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VHIREAS, there is an alarminl shortage or hospital beda
available in Cal1rorn1a for California veterans provided by the
Veterans Ad•iniatration, and the nuaber haa been 4•crease4 by
2,000 beds a1noe June, 1950; and
WH.ERE.AS, 'there are approx1utely 4,600 veterans in Cal1-
torn1a state •ntal 1nst1tut1ona of which approxiutely 1,500
have aerv1ee-connected disabilities entitling them to hospitali-
zation and care by the Veterans Ad•1nistration; and
WHEREAS, in October ot 1946 the Pederal Govern .. nt approved
the building ot a 1,000-bed neuropsychiatric hospital in San
Prancisco, which hoopital has never be«n built due to the failure
or the Federal Government to appropriate runda to build this
hospital; and
WHEREAS, a 200-bod general, .ad1cal and aurigical hospital
in San Diego waa approved but hal never been built due to the
failure or the Pederal Govern.ent to appropriate the necessary
funds therefor; and
WHBREAS 1 the standard or medical care for California veterans
in the existing hospitals has been adversely affected by reductions
in the budget of the Veterans Administration; and
WHEREAS, it 1s a well known fact that hundreds or thousands
or veterans have been migrating to the State of California from
every state ot the Union aince tho clo1e or World War l and the
veteran population or California will continue to increase by
reason or the Korean e .. rgency~ and for that reason applications
by veterans for hospitalization have shown a steady in~reaae; and
WHEREAS, the Veterans Administration has not only caused a
outback 1n the number or operating bede, but it baa alao reduced
the standard or medical care, the amount or out-patient treatment
for veterans, the amount or medical research, and a shortage in
the medical supplies 1n these veterans hospitals;
NOW 1 TH.imli:FORE, BE IT RESOLVKD by the City Council that the
City of Palo Alto, State of California, respectfully memorialize
the Congress or the United States to enact legislation and to
appropriate =oneya necessary to bring the Veterkns Adain1atrat1on
Hospital Program to the needed standards to meet the needs or the
veteran population of California; and
BB IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be directed
to transmit copies or this resolution to the two u. S. Senators
fro• California and to the congressional representative or thia
d1atr1ct.
The above and foregoing resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and paesed at a regular meeting or the Council or the
City or Palo Alto, California, held on the 9th day or March, 1953,
by the following vote:
AYES:
NOIS:
Bishop, Blois, Caahel, Drysdale, Hill, Huato:a, Jackson,
Marshall, Miller, Mitchell, Montrouil, Porter, Sicpaon,Wella.
None.
ABSENT: Wickett. /~~ APPROVlm :~+---~ , . .· .. y Plll7er
ATTEST: tr;/~ ;t;::a City Clerk
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