Laserfiche WebLink
community and so there is little opportunity to test the stated policy of <br />priority to the disabled or most needy veterans. There are simply not that <br />many new applications due to the well kept secret of Biq Island Veterans <br />Camp. <br />C <br />OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE <br />It seems fair to say that the Big Island Veterans Camp.eannot and should not <br />continue on its present course. The faciliti,is are degenerating and the statutory <br />purpose of the camp, to serve disabled and needy veterans, is nct being fully <br />realized. <br />The first option would 5e to close tKe camp and dissolve the Board of Governors. <br />This seems particularly ,n„esirable because the State now has more disabled and <br />needy veterans as a result of Vletn;:m and because of the age, of the World War I <br />and II veterans. There is still a ;genuine need for this type of service. Further, <br />the land was purchased and the camp has been operated recently without state aid. <br />It would seem far better to put the camp back on fhe right track, especially <br />in regard to nakin the physical improvements necessary, tightening up the <br />admission prczedures, and making the camp more widely known and available to <br />all veterans. <br />