Show best doctors for veterans Is promise of general bradley THE HE old home town is the end of the road for the soldier who has come back to be a civilian and his rehabilitation depends largely on how the home folks treat him that in substance is the tha view of lt gen omar N bradley head of the veterans administration when he addressed the annual convention of the american legion in chicago recently general bradley pointed out that america had to make good on her promise to veterans until they have been restored I 1 to health and are back on their jobs the war is not ended after world war I 1 we saw the banners of welcome fade general bradley radley recalled but if the home folks do their part he envisioned a healthy national future wit with h lameriras lA enterprising and imaginative americas li youth the ex GIs as its bulwark the veteran is not a problem but we can make him one general bradley told the legion delegates as he outlined jobs and community attitude as two factors in re habilitating the ex service man of world war II 11 whether he is shown ingratitude gratitude or is ignored will make the diff difference arence general bradley asked legion support and community support for six major objectives in legislation sought by the veterans admin adain li he listed them as 1 competent doctors adequately paid 2 promotion of doctors on their ability to perform services 3 retirement for doctors who serve the veterans administration 4 hiring of resident physicians to aid in veterans hospitals when they are understaffed under staffed 5 postgraduate post graduate courses tor all VA doctors 6 development and procurement of specialists to be given higher pay than other doctors general bradley wants enough hospitals fully staffed to give the veterans the best care available equal to any the rich can buy also he wants the hospitals located near medical centers where doctors and specialists cari can be found not in out of the way places that will not attract competent personnel he would locate hospitals especially smaller ones right at the veterans door for emergency cases the administration may take over some of the 60 U S army hospitals now declared excess general brad aley iley stated but he pointed out that I 1 most of them are of temporary construction st are not fireproof fire proof are at isolated camps far from medical centers and should be used only as stop stoa gaps in the program the general considers the building of proper hospitals as a part of the cost of winning the war just as guns and planes were part of th the e cost also these hospitals should be located where the veteran needs them and not where some community wants a hospital built there are four million veterans of world war I 1 who are eligible for veterans it hospitalization and to this may be added another 15 million from world war II 11 who are returning home at the rate of about a million a month thus the veterans administration is faced with the job of providing adequate hospital facilities for 19 million veterans and weve got only two years to do it general bradley declared washington cant do the job alone he told the legionnaires the home SAI N 4 17 0 e xi lt gen omar N bradley head of the veterans administration believes that the 19 million veterans of the two world wars are entitled to the best hospital care possible in addition to all other benefits provided by the GI bill of rights towns the home folks will have to help reestablish establish re the veteran he urged community centers one stop stations to aid the veterans in every town in america |