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HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
JULY 2, 1947
CONFIDINTIAL: To be held in STRICT CONFIDENCE and no
portion, synopsis or intimation to be given out or pub-
lished until the READING of the President's Message has
begun in the House of Representatives. Extreme care must
therefore be exercised to avoid premature publication.
CHARLES G. ROSS
Secretary to the President
TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
I am withholding my approval of H. R. 617, a bill, "For
the relief of James Harry Martin."
The bill provides that James Harry Martin, of Pontiac,
Michigan, be permitted to file an application with the Secretary
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of War for benefits under the World War Adjusted Compensation
Act, as amended, (World War I) on or before July 1, 1949, any
time limit in such Act for filing such application to the contrary
notwithstanding,
The World War Adjusted Compensation Act, approved May 19,
1924, provided that application for benefits thereunder should be
made on or before January 1, 1928, and by amendatory acts its final
date was extended to January 2, 1940. There was enacted during the
76th Congress a bill (H.R. 5450) which proposed an extension of the
time for filing such applications until January 2, 1945. The then
President withheld his approval of this measure pointing out that
under the original Act veterans and their dependents were granted
approximately 31/2 years, and by subsequent liberalization had been
given a period of over 15 years from the date of enactment of the
original Act in which to claim benefits thereof; that during this
period much publicity was given the original Act and amendments,
with the result that every reasonable opportunity to file a claim
under the Act had been afforded.
It seems to me that the Presidential action of August 10,
1939, was appropriate, and in any event, there appears to be no
justification for singling out for preferential treatment the case
of James Harry Martin, as proposed by the present measure.
I regret, therefore, for the reasons above indicated, that
I do not feel justified in giving the present measure my approval.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 2, 1947.