Annual Report of the U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and WelfareU.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1953 |
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... Congress creating the Department of Health , Education , and Welfare . In bringing together the somewhat loosely knit units that , since 1939 , had made up the Federal Security Agency the President and the Congress assured permanent and ...
... Congress creating the Department of Health , Education , and Welfare . In bringing together the somewhat loosely knit units that , since 1939 , had made up the Federal Security Agency the President and the Congress assured permanent and ...
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... Congress in 1798 to care for merchant seamen and help keep disease from the shores of the young Republic . As an outgrowth of the turbulent years of the Civil War , Congress founded Howard University in 1865 , when there was a felt ...
... Congress in 1798 to care for merchant seamen and help keep disease from the shores of the young Republic . As an outgrowth of the turbulent years of the Civil War , Congress founded Howard University in 1865 , when there was a felt ...
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... Congress . Another aspect of the historical development of the programs of health , education , and welfare is noteworthy . It is the fact that , by and large , the choice of the American people for action in these fields has been ...
... Congress . Another aspect of the historical development of the programs of health , education , and welfare is noteworthy . It is the fact that , by and large , the choice of the American people for action in these fields has been ...
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... Congress by the President . The measure passed by the Congress was subse- quently approved on August 7 , 1953 . The second was legislation providing for continuing the program of Federal assistance to the States for construction and for ...
... Congress by the President . The measure passed by the Congress was subse- quently approved on August 7 , 1953 . The second was legislation providing for continuing the program of Federal assistance to the States for construction and for ...
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... Congress shortly after the close of the fiscal year . An important milestone in national progress in medical research was passed with the completion of the Clinical Center at the Public Health Service's National Institutes of Health ...
... Congress shortly after the close of the fiscal year . An important milestone in national progress in medical research was passed with the completion of the Clinical Center at the Public Health Service's National Institutes of Health ...
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Page 165 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 49 - Bureau shall investigate and report . . . upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people...
Page 262 - Central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, with corrective glasses, or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye.
Page 2 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book, or goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue...
Page 165 - ... year, in the number of children whose membership results directly from activities of the United States (carried on either directly or through a contractor), multiplied by 45 per centum of the average per pupil cost of constructing minimum school facilities in the State in which the school district of such agency is situated.
Page 218 - State educational agencies to pay part of the cost of experimental projects for developing State leadership or for the establishment of special services which, in the judgment of the Commissioner, hold promise of making a substantial contribution to the solution of problems common to the State educational agencies of all or several States, and for grants to public regional interstate commissions or agencies for educational planning and research.
Page 158 - Education as set forth in the act which established it is that of — •collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of •education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promoting — the cause of education...
Page 213 - Act as amended, providing for the administration of grants to States for maternal and child health services, services for crippled children...
Page 31 - Only those individuals who are totally disabled by illness, injury, or other physical or mental impairment which can be expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration may qualify for the freeze.
Page 184 - For the purposes of this paragraph the Commissioner shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered. (f) The term "local educational agency...