The Veterans Administration: A Broken System(Revised) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781329552739)

President Hoover, in his 1929 State of the Union message, proposed consolidating agencies administering veteran's benefits. The following year Congress created the Veterans Administration by uniting three bureaus - the previously independent Veterans' Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions and the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. President Hoover signed the executive order establishing the VA on July 21, 1930. Hines, who had served since 1923 as director of the Veterans' Bureau, was named the first administrator of the agency

Author: Theo Social Work Reedbs Rel
ISBN-10: 1329552733
ISBN-13: 9781329552739
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2015
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d