Problems of the Aged and Aging: Hearings Before the General Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 10014, and Related Bills on Aged and Aging ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962 |
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... thing . I know this because almost every old person I have ever talked to in my life has repeated this refrain many , many times , and they have emphasized that Government and business seems to be interested in putting them on a shelf ...
... thing . I know this because almost every old person I have ever talked to in my life has repeated this refrain many , many times , and they have emphasized that Government and business seems to be interested in putting them on a shelf ...
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... thing else in their life to be constructive persons and part of the community adding to the sum total of our success ... things to his room , and things like that . He pulled out a roll of bills and was about to give her some money . She ...
... thing else in their life to be constructive persons and part of the community adding to the sum total of our success ... things to his room , and things like that . He pulled out a roll of bills and was about to give her some money . She ...
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... thing about the way we are treating the aged of our period , particularly sad and tragic because there are so many ... thing and a much more appreciated thing than anything else you can do . My bill was designed to do everything that it ...
... thing about the way we are treating the aged of our period , particularly sad and tragic because there are so many ... thing and a much more appreciated thing than anything else you can do . My bill was designed to do everything that it ...
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... thing that aged people want to do . " The main thing they want to do is to be constructive citizens in their period . They want to do something for themselves and their country . This other stuff , if that is all that people will talk ...
... thing that aged people want to do . " The main thing they want to do is to be constructive citizens in their period . They want to do something for themselves and their country . This other stuff , if that is all that people will talk ...
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... thing , an awful , wasteful thing . I think we are doing this in the Government . I think we are doing it in industry . I doubt that it makes sense to do it when we are as competitive as we are with other systems and we are creating ...
... thing , an awful , wasteful thing . I think we are doing this in the Government . I think we are doing it in industry . I doubt that it makes sense to do it when we are as competitive as we are with other systems and we are creating ...
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activities adequate administration adult aged and aging agency Alameda County assistance bill California Chairman BAILEY Commission on Aging concerned Conference on Aging Congress coordination cost Council on Aging Department of Health elderly ELLSWORTH employment established facilities Federal Government feel financing Fogarty FRELINGHUYSEN funds gerontology GIAIMO glaucoma going grants HANSEN Homemaker Service hospital income individual interest Kerr-Mills labor legislation living meet ment mental nursing homes O'HARA older persons older worker optometric optometrists optometry organization patients percent personnel planning podiatrists Podiatry preretirement present problems public housing question rehabilitation responsibility retirement Rhode Island San Francisco senior citizens social security special staff staff on aging statement STEGER subcommittee testimony Thank thing tion U.S. Commission welfare West Los Angeles West Virginia Wheeling Hospital White House Conference
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Page 498 - Each member shall hold office for a term of three years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and...
Page 444 - Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I am very pleased to be here...
Page 497 - Payments under grants made under this Act may be made in installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary. "DEFINITIONS "Sec. 302. When used in this Act— "(a) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. "(b) The term 'air pollution control agency...
Page 571 - Contributory social insurance is a preferable governmental method of protecting individuals and their families against loss of income due to unemployment, sickness, disability, death of the family breadwinner, and...
Page 105 - Perkins, chairman of the General Subcommittee on Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor, protested against the racial practices of Manpower Development and Training Act ( MDTA ) programs.
Page 1 - It shall be the duty and function of the Administration to— (1) serve as a clearinghouse for information related to problems of the aged and aging; (2) assist the Secretary in all matters pertaining to problems of the aged and aging...
Page 498 - Secretary, but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 USC 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 1 - The right to freedom from want in old age. 4. The right to a fair share of the community's recreational, educational, and medical resources. 5. The right to obtain decent housing suited to needs of later years. 6. The right to the moral and financial support of one's family so far as is consistent with the best interest of the family.
Page 497 - Council which shall consist of 16 persons, not otherwise in the employ of the United States, appointed by the Secretary without regard to the civil service laws. The Secretary shall from time to time appoint one of the members to serve as Chairman. The members shall...
Page 498 - ... and to collect, prepare, publish, and disseminate special educational or informational materials, including reports of the projects for which funds are provided under...