TO THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 222

A BILL TO INSURE THAT PUBLIC BUILDINGS FINANCED WITH FEDERAL FUNDS ARE SO DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED AS TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

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JULY 17, 1967

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia, Chairman

STEPHEN M. YOUNG, Ohio
EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine
ERNEST GRUENING, Alaska

B. EVERETT JORDAN, North Carolina
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii
BIRCH BAYH, Indiana

JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico
JOSEPH D. TYDINGS, Maryland
WILLIAM B. SPONG, JR., Virginia

JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky
HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii

J. CALEB BOGGS. Delaware
GEORGE MURPHY, California
LEN B. JORDAN, Idaho

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee

RICHARD B. ROYCE, Chief Clerk and Staff Director
BAILEY GUARD, Assistant Chief Clerk (Minority)
RICHARD E. GERRISH, Minority Clerk

JOSEPH F. VAN VLADRICKEN, LEON G. BILLINGS, J. B. HUYETT, JR.
M. BARRY MEYER, AND RICHARD D. GRUNDY, Professional Staff Members

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

B. EVERETT JORDAN, North Carolina, Chairman

STEPHEN M. YOUNG, Ohio
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii

HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii
J. CALEB BOGGS, Delaware

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STATEMENTS

Bartlett, Hon. E. L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska..

Bennett, Hon. Charles E., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Florida...

Burghoff, Leslie P., Jr., president, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Inc.;
accompanied by Howard Bennett, executive secretary; and Arthur
Haines, legislative assistant.

Cleveland, Hon. James C., a Representative in Congress from the State of

New Hampshire..

Fay, Mrs. Allan B., chairman, Washington Architectural Barriers Project,
Metropolitan Washington Area..

Fossett, Katherine, Legislative Committee, Nation's Capital Chapter,
National Association of the Physically Handicapped, Inc
Foster, Robert B., Jr., Deputy Commissioner, Public Buildings Service,
General Services Administration; accompanied by Leonard L. Hunter,
Assistant Commissioner for Design and Construction; and James A.
Parker, design staff. -

Gozonsky, Moses, Deputy Assistant for Elderly and Handicapped and

Assistant Secretary for Renewal and Housing Assistance, Department

of Housing and Urban Development...-

Grant, J. Marse, editor, Biblical Recorder, Raleigh, N.C.
Gruening, Hon. Ernest, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska.
Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., a U.S. Senator from the State of Hawaii.
Mason, Walter J., director of legislation and assistant to the president,
Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO...

Maund, William J., Jr., assistant to the executive director, Easter Seal

Society for Crippled Children and Adults--

McDonald, Heyward, chairman, Committee on Federal and State Buildings,

National Commission on Architectural Barriers; and Mrs. Kathaleen

Arneson, executive secretary.

Morring, Carl, board of directors, the National Society for Crippled

Children and Adults.

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

Blind...

Noakes, Edward H., director, Architectural Barriers, American Institute

of Architects..

the Handicapped..

Russell, Harold, Chairman, the President's Committee on Employment of

Switzer, Mary E., Commissioner of Vocational Rehabilitation Adminis-

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

Whitten, E. B., director, National Rehabilitation Association_

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