Political Quotes

“I want to speak about the AMVETS who, in Pennsylvania, throughout the time that I served in the legislature, continuously participated in legislative action that pertained to veterans. On the question of veterans preference in civil service examinations and placement, in veterans benefits of all types, and in the question that arose from time to time on the legitimacy of when certain holidays were to be observed: Memorial Day, Veteran's Day back then, which was Armistice Day, et cetera. So the AMVETS themselves, just like the American Legion aforementioned, have participated in civic, as well as neighborhood, events throughout Pennsylvania and, I am sure, throughout the Nation. I wanted the record to be complete that this veterans organization, just as the American Legion, have been a part of the neighborhood for many, many years and will continue to expand now that we know the parameters, through this legislation, will have been expanded.”