1945 Congressional Bill Proposing Pensions for Short-Term Veterans of Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, and China Relief Expedition1945-01-01Schwabe, George Blaine, 1886-1952http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/spahttp://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_047_1_7_16_0006The document is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Mr. Schwabe of Oklahoma on November 14, 1945. The bill aims to grant pensions to veterans of the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, or the China Relief Expedition who served less than seventy days. It proposes an amendment to the Act of June 2, 1930, to allow for this provision.