<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>Jones responds to Ashford's concerns about veterans' disability compensation legislation.</dc:title><dc:date>1974-02-12</dc:date><dc:creator>Jones, James Robert, 1939-</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_0030</dc:identifier><dc:description>The document is a response from James R. Jones, a member of Congress, to a letter from S.E. Ashford, a Disabled American Veteran, regarding legislation to increase veterans' disability compensation. Jones acknowledges Ashford's concerns and explains the status of the bills (H.R. 11469, S. 2710, and H.R. 2983) in the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs. Jones promises to follow the progress of the bills and be responsive to the needs of veterans.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>