HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ON SEVERAL BILLS PROVIDING BENEFICIAL

LEGISLATION FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

IN THE WORLD WAR

INDEXED

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1920

JOSEPH W. FORDNEY, Michigan, Chairman. WILLIAM R. GREEN, Iowa.

CLAUDE KITCHIN, North Carolina. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, Ohio.

HENRY T. RAINEY, Illinois. WILLIS C. HAWLEY, Oregon.

CORDELL HULL, Tennessee. ALLEN T. TREADWAY, Massachusetts. JOHN N. GARNER, Texas. IRA C. COPLEY, Illinois.

JAMES W. COLLIER, Mississippi. LUTHER W. MOTT, New York.

CLEMENT C. DICKINSON, Missouri. GEORGE M. YOUNG, North Dakota.

WILLIAM A. OLDFIELD, Arkansas. JAMES A. FREAR, Wisconsin.

CHARLES R. CRISP, Georgia. JOHN Q. TILSON, Connecticut.

JOHN F. CAREW, New York.
ISAAC BACHARACH, New Jersey.

WHITMELL P. MARTIN, Louisiana.
LINDLEY H. HADLEY, Washington.
CHARLES B. TIMBERLAKE, Colorado.
GEORGE M. BOWERS, West Virginia.
HENRY W. WATSON, Pennsylvanla.

ERNEST W. CAMP, Clerk.
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CONTENTS.

Part 1, Tuesday, March 2_.

Part 2, Wednesday, March 3_

Part 3, Thursday, March 4.-

Part 4, Friday, March 5.-

Part 5, Monday, March 8..

Part 6, Tuesday, March 9..

Part 7, Wednesday, March 10---

Part 8, Thursday, March 11_

Part 9, Friday, March 12..

Part 10, Saturday, March 13-

Part 11, Wednesday, March 24_

Part 12, addenda

Adjusted compensation :

Communications favoring

Communications opposing

Statements from Government officials—Pay tables_

Index..

Page,

5

31

105

185

269

327

369

425

513

577

591

675

694

728

768

785

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