Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

S. 1525

A BILL TO AMEND THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION ACT TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION OF STATE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS, AND TO ASSIST IN THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES PROVIDED UNDER SUCH PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND OTHER GROUPS PRESENTING SPECIAL VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROBLEMS, AND FOR

Text of S. 1525.

CONTENTS

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MARCH 29, 1965

Wilbur J. Cohen, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare.......

Miss Mary E. Switzer, Commissioner of Vocational Rehabilitation, De-

partment of Health, Education, and Welfare; Russell J. N. Dean,

Assistant Commissioner, Legislation and Public Affairs, Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare; Joseph Hunt, Assistant Commissioner,

Program Services, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare;

Mrs. Emily J. Lamborn, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Program

Services, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; and Samuel

Martz, Assistant Commissioner, Management Services, Vocational

Rehabilitation Administration, Department of Health, Education, and

Welfare..

Dr. William A. Spencer, president, chairman, Department of Rehabilita-
tion, College of Medicine, Baylor University, Houston, Tex.
Dr. Frank Krusen, chairman, expert medical committee of the American
Rehabilitation Foundation and professor and coordinator, Department
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Temple University School of
Medicine and Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.

Dr. Paul M. Ellwood, executive director, Kenny Institute, Minneapolis,

Minn.....

MARCH 30, 1965

Dr. Howard A. Rusk, chairman, Department of Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation, New York University Medical Center, and director,

Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York, N. Y...

Dr. A. P. Jarrell, president, National Rehabilitation Association, and

director, Vocational Rehabilitation, Atlanta, Ga.; accompanied by

E. B. Whitten, director, National Rehabilitation Association...

C. T. Higgins, president, National Association of Sheltered Workshops &

Homebound Programs, Inc., and assistant director, Alabama Society

for Crippled Children & Adults; Montgomery, Ala.; accompanied by A.

C. Suazo, executive director, National Association of Sheltered Work-

shops & Homebound programs, Inc.....

Mrs. Fitzhugh Boggs, chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs,

National Association for Retarded Children, Inc.; accompanied by

Harry Blank, assistant on governmental affairs..

Irvin P. Schloss, legislative analyst, American Foundation for the Blind,

and representing the American Association of Workers for the Blind....

STATEMENTS

Boggs, Mrs. Fitzhugh, chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs,

National Association for Retarded Children, Inc.; accompanied by Harry

Blank, assistant on governmental affairs..

Prepared statement..

Cohen, Wilbur J., Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare...

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Ellwood, Dr. Paul M., executive director, Minneapolis, Minn..
Higgins, C. T., president, National Association of Sheltered Workshops &
Homebound Programs, Inc., and assistant director, Alabama Society for
Crippled Children & Adults, Montgomery, Ala.; accompanied by A.C.
Suazo, executive director, National Association of Sheltered Workshops
& Homebound Programs, Inc.--

Jarrell, Dr. A. P., president, National Rehabilitation Association, and

director, Vocational Rehabilitation, Atlanta, Ga.; accompanied by

E. B. Whitten, director, National Rehabilitation Association__

Krusen, Dr. Frank, chairman, Expert Medical Committee of the American
Rehabilitation Foundation and professor and coordinator, Department of
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Temple University School of Med-
icine and Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa..

Montoya, Hon. Joseph M., a U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico

Nagle, John F., chief, Washington office, National Federation of the Blind,

prepared statement..

National Rehabilitation Association, prepared statement.

Place, Hermann G., president, Institute for the Crippled and Disabled, New

York City, prepared statement..

Rusk, Dr. Howard A., chairman, Department of Physical Medicine &

Rehabilitation, New York University Medical Center, and director,

Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York, N.Y...

Prepared statement...

Schloss, Irvin P., legislative analyst, American Foundation for the Blind,

and representing the American Association of Workers for the Blind..