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these studies and recommendations. The achievements to date uld not be relegated to the category of having been just "one more 'erence."

RECOMMENDATIONS

The subcommittee recommends that the Congress enact in 1961 authority to establish a U.S. Office of Aging within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. At the same time the top-level post of Assistant Secretary for Aging should be created to make clear the importance and magnitude of the work to be done. The duties of the Office should include:

(a) A clearinghouse of information related to problems of the aged and aging; (b) assist the Secretary in all matters pertaining to the aging; (c) administer grants provided by the act; (d) conduct research and demonstration programs in the field of aging; (e) provide technical assistance and consultation to States and localities; (f) prepare and publish educational materials dealing with welfare of older persons; (g) gather statistics in the field of aging.

The Office of Aging should administer a program of grants for:

(a) Planning assistance to each State to conduct studies, develop plans for new programs, and improve and coordinate existing programs; (b) project grants to the States to initiate and operate demonstration programs to further the implementing of the declaration of objectives for senior Americans; (c) assistance to nonprofit institutions and organizations to conduct research and training programs in the field.

Planning and project grants, as demonstrated by the Hill-Burton Act and other such grant programs, have proved most effective in achieving efficient, cooperative relationships for joint Federal-State programs in many important areas.

SUMMARY

The Federal Government is in need of a central agency which can act as a spokesman for the aged, which can give focus and full-time attention to the problems of the aged and aging. It can bring technical and financial resources to bear on this problem so that the Federal Government will be equipped to meet today's problems today.

The experience in the States supports the idea that unless there is an agency legislatively authorized and which is built into the structure and fabric of the Government, then relatively little is accomplished.

The Congress has considered this matter for more than 10 years and has had over 50 bills presented on this subject alone. Hearings have been held and it has been discussed by citizen groups throughout the country, in State conferences on aging and at the White House Conference on Aging.

The Federal Government is ready for and requires a high-level agency created and backed by Congress to serve as an eloquent spokesman for senior citizens everywhere. After years of conferences, reports, bills, and studies, it is now certain that unless a specific agency is created with power and responsibility to seek action, very little will be done. These problems, which have been buffeted about from agency to agency in a fragmented fashion for the past decade, are not

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going to diminish or oblige those who would rather talk than act. They are with us now and will be on an ever-increasing basis.

The purpose of this proposal to establish an Office of Aging was expressed by Senator McNamara on the floor of the Senate as follows:

The golden age ought to be the opportunity to reach one's outer limits. The latter half of life ought to be a time when we are freed of fetters and have the chance to soar to whatever heights we are capable of reaching.

What I propose today is a means to help all of us grasp that chance when it comes.

REFERENCES TO BILL AND PUBLISHED COMMITTEE HEARINGS RELATIVE TO ESTABLISHING A BUREAU OF OLDER PERSONS AND A COMMISSION ON THE AGING AND AGED, 1950-60

81ST CONGRESS, 2D SESSION, 1950

House Resolution 473: Creating a select committee to conduct an investigation and study of the problems of the aging. Mrs. Douglas.

82D CONGRESS, 1951-52

No bills were introduced.

83D CONGRESS

Bills introduced in the House of Representatives:

H.R. 9861: To establish a Commission on Programs for the Aging. Mr. Coudert.

No printed hearings.

S. 3731 To establish a Commission on Programs for the Aging. Mr. Ives.

No printed hearings.

84TH CONGRESS

Bills introduced in the House of Representatives:

H.R. 3254: For the establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Aging and Aged. Mr. Laird.

H.R. 3307: For the establishment of the U.S. Commission on the
Aging and Aged. Mr. Derounian.
H.R. 3382: For the
Aging and Aged.
H.R. 3704: For the
Aging and Aged.
H.R. 5095: For the
Aging and Aged.

establishment of the U.S. Commission on the
Mr. Allen of California.

establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Mr. Sikes.

establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Mr. Hosmer.

H.R. 6044: For the establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Aging and Aged. Mr. Corbett.

H.R. 7499: For the establishment of a Commission on the Aging. Mr. Ostertag.

H.R. 8941: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; to authorize Federal grants to assist in the development and operation of studies and projects to help older persons. Mrs. Green of Oregon.

H.R. 9092: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Reuss.

H.R. 9168: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Ashley.

H.R. 11577: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Magnuson.

H.R. 11638: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Rhodes of Pennsylvania.

H.R. 11794: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Thompson of New Jersey.

No printed hearings.

Bills introduced in the Senate:

S. 658: To establish a Commission on Programs for the Aging.
Mr. Ives.

S. 693: For the establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Aging
and Aged. Mr. Potter, Mr. Allott, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Beall, Mr.
Bricker, Mr. Bender, Mr. Bush, Mr. Bridges, Mr. Capehart, Mr.
Carlson, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Case of New Jersey, Mr. Case of South
Dakota, Mr. Chavez, Mr. Duff, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Dirksen, Mr.
Ervin, Mr. Eastland, Mr. Flanders, Mr. Goldwater, Mr. Green,
Mr. Hruska, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Humphrey, Mr. Ives, Mr.
Jackson, Mr. Johnston of South Carolina, Mr. Kuchel, Mr. Ken-
nedy, Mr. Kilgore, Mr. Langer, Mr. Lehman, Mr. Mundt, Mr.
Martin of Pennsylvania, Mr. Malone, Mr. Mansfield, Mr. Magnu-
son, Mr. Murray, Mr. Neuberger, Mr. Payne, Mr. Purtell, Mr.
Pastore, Mr. Saltonstall, Mrs. Smith of Maine, Mr. Schoeppel,
Mr. Smathers, Mr. Sparkman, Mr. Scott, Mr. Thye, Mr. Thur-
mond, Mr. Walker, Mr. Wiley, Mr. Watkins, and Mr. Young.
S. 3932: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older
Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Mr. Magnuson.

No printed hearings.

85TH CONGRESS

Bills introduced in the House of Representatives:

H.R. 373: For the establishment of a Commission on the Aging. Mr. Ostertag.

H.R. 383: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; to authorize Federal grants to assist in the development and operation of studies and projects to help older persons. Mr. Rhodes of Pennsylvania.

H.R. 495: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; to authorize Federal grants to assist in the development and operation of studies and projects to help older persons. Mr. Yates. H.R. 562: To establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office for Senior Citizens. Mr. Bennett of Florida.

H.R. 649: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mrs. Green of Oregon.

H.R. 3120: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Wier.

H.R. 3408: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Reuss.

H.R. 3415: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Thompson of New Jersey.

H.R. 4398: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. King.

H.R. 4486: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Addonizio.

H.R. 5249: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Teller.

H.R. 5654: For the establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Aging and Aged. Mr. Corbett.

H.R. 5932: For the establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Aging and Aged. Mr. Fulton.

H.R. 6976: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Senior Citizens within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; to provide for an Assistant Secretary to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to direct said bureau; to authorize Federal funds to conduct and encourage research and studies in the fields of gerentology, geriatrics, and allied problems of senior citizens. Mr. Cramer.

H.R. 11057: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Zablocki.

H.R. 11271: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Ullman.

H.R. 11659: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Dellay.

H.R. 12051: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Libonati.

Hearings:

House Committee on Education and Labor. Bureau of Older Persons (Aging and Aged). Hearings, 85th Congress, 2d session, on various bills to provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, March 18, 19, 20; April 22, 23, 24, and 30, 1958.

Bills introduced in the Senate:

S. 258: For the establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Aging and Aged. Mr. Potter.

S. 1117: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Magnuson.

S. 3700: For the establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Aging and Aged. Mr. Langer.

No printed hearings.

86TH CONGRESS, 1959-60

Bills introduced in the House of Representatives:

H.R. 314: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Addonizio.

H.R. 490: To provide for the establishment of a Bureau of Senior Citizens within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Cramer.

H.R. 719: To establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office for Senior Citizens. Mr. Bennett of Florida. H.R. 983: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Yates.

H.R. 994: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Zablocki.

H.R. 1195: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Wier.

H.R. 2888: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Libonati.

H.R. 3080: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Teller.

H.R. 13147: To establish the U.S. Office of Aging in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; to authorize Federal grants, establish an advisory committee on the aged and aging; to create an interdepartmental committee on aging; a "Declaration of Objectives for Senior Americans" appears as title I of the bill.

No printed hearings.

Bills introduced in the Senate:

S. 256: To provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Magnuson.

S. 399: For the establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Aging and Aged. Mr. Langer.

S. 3807: To establish the U.S. Office of Aging in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; to authorize Federal grants; establish an advisory committee on the aged and aging; to create an interdepartmental committee on aging; a "Declaration of Objectives for Senior Americans" appears as title I of the bill. Mr. McNamara.

Prepared by Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress, June 8, 1960.

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