a route fol
q a motorist from Washington tc
0 San Francisco. If the driver find!
q a bridge washed out in Kansas
: the sensible thing to do is to de,
. tour around it and go on. In the
same way the recommendation!
of the Hoover Commission are
a suggested route to economy
and efficiency in government
We have already travelled hal.
the journey. Common sense die.
tates that we bypass the des,
truction of the Veterans Admin.
istration and proceed to the des,
tination all of us want-a bal.
anced budget and reduction ot
the debt.