D.A.V.
Americanabbreviation
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Out of this sum, the expenses of the fund-raisers amounted to $14,529,000, "administrative costs" ate up another $2,400,000, and $3,837,000 more went for D.A.V. lobbying.
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The D.A.V. does maintain 1,800 local chapters, which help veterans, for example, with their claims against the Government.
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The D.A.V. campaigns used the names of President Eisenhower, former President Truman, and Generals Omar Bradley and Douglas MacArthur in unauthorized "endorsements," until they were stopped by the threat of a mail-fraud trial.
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