<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Mr. Perkins concerned about reduced disability compensation for veterans, reassured.</dc:title><dc:date>1973-03-05</dc:date><dc:creator>unknown</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_109_7_10_1_0008</dc:identifier><dc:description>Mr. Perkins expressed concern about the reduction of disability compensation for veterans, but was assured by Congressman James R. Jones that the proposal has been withdrawn. Legislation has been introduced to stabilize and freeze disability ratings to protect veterans' payments. Perkins urged Congress to consider the challenges faced by disabled veterans in making ends meet.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>