HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 545

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THE

A BILL TO COORDINATE THE HEALT FUNCTIONS OF J

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN A SINGLE CENCY; TO AMEND

THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT FOR THE FOLLOW

PURPOSES: TO EXPAND THE ACTIVITIES

THE

AND DENTAL RESEARCH IN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

HEALTH AND THROUGH GRANTS-IN-AID TO THE STATES; TO

CONSTRUCT IN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH A

DENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

HEALTH SERVICE; TO PROMOTE

AND
ENCOURAGE S

AND

S. 1320

A BILL TO PROVIDE A NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AND

PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM

PART 3

JULY 9, 10, AND 11, 1947

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

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 545

A BILL TO COORDINATE THE HEALTH FUNCTIONS OF THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN A SINGLE AGENCY; TO AMEND

THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING

PURPOSES: TO EXPAND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE; TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE MEDICAL

AND DENTAL RESEARCH IN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

HEALTH AND THROUGH GRANTS-IN-AID TO THE STATES; TO

CONSTRUCT IN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH A

DENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND

S. 1320

A BILL TO PROVIDE A NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AND

PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM

PART 3

JULY 9, 10, AND 11, 1947

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

CONTENTS

I. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Carey, James B., secretary-treasurer, Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Cruikshank, Nelson H., director, social insurance activities, American
Federation of Labor..

Page

1351

1319

Davis, Michael M., Ph. D., chairman, Committee for the Nation's Health,
Inc., New York, N. Y.-.

1548

Hansen, Horace R., general counsel, Cooperative Health Federation of
America, St. Paul, Minn...

1384

Lasker, Albert D., president, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, New
York, N. Y-----

1437

1286, 1306, 1317

1543
1130

Lenroot, Katharine, Chief, Children's Bureau, Social Security Administra-
tion____

Louchheim, Joseph H., executive director, Committee for the Nation's
Health, Inc., New York, N. Ý___.

Miller, Hon. Watson B., Administrator, Federal Security Agency-.
Mitchell, William L., Acting Commissioner for Social Security, Social
Security Administration__‒‒‒

1286, 1310, 1317

Parran, Dr. Thomas, Surgeon General. United States Public Health Service 1241

Poss, Edward F., chairman, board of grand trustees, and past grand worthy

president, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Springfield, Ohio---

II. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Wednesday, July 9, 1947:

Edward F. Poss, chairman, board of grand trustees, and past grand

worthy president, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Springfield, Ohio---

Hon. Watson B. Miller, Administrator, Federal Security Agency.

Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, United States Public Health

Service...

William L. Mitchell, Acting Commissioner for Social Security, Social

Security Administration_..

1123

1123

1130

1241

1286, 1310, 1317

Katharine Lenroot, Chief, Children's Bureau, Social Security Ad-

ministration__.

Thursday, July 10, 1947:

1286, 1306, 1317

Nelson H. Cruikshank, director social insurance activities, American

Federation of Labor-----

1319

James B. Carey, secretary-treasurer, Congress of Industrial Organi-

zations_-_-

1351

Horace R. Hansen, general counsel, Cooperative Health Federation

of America, St. Paul, Minn_---

1384

Friday, July 11, 1947:

Albert D. Lasker, president, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, New

York, N. Y____

1437

Joseph H. Louchheim, executive director, Committee for the Nation's

Health, Inc., New York, N. Y...-----

1543, 1670

Michael M. Davis, Ph. D., chairman, Committee for the Nation's Health,

Inc., New York, N. Y____

III. LIST OF STATEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Cruikshank, Nelson H, director, AFL social insurance activities, declara-

tion of American Federation of Labor in re social insurance at its

sixty-fifth convention___

1548

1322