Management Survey of Activities of the Veterans Administration by the Firm of Booz-Allen-Hamilton

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 - 990 pages
 

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Page 454 - ... which no fully satisfactory solution were immediately apparent. Such problems frequently can be solved only by trial and error, and, until workable solutions are found, both parties in the program must exercise tolerance if the program is not to fail. There can be no doubt of the good faith of both parties. The schools of medicine and other teaching centers are cooperating with the three-fold purpose of giving the veteran the highest quality of medical care, of affording the medical veteran the...
Page 102 - VIII 1. Any person who served in the active military or naval service on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the present war, and who shall have been discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable, and whose education or training was impeded, delayed, interrupted, or interfered with by reason of his entrance into the service, or who desires a refresher or retraining course...
Page 757 - Affairs to be guilty of mutiny, treason, sabotage, or rendering assistance to an enemy of the United States or of its allies shall forfeit all accrued or future benefits under laws administered by the Veterans...
Page 675 - Respondent is not in the military service or in the military service of the United States as defined in Section 101 of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and not entitled to the benefits of such act.
Page 644 - Administration has received from the insured a request or directive in writing exercising any other dividend option allowable under his policy, any dividend accumulations and unpaid dividends shall be applied in payment of premiums becoming due on insurance subsequent to the date the dividend is payable after January 1, 1952. (b) No claim by an insured for payment in cash of a special dividend declared prior to January 1, 1952, shall be processed by the Veterans' Administration unless such claim...
Page 920 - Contact between units of the organization should be carried out in the most direct way. In making such contacts, however, it is the duty of each member of the organization to keep his senior informed on: ( 1 ) Any matters on which his senior may be held accountable by those senior to him. (2) Any matters in disagreement or likely to cause controversy within or between any units of the corporation.
Page 194 - He is directly responsible for the establishment of the basic policies governing agency operation; the development and maintenance of its basic organization structure; the interpretation of laws pertaining to veterans' affairs, and the establishment of supplementary regulations; the stimulation and approval of long-range plans; and the development and maintenance of favorable relations with important organizations, groups, and individuals interested in veterans
Page 165 - Affairs under the provisions of Title III of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended...
Page 473 - Rehabilitation includes the employment of physical medicine, psychosocial adjustment and vocational retraining in an attempt to achieve the maximal function and adjustment of the individual and to prepare him physically, mentally, socially and vocationally for the fullest possible life compatible with his abilities and disabilites.
Page 117 - ... for 36 months, provided that the applicant shall have been released from active duty with the armed forces of the United States under conditions other than dishonorable after not less than the period of service required for eligibility to receive education or training as provided in Section 400 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (Public Law 346, Seventy-eighth Congress), and that the course of study in such school shall consist of 1,080 hours of classroom instruction and 90 weeks of...

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