Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

LISTER HILL, Alabama, Chairman JAMES E. MURRAY, Montana

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona JOHN F. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan

EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois WAYNE MORSE, Oregon

CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey RALPH W. YARBOROUGH, Texas

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
JOSEPH S. CLARK, Pennsylvania

WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey

STEWART E. MCCLURE, Chief Clerk

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PROBLEMS OF THE AGED AND AGING

PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan, Chairman JOHN F. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

EVERETT McKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois JOSEPH S. CLARK, Pennsylvania

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia

SIDNEY SPECTOR, Staff Director
HAROLD L. SHEPPARD, Research Director

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CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

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AUGUST 4, 1959

Cowan, Nathan, chairman; accompanied by James C. O'Brien, assistant

chairman, Committee of Retired Workers, United Steelworkers of

American

Carey, Mrs. Jean Wallace, director, division of aging, Federation of

Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc-

Morgan, Dr. Joy Elmer, president, Senior Citizens of America ---

Spilman, Joseph L., first vice president, National Association of Retired

Civil Employees

Dunn, William, assistant to President Joseph A. Beirne; accompanied by

Mrs. Helen Berthelot, legislative representative, Communications

Workers of America, AFL-CIO..

Van Orman, Dr. William, National Education Association of the United

States; accompanied by Dr. Henrietta Rabe, supervisor of education

for the aging, bureau of adult education.-

Carter, Henry, president National Conference of 40 Plus Clubs of the

United States

Krettek, Miss Germaine, director, Washington office, American Library

Association..

Larsson, Mrs. Nelda Ross, American Dietetic Association.

Hoffman, Mrs. Helen Duey, the Friendly Seniors of All Souls Church

(Unitarian) -

AUGUST 5, 1959

Andrus, Dr. Ethel Percy, president; accompanied by Mrs. Ruth Lana,

executive_secretary, and Leonard Davis, business adviser, National

Retired Teachers Association and American Association of Retired

Persons.

Mathiasen, Geneva, executive secretary, National Committee on the

Aging--

Swartz, Dr. Frederick C., chairman; accompanied by John Guy Miller, staff

associate, Committee on Aging, American Medical Association..

Mattison, Berwyn F., executive director, American Public Health Asso-

ciation..

Williamson, Kenneth, associate director, American Hospital Association -

Thompson, Julia C., Washington representative, American Nurses'

Association.

O'Grady, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John, secretary, National Conference of Catholic

Charities.

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AUGUST 6, 1959

Ellickson, Mrs. Katherine, assistant director, Department of Social

Security, AFL-CIO..

Gifford, Chloe, president, General Federation of Women's Clubs

McMahon, Gen. John P., commander in chief, Volunteers of America..

Bortz, Edward L., M.D., president-elect, American Geriatrics Society -

McGuire, Marie C., executive director, Housing Authority of the City of

San Antonio, Tex..-

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