COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

AVAILABILITY OF CEMETERY SPACE FOR BURIAL OF
ELIGIBLE WAR VETERANS, AND ADMINISTRATION
OF SUCH CEMETERIES

92-497

MARCH 26 AND 27; APRIL 1, 1968

Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

68-61323

Pages of all hearings are numbered cumulatively to permit a
comprehensive index at the end of the Congress. Page num-
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1968

(Chairman and Ranking Minority Member ex officio Members of all Subcommittees)

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CONTENTS

Page

Adair, Hon. E. Ross-

2995, 2996, 3001-3003, 3011, 3019

Adams, Andrew J., Maj. Gen. (See American Battle Monuments

Commission.)

Air Force, Department of. (See Defense Department: Air Force.)

American Battle Monuments Commission:

Adams, Andrew J., Maj. Gen., U.S. Army, Assistant to the Secre-

tary

3088-3097

"American Memorials and Overseas Military Cemeteries".

Cemeteries and Memorials (See Cemeteries and Memorials: Ameri-

can Battle Monuments.)

Devers, Jacob L., Gen., U.S. Army (retired), Chairman_

3289-3308

2982,

3276-3284

2983, 3094, 3095, 3097-3099

North, Thomas, Maj. Gen., U.S. Army (retired), former Chair-

Laws pertaining to----.

man

3096-3097

3289-3308

"American Memorials and Overseas Military Cemeteries," a publication

of American Battle Monuments Commission_.

American Cemetery Association: Worley, James C., letter (see also Na-

tional Association of Cemeteries and American Cemetery Association. 3088

American Legion:

Golembieski, Edward H., director, National Rehabilitation Commis-

sion

2986-2991, 2994-2997

Mattingly, Charles E., assistant director, National Legislative Commis-

sion

2985, 2986, 2997

American Veterans Committee: Byrd, Dr. Eugene D., national chairman,

letter

3362, 3363

3015-3019

AMVETS: Hall, Ralph E., national executive director_.

Arlington National Cemetery. (See Cemeteries and Memorials: Arling-

ton National.)

"Arlington National Cemetery," a publication of Department of the

Army

Armstrong Funeral Home: Armstrong, J. Bruce, letter___

Army, Department of. (See Defense Department: Army.)

3113-3158

3034

Army Times, "Defense Opposes Cemeteries Expansion on Cost Grounds,"
an article___

3355

Battle Monuments Commission. (See American Battle Monuments Com-
mission.)

Burial benefits. (See Veterans' Administration: Burial Benefits.)

Bush, Hon. George, letter__

3050

Byrd, Dr. Eugene D. (Sec American Veterans Committee.)

Catholic Cemetery, The, May 1967, "More National Cemeteries?" by John
F. Philbin___

3029-3031