~1121 HEARINGS DOCUMENT DIVISION BEFORE A DEPOSITORY STANFORD LIBRARY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SEP 30 1949 COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1106, S. 1456, S. 1581, and S. 1679 BILLS RELATIVE TO A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM PART 1 MAY 23, 24, 25, 31, JUNE 1, 2, 1949 Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1106, S. 1456, S. 1581, and S. 1679 BILLS RELATIVE TO A NATIONAL 91626 PART 1 MAY 23, 24, 25, 31, JUNE 1, 2, 1949 Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1949 CONTENTS I. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Bauer, Dr. Louis H., Hempstead, N. Y., on behalf of American Medical Page Brown, Harvey W., president, International Association of Machinists-- Carey, James B., secretary-treasurer, Congress of Industrial Organizations_ Cruikshank, Nelson H., director of social insurance activities, American Flagstad, Dr. Carl O., Minneapolis, Minn., on behalf of American Dental Goin, Dr. Lowell S., Los Angeles, Calif., president, California Physicians' Harris, Seymour E., professor of economics, Harvard University, on behalf 149 Hawley, Dr. Paul R., chief executive officer, Blue Cross-Blue Shield Com- 332 Hayes, John H., chairman, council on Government relations, American Hos- 438 Hill, Hon. Lister, a United States Senator from the State of Alabama. 139 423 Hutcheson, Dr. R. H., president, State and Territorial Health Officers 541 Leavell, Dr. Hugh R., professor of public health practice, Harvard School of Public Health, and chairman, executive board, American Public Health McGowan, Rev. Donald A., director of Bureau of Health and Hospitals, National Catholic Welfare Conference, Washington, D. C....... Nelson, George, grand lodge representative, International Association Taft. Hon. Robert A., a United States Senator from the State of Ohio....... Van Steenwyk, E. A., executive director, the Associated Hospital Service of Philadelphia, and chairman, government relations committee, Blue II. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Monday, May 23, 1949: J. Donald Kingsley, Acting Federal Security Ad- Hon. Robert A. Taft, a United States Senator from the State of Ohio__ Hon. Lister Hill, a United States Senator from the State of Alabama- |