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providing help for the Nation's dis
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July 18, 1975 W/ve
6;CnY RECORDER
Mildred V. Higham
City Recorder
Salt Lake City Corporation
200 City & County Building
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Dear Mrs. Higham:
This refers to your recent correspondence concerning
H.R. 7767, the bill to increase disability compen-
sation for veterans.
H.R. 7767 passed the House on June 16, 1975, and
passed the Senate amended on June 23, 1975. Members
of both the House and Senate Veterans Affairs
Committees are presently conferring on the two
versions of the bill .
I have supported increased benefits in the past
and will support acceptable additional increases.
Sincerely,e1 �f/
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Gunn McKay V
Member of Congress
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OISTRICT OFFICE:
2311 FEcvDL BUILDING
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ALLAN T.HOWE,2ND DISTRICT,UTAH SALT LASS CITY,Usu. 84111
(801)524-5583
COMMITTEES:
INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION
July 16, 1975
Ms. Mildred V. Higham, City Recorder
Salt Lake City Corporation
Office of City Recorder
200 City&County Building
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Dear Ms. Higham:
Thank you for sending me a copy of the resolution passed by the Board of City
Commissioners expressing their support for the Senate version of H.R. 7767, the
Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act of 1975. I fully share
your sentiments regarding the special debt of gratitude we owe to those who suffered
disability or death as a result of military service to our nation, and I am inclined
to support the more liberal provisions of the Senate-passed bill.
Generally when there is a difference between the House and Senate versions of
a particular measure, a conference committee composed of representatives from
both the House and Senate meet to work out an acceptable compromise. The two
Veterans Affairs Committees, however, prefer to iron out their differences on
an informal basis, and are presently in the process of attempting to do this.
My guess is that the final increase approved will be higher than that passed by
the House but somewhat lower than that approved by the Senate. Since no decision
has yet been made, however, I am forwarding a copy of your letter and the
attached resolution to the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee
so that it may be considered in the course of their deliberation.
Thank you again for informing me of your position on this important legislation.
I hope that you will continue to contact me to provide input of interest or concern
to you.
Sincerely,
Allan T. Howe
MEMBER OF CONGRESS
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THIS STATIONERY PRINTED ON PAPER MADE WITH RECYCLED FIBERS
July 9, 1975
The Honorable Allan T. Howe
United States Representative for Utah
Cannon Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Representative Hoene:
Attached is a Resolution, passed by the Board of City Commissioners,
urging your united and favorable action in supporting RR 7767 pro-
viding help for our nation's disabled veterans and their widows.
It is respectfully requested that you give this matter your earnest
consideration.
Respectfully,
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City Recorder
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Commissioner Phillips
Files
July 9, 1975
The Honorable K. Cunn McKay
United States Representative for Utah
1427 Longvotth Building
Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Representative McKay:
Attached is * Resolution, passed by the Board of City Commissioners,
urging your united and favorable action in supporting MR 7767 pro-
viding help for our nation's disabled veterans and their widows.
It is respectfully requested that you give this natter your earnest
consideration.
Respectfully,
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City Recorder
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Commissioner Phillips
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VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah, July 9 19 75
Mr.Chairman ,
I move that the e olution be adopted.
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Harrison
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WHEREAS, this Nation, State, County and City owe a debt of grati-
tude to those men and women who served their country with honor during
time of war and national emergency; and
WHEREAS, we owe a special debt of gratitude to those who suffered
disability or death as a result of said service for their country; and
WHEREAS, the United States Veterans Administration has been dele-
gated the responsibility of making determinations of percentages of
disability suffered and making decisions under the law regarding widows'
entitlements to service-connected death compensation benefits, but the
amounts payable for these disability percentages and certain eligibili-
ties for service-connected death benefits is determined solely by Act
of Congress; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill known as
HR 7767 which acknowledged the plight of the disabled veteran who must
cope with the ever-rising cost of living, but whereas the U.S. Senate
deemed said bill woefully inadequate to cope with the skyrocketed
Consumer Price Index and substituted the wording of the Senate's own
disabled veterans' compensation bill and sent it back to the House to
be reconsidered; and
WHEREAS, this substitute HR 7767 is concerned not with how the
veteran died, but how he and his family have had to live in the shadows
of his service-connected total disability; and since it will not only
make adjustments in the amount of VA benefits payable, but will also
lift a heavy burden from the widows of our totally disabled veterans
by granting service-connected death compensation benefits to the widows
of men who were rated totally disabled due to service for a year or
more prior to their demise, regardless of the cause of their death.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners
of Salt Lake City, under the chairmanship of Conrad B. Harrison,
Mayor of Salt Lake City, go on record this date as urging united and
favorable action by Utah's two Congressmen in the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives, the Honorable Gunn McKay and the Honorable Allan Howe, and
requesting they support HR 7767 as passed by the Senate.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded
at once to the Washington offices of the Honorable Gunn McKay and the
Honorable Allan Howe.
Passed by the Board of Commiss'o rs of Salt Lake City, Utah,
this 9th day of July, 1975.
e,ni s Phillips, Jr. ,
Tettporary Chairman
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Mildred V. Higham,/City Recorder