HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

JOHN L. MCMILLAN, South Carolina, Chairman

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

H.R. 12937 (Sisk), to revise existing law relating to the examination, licensure, registration, and regulation of optometrists and the practice of optometry in the District of Columbia..

H.R. 13049 (Fuqua), identical bill_

H.R. 13176 (Springer), identical bill.
H.R. 13155 (Shriver), identical bill

H.R. 13623 (Huot) identical bill.

H.R. 13821 (Nelsen), identical bill.

H.R. 13917 (Anderson of Tennessee), identical bill.

H.R. 14583 (Hull), identical bill..

Staff memorandum....

Summary of proposed legislation, and section-by-section analysis...

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California, University of, School of Optometry, Dean Meridith W. Morgan,

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District of Columbia Bar Association, John F. Mahoney, Jr., Esq.

District of Columbia Board of Optometry:

Ephraim, Dr. Zachary, president_

Greenwood, Dr. John..

Teunis, Dr. Robert, vice president.

Warren, Dr. Evart, secretary

Witten, Dr. Wendell..

District of Columbia Government:

Heath, Dr. Frederick C., Deputy Director, Department of Public
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Moyer, Thomas, Esq., Assistant Corporation Counsel.

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District of Columbia Optometric Society, Henry J. Hoff, O.D., president
Fuqua, Hon. Don, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida.
Guild of Prescription Opticians of America and Guild of Prescription
Opticians of Washington, D.C.:

White, Charles, chairman, Virginia State Board of Opticians... Indiana Optometric Association, Robert M. McNevin, Esq., attorney.. McLeod, William N., Jr., Esq---

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Medical Society of the District of Columbia:

Albert, Dr. Dan, chairman, section of ophthalmology.

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Cowan, Dr. Claude L., professor of ophthalmology,
University...

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Dryden, Dr. J. Spencer, chairman of the executive board.
Magee, Warren E., Esq., counsel. __

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National Association of Optometrists and Opticians, Galen E. Rowe, Jr.,
president....

Sisk, Hon. B. F., a Representative in Congress from the State of California.
Tennessee State Optometric Association, H. Sanders Anglea, Esq., general

McLeod, William N., Jr..

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American Journal of Public Health, "Optometry's Role in Health Maintenance A Study of Referrals".

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American Newspaper Publishers Association, Stanford Smith, general
manager, letter dated March 28, 1966, to Chairman Dowdy...
District of Columbia Government:

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Letter dated March 18, 1966, from Hon. Walter N. Tobriner, President, Board of Commissioners, to Chairman McMillan _ _ _ _ Memorandum dated March 18, 1966, from Donald D. Brewer, Director, Department of Public Welfare, to Milton D. Korman, Esq.-.District of Columbia Optometric Society, Horace W. White, Jr., executive director:

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Letter dated March 22, 1966, to Congressman Sisk
Memorandum dated March 25, 1966, to Dr. Warren..
District Wholesale Drug Corp., David I. Estrin, president, letter dated
March 18, 1966, to Chairman McMillan...
Evers v. Buxhaum, t/a Ruben Optical Co. et al.

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Guild of Prescription Opticians of America, Inc., statement entitled "The
Optician and Contact Lenses".

Houston Ophthalmological Society, Dr. George R. Kolodny, president,
telegram dated March 26, 1966, to Chairman Dowdy..
Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Jewlers' Association, Henry
H. Brylawski, executive secretary, letter dated March 17, 1966, to
Chairman Dowdy.

McLeod, William Ñ., Jr., letter dated April 1, 1962, to Chairman Dowdy,
enclosing suggested amendments..

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Medical Society of the District of Columbia, Warren E. Magee, general counsel, letter dated March 15, 1966, to District of Columbia Corporation Counsel.

National Association of Broadcasters, Douglas A. Anello, general counsel, statement__

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National Newspaper Association, Theodore A. Serrill.
New York Jewelry Co., account of Minnie Alice Henry:

Credit card..........

Conditional sales contract.

Invoice and account_.

North Carolina State Commission for the Blind Study:
Testimony of J. Spencer Dryden, M.D., chairman, Executive Board,
Medical Society of the District of Columbia, with respect to such
study.

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Letter dated March 30, 1966, from Dr. J. Spencer Dryden to Congressman Whitener..

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Testimony of Dr. Zachary Ephraim, president, District of Columbia
Board of Optometry with respect to such study.
Exhibits presented by Congressman Whitener, being letter dated
May 19, 1966, from Dr. Gideon L. Lang, Jr., member, North
Carolina Board of Examiners in Optometry, and exchange of cor-
respondence between Dr. John D. Costabile, executive secretary,
North Carolina Optometric Society, Inc. (letter dated June 13,
1961), and Henry A. Wood, executive secretary of the commission
(letter dated August 23, 1961), delineating the procedures to be
followed by optometrists in their reports and referrals.---
Letter dated June 4, 1966, from Dr. Gideon L. Lang, Jr., member,
North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry, to the
clerk of the committee___

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Northern Virginia Academy of Ophthalmology, Dr. John F. Hannon, secretary-treasurer, letter dated March 26, 1966, to Chairman Dowdy, with resolution attached...

Ophthalmic Dispensing Association of Texas, Everett C. Olney, president, telegram dated March 30, 1966, to Chairman Dowdy...

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Rankin, Dr. Richard B., Jr., telegram dated March 23, 1966, to Hon. Basil
L. Whitener..

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Reynolds, G. Stephen, distributive education, Thomas Jefferson High School, letter dated March 7, 1966, to H. H. White, Jr., executive director, Northern Virginia Optometric Society.

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Texas Ophthalmology Association, Dr. Henry L. Hilgartner, president elect, and Dr. Harold E. Hunt, president, telegram dated March 27, 1966, to Chairman Dowdy..

University of the State of New York:

Brind, Charles A., letter dated May 20, 1965, to Harold Kohn, Esq.Virginia, Hon. Robert Y. Dutton, Attorney General, letter dated April 30, 1964, to Hon. D. French Slaughter, Jr.

Virginia Optometric Association, J. W. Doswell, administrative director,
letter dated October 9, 1964, to Earl C. Funderburk..
Washington (D.C.) Publishers Association, Henry C. Gronkiewicz, execu-
tive director, letter dated April 2, 1966, to Chairman Dowdy, enclosing
statement

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Summary of various State Supreme Court opinions respecting validity of provisions of optometry laws in those States, similar to provisions in proposed legislation..........

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