SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL, STATE, AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE ELDERLY

OF THE

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

99-064

PART 1

JULY 24, 25, AND 29, 1968

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CONTENTS

Opening statement by Senator Jennings Randolph, chairman, Subcom-

mittee on Employment and Retirement Incomes-

Opening statement by Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., chairman,

Senate Special Committee on Aging--

Opening statement by Senator Edward Kennedy, chairman, Subcom-

mittee on Federal, State, and Community Services---

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1968

Wirtz, Hon. Willard W., Secretary, Department of Labor, accompanied

by Louis H. Ravin, Special Assistant for Older Workers__

Dodd, Allen R., contributing editor, Marketing and Communications.

Levine, Louis, professor of economics, Institute for Research on Human

Resources, Pennsylvania State University..

Kaplan, Oscar J., professor of psychology, San Diego State College; and

Harry Grace, professor of management, University of Southern Cali-

fornia..

Grace, Professor, statement--

THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1968

Ravin, Louis H., Special Assistant for Older Workers; Sol Swerdloff,

Bureau of Labor Statistics; Clarence T. Lundquist, Administrator,

Wage and Hour and Public Contract Divisions; Richard Mendenhall,

representing Mark Battle, Administrator of the Bureau of Work-

Training Program; and Charles Odell, Director of the U.S. Employment

Service.

Swerdloff, Sol, Bureau of Labor Statistics..
Odell, Charles, U.S. Employment Service...

Lundquist, Clarence T., Administrator, Wage and Hour and Public
Contracts Divisions___

Mendenhall, Richard, Bureau of Work-Training Program

Fait, Eleanor, supervisor, older worker program, State of California............

Baxter, Mrs. James H., trustee, and Mrs. Gladys Sprinkle, director,

Over-60 Counseling and Employment Service, Montgomery County

Federation of Women's Clubs..

Vilimas, Joseph, executive director, John F. Kennedy Family Service

Center, Charlestown, Mass.

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MONDAY, JULY 29, 1968

Sheppard, Dr. Harold, social scientist, Upjohn Institute for Employment

Research...-.

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Scheuer, Hon. James H., a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

from the State of New York..

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Barkin, Solomon, professor of economics, University of Massachusetts__

Jakubauskas, Edward, director, Industrial Relations Center, University

of Iowa....

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Porter, Mrs. Elsa, special assistant, Office of Personnel and Training,

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Riessman, Frank, professor of educational sociology, New York University.

Usdane, Dr. William, Social and Rehabilitative Service, HEW.

Carstenson, Dr. Blue A., assistant to the president, National Farmers

Union..

Blatt, Miss Genevieve, Assistant Director, Office of Economic Opportunity.

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