STROKE, AND OTHER MAJOR DISEASES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 596

A BILL TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING HEART
DISEASE, CANCER, STROKE, AND OTHER MAJOR DISEASES

The Honorable Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education,

and Welfare, accompanied by Dr. Edward W. Dempsey, special assistant

to the Secretary (Health and Medical Affairs) and Dr. David E. Price,

Deputy Surgeon General__

Dr. Robert Berson, executive director, Association of American Medical

Colleges, accompanied by Dr. George Wolf, president, Association of

American Medical Colleges, and Dr. Thomas Turner, president-elect,

Association of American Medical Colleges.

Dr. Carleton B. Chapman, president, American Heart Association, accom-

panied by Dr. James V. Warren, past president, Jesse R. Fillman,

member, board of directors, and Rome Betts, executive secretary,

American Heart Association..

Dr. Murray Copeland, president, American Cancer Society, accompanied

by Dr. Harold S. Diehl, senior vice president for research and medical

affairs, American Cancer Society...

FEBRUARY 10, 1965

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73

82

92

Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, Chairman, President's Commission on Heart

Disease, Cancer, and Stroke.......

102, 107

Dr. Sidney Farber, Chairman, Subcommittee on Cancer..

109

Dr. John Stirling Meyer, Chairman, Subcommittee on Stroke.

136

Dr. Howard A. Rusk, Chairman, Subcommittee on Rehabilitation__.

Dr. Irving Wright, Chairman, Subcommittee on Heart...

132

126

Kennedy, Hon. Robert F., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York.
Dr. Michael E. DeBakey-resumed...

105

107

Marion B. Folsom, director, Eastman Kodak Co...

113

Dr. John Stirling Meyer, Chairman, Subcommittee on Stroke, President's

Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke..........

136

STATEMENTS

American Cancer Society, prepared statement...

Association of American Medical Colleges, prepared statement..

American Dental Association, prepared statement..

Berson, Dr. Robert, executive director, Association of American Medical

Colleges; accompanied by Dr. George Wolf, president, Association of

American Medical Colleges, and Dr. Thomas Turner, president-elect,

Association of American Medical Colleges..

Chapman, Carleton B., president, American Heart Association;_accom-
panied by Dr. James V. Warren, past president, Jesse R. Fillman,
member, board of directors; and Rome Betts, executive secretary,
American Heart Association__

Celebrezze, Hon. Anthony J., Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare; accompanied by Dr. Edward W. Dempsey, special assistant to the
Secretary, and Dr. David E. Price, Deputy Surgeon General__

Copeland, Dr. Murray, President, American Cancer Society; accompanied

by Dr. Harold S. Diehl, senior vice president for research and medical

affairs, American Cancer Society. -

Additional statement.--