Personal contact urged with VA at regional seminar
Veterans were urged to contact the U S Veterans Administration in person and avoid writing whenever possible during a two day VA seminar at the Chimes Building. Officials from six regional offices including Syracuse New York City Albany Buffalo Brooklyn and Puerto Rico discussed handling a mail surge. July statistics show 1 296 828 pieces received and 1 723 166 dispatched with Syracuse handling 148 280 received and 33 524 sent out.