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43 <br /> Report of the Veterans' Agent <br /> To the Honorable Selectmen <br /> Town of Mashpee <br /> Massachusetts <br /> The following is a report of the Department of Veterans' <br /> Services for the Town of Mashpee for the calendar year 1956. <br /> ;The primary purpose of this Department is to render <br /> aid to needy veterans and their dependents; The employment <br /> situation in this area, and the willingness of- veterans to <br /> secure employment, reflects the expenditure of Veterans' <br /> Benefits. Once again I must compliment the high type of <br /> veteran we have in this Town, and his ,willingness to find <br /> employment and assist others in doing so. All able-bodied <br /> veterans in this Town have excellent work records, except <br /> when weather conditions affect their employment. <br /> The only permanent recipients were widows and totally <br /> disabled World War I veterans. All permanent recipients i. . <br /> are receiving the total amount of Federal Benefits available <br /> such as Federal Pensions, etc. It might be noted that these <br /> benefits received by recipients is a direct savings to the Town. <br /> Three veterans were placed in the Veterans' Administration <br /> Hospital for medical attention. Such services as this are a <br /> great savings to the Town inasmuch as if they had been ad- <br /> Mitted'to private hospitals, the expenditure would have been <br /> a burden to the Town. <br /> The original appropriation for the year 1956 was $4,000.00. <br /> This is $500.00 less than the previous year. The actual ex- <br /> penditure for the year 1956 was $2,153.55. Of this amount, <br />