Mental Health (supplemental)

(SUPPLEMENTAL)

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

1.2. Congress. House. COMMITTEE ON
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

AN ACT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING MENTAL
RETARDATION THROUGH GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
RESEARCH CENTERS AND GRANTS FOR FACILITIES FOR
THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND ASSISTANCE IN IMPROV-
ING MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH GRANTS FOR CONSTRUC-
TION AND INITIAL STAFFING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL
HEALTH CENTERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

OREN HARRIS,

JOHN BELL WILLIAMS, Mississippi
KENNETH A. ROBERTS, Alabama
HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia
WALTER ROGERS, Texas

SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, Maryland

TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts
GEORGE M. RHODES, Pennsylvania
JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma

LEO W. O'BRIEN, New York

JOHN E. MOSS, California

JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan

PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida

ROBERT W. HEMPHILL, South Carolina
DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois
JAMES C. HEALEY, New York

HORACE R. KORNEGAY, North Carolina
W. R. HULL, JR., Missouri
GILLIS W. LONG, Louisiana

LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California

Arkansas, Chairman

JOHN B. BENNETT, Michigan
WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois
PAUL F. SCHENCK, Ohio

J. ARTHUR YOUNGER, California
MILTON W. GLENN, New Jersey
SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio
ANCHER NELSEN, Minnesota
HASTINGS KEITH, Massachusetts
WILLARD S. CURTIN, Pennsylvania
ABNER W. SIBAL, Connecticut
GLENN CUNNINGHAM, Nebraska
JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina
DONALD G. BROTZMAN, Colorado

W. E. WILLIAMSON, Clerk
KENNETH J. PAINTER, Assistant Clerk

Professional Staff

ANDREW STEVENSON
KURT BORCHARDT

GEORGE W. PERRY

JAMES M. MENGER, Jr.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
KENNETH A. ROBERTS, Alabama, Chairman

GEORGE M. RHODES, Pennsylvania
LEO W. O'BRIEN, New York
PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida

PAUL F. SCHENCK, Ohio
ANCHER NELSEN, Minnesota

DONALD G. BROTZMAN, Colorado

R.V.S. 3A963

CONGRESSIONAL

HEARINGS, PRINTS AND REPORTS

Hearings held on—

July 10, 1963.

July 11, 1963.

Text of S. 1576.......

CONTENTS

Report of Health, Education, and Welfare Department....

Statement of-

Page

135

Adams, Arlie, chief, State department of public welfare, Pennsylvania

Department of Health__

187

Boland, Hon. Edward P., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Massachusetts..

184

Connor, Dr. Frances P., head, department of special education,

Teachers College, Columbia University..

210

Conte, Hon. Silvio O., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Massachusetts

200

Duval, Dr. Addison M., director, division of mental health, Georgia

Department of Public Health.

190

Dybwad, Dr. Gunnar, executive director, National Association for
Retarded Children, Inc..

Ewalt, Dr. Jack R., president, American Psychiatric Association.

Felix, Dr. Robert H., Assistant Surgeon General, National Institutes

of Health....

Friedenberg, Dr. Harold L. Richmond, Va.

Jackson, Dr. George, State director of mental hygiene, Little Rock,

Ark

117

Jones, Boisfeuillet, special assistant to the Secretary, Health and

Medical Affairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. 18, 137

Lowell, Dr. Edgar L., administrator, John Tracy Clinic, Los Angeles,

Nagle, John F., chief, Washington office, National Federation of the

Blind

Pratt, George T., chairman, committee on legislation, Council on

Education of the Deaf__.

Silverman, Dr. S. Richard, director, Central Institute for the Deaf,

St. Louis, Mo.

Schloss, Irvin P., legislative analyst, American Foundation for the

Blind, Inc.

219

202

Terry, Dr. Luther L., Surgeon General, Public Health Service.
Ulett, Dr. George, director, Division of Mental Diseases, Department
of Public Health and Welfare, State of Missouri_ _ _
Venable, Dr. John H., director, Georgia Department of Public Health
Visotsky, Dr. Harold, director, Department of Mental Health, State
of Illinois..

18, 137

190

104

Additional information submitted for the record by-

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Inc., letter from
George W. Fellendorf, executive director..

Alabama Association for Mental Health, telegram from John K.

Williams, executive director...