HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 6823RESOLUTION NO. 682�.
WHEREAS, the 1st District, of California, representing 31
member posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is, and has been
consistently concerned in matters involving the veterans and
the community. and,
WHEREAS, at the time the Regional status of the San Diego
office was moved to the Los Angeles Regional office, top V.A.
officials stated that there would be no interruption of District
Service, to Veterans in the San Diego Regional area, because
of this move, and,
WHEREAS, it is now necessary, in many cases, for veterans
in this area to travel to the Los Angeles medical facility for
special examinations in connection with their service connected
disabilities, which examinations, prior to the consolidation
of the two offices, were conducted in San Diego, with little
or no loss of earnings on the part of the veteran concerned. and,
WHEREAS, in order to properly service the veterans in the
San Diego area, it would be more feasible to return the San
Diego office to its regional status and at the same time em-
brace the Counties of Orange, Riverside and Imperial within
that regional area, thus relieving the tremendous "backlog"
presently in existence in the Los Angeles Regional Office. and,
WHEREAS, there is still a tremendous deterioration of
services to veterans in the San Diego area, primarily due to
the fact that the Los Angeles Regional office cannot cope with
the situation because of personnel problems in the lower paid
brackets and the resulting inefficiency due to the rapid turn-
over of personnel and the necessity of hiring untrained help.
and,
WHEREAS, the backlog of cases and correspondence, to-
gether with subsistance allowances for married student veterans
not yet paid for the Fall semester, has not, and apparently
will not become current in the foreseeable future. and,
WHEREAS, when the San Diego Office held a full Regional
status these conditions did not exist. and,
WHEREAS,. the return of the case folders and a Rating
Board to the San Diego Office would alleviate most of the
trouble and furnish services to veterans they are entitled
to and services the Veterans Administration is obliged to
furnish.
NOW THEREFORE, be resolved, that the 1st District,
Department of California, V.F.W. does hereby urge the Senators
from California and the Congressmen from this Area to demand a
Congressional investigation of the deplorable condition ex-
isting in the most heavily veteran populated area in the
United States.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be
provided, The Central Committee of the Democratic and Republican
parties, of SAN DIEGO, Imperial, Orange and Riverside Counties,
President and Vice President of the United States, Senators
from California, Congressmen and Senators interested in Veterans'
affaires, Governor of California, State Senators and Assembly-
men, Mayor of San Diego, National City, Chula Vista, La Mesa,
and El Cajon, V.P.W. Dept. & National Headquarters and all
Newspapers.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2( day December, 1956
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