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32 <br />Report of the Veterans' Agent <br />To the Honorable Board of Selectmen <br />Mashpee, Massachusetts <br />Dear Sirs: <br />The following is a report of the Department of Veterans' <br />Services for the calendar year 1960. <br />When submitting a budget for Veterans' Benefits, the <br />agent must of necessity anticipate, as far as possible, the <br />needs of a community under this program for the coming <br />F <br />year. When arriving at a recommended amount for a budget, <br />it is impossible to anticipate unforeseen expenditures par- <br />ticularly hospital and medical expenditures. <br />The total expenditures for Veterans' Benefits for 1960 <br />were $3,945.19. Of this amount, 50% will be reimbursed by <br />the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The total appropria- <br />tion was $5,0100.00 which left a balance of $1,054.81. There <br />was one reimbursement in the amount of $300.00 to partially <br />satisfy a lien. During the two previous years, there was a <br />heavy demand for hospital and medical care which resulted <br />in an increase of $1,000.00, for anticipated expenditures. For <br />the year 1961, 1 am requesting $500.00 less than in 1960 for <br />anticipated expenditures. <br />The only permanent recipients of Veterans' Benefits are <br />World War I veterans, widows of veterans' and parents of <br />veterans. As noted in previous reports, this catagory of re- <br />l <br />cipients are prone to considerable medical care. Every effort <br />ool <br />has been made to place veterans when possible in Veterans <br />Administration hospitals als with no cost to this community. <br />The employment situation, which has been critical, and <br />the severe winter have caused a higher rate- of Worle ar II <br />and Korean veterans to apply for temporary assistance. <br />However, this group as a whole should be commended for <br />their employment record. <br />