Show Veteran Bureau Is Growing Rapidly Billion a Year Concern With Costs Mounting Washington Renewed agitation for lor the tue passage of legislation p per pcr permitting r. r witting World Worl wan vat veterans veteran to borrow borrow bor row the remaining 50 per cent of the value of their bonus Insurance eel certificates I served to focus Cocus attention on I the tue tremendous ous growth In recent years of the tue funds expended by the war veterans' veterans n administration Testimony delivered dell before the house appropriations committee by Brig Gen Frank T. T HInes Ulnes administrator adminis of veterans veterans' affairs disclosed ed that the veterans' veterans administration 1 Is Isnow isnow now v a u billion dollars n a year concern con conS cern with c expenditures still sUll growing grow grow- I ing His ills figures revealed that in 1033 1933 the veterans veterans' administrator expected expect expect- ed to expend In excess of a billion dollars on administration of veterans veterans' veterans veterans' vet vet- erans' erans matters payments to beneficiaries benefi claries on n adjusted compensation certificates hospitalization nod other activities During the past twelve years the independent establishment handling veterans veterans' matters has expanded by leaps and bounds until today it is estimated it will take civilian employees to care for the Interests of the hundreds s of thousands of veterans now receiving aid from the government In one form or another During the next fiscal year this department department de de- will utilize facilities at atmore atmore atmore more than hospitals and furnish beds for In excess of patients Build New Hospitals With tile the approximate billion dollar dollar dol dol- lar appropriation which It now seems assured of receiving new hospitals hos petals will wUl be built new beds provided pro pro- vided Tided approximately n a million veterans vet yet erans Brans given treatment of or some kind or funds for Cor some particular reason renson loans made to other veterans on bonus bonus bo boo bo- bo nus certificates compensation paid to disabled veterans and salaries paid to the army of oC employees In event vent legislation is passed per per- milting the veterans to cash cosh the full value alne of their compensation cates another two t billion dollars would be he added to the sum which the veterans' veterans administration would handle In the next nest few years rears The big Items of the veterans' veterans a ad administration administration ministration bill as ns requested Cor for 1933 1033 by General Ulnes lilacs follow Administration medical hospital and domiciliary services Army and navy pensions I Adjusted service certificate fund Military and naval service I In his budget m message President Hoover asked for veterans veterans' vet fet erans' erans administration affairs approximately approximately ap ap- ap proximately one fourth of the entire federal budget Of this sum was for use in making loans to veterans on their bonus certificates The house appropriations committee cut this figure to 9 Virtually no cut was made mae at all Inasmuch as the theS S reduction reductIo was effected by cutting down the tile figure for bonus bonus bonus bo bo- nus payments ments with the definite understanding understanding un un- General HInes fines can cnn go to congress to get this sum If It Is needed In a deficiency bill n next nest t De Do- cember I As of ot December 31 81 veterans veterans veterans vet vet- erans whose hospitalization was authorized nu au by the veterans veterans' administration adminis were receiving treatment Three hundred an and two twenty hospitals hos hos- were ere utilized 04 by y the administration administration ad ad- ministration itself 21 belonging to the state stute and civil Institutions 17 to the public health service 10 to the United Slates navy y 7 to the United States army and 2 to the tue Department of the Interior On December 21 1031 1931 the veterans veterans' veterans veterans' vet vet- I erans' erans administration was afforded domiciliary care for additional addi Heusi veterans During the 1031 1931 year ear the tho department treated out patients and gave ph physical e. e examinations As of December 31 1931 veterans were receiving compensation tion for disability Incurred In resulting resulting re reo suIting from or aggravated aggra by military mill mili tary service during the World war Compensation was also being paid to the dependents of veterans whose death occurred in or resulted result resulted ed from service ser In the World war The amount of compensation pay payments payments ments meats depending upon the degree of disability ranges from 8 S. S per Ier month for a temporary partial con to 00 per m month nth for what is known as a n double permanent and total disability General Hines said the number of active awards for disability compensatIon compensation compensation has hns Increased b by since June Juno 20 1923 1023 A big increase In the Ule number ol of those receiving benefits for Cor disability ity resulting from other than military mill mili tary and naval service was recorded last year |