SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING. UNITED STATES SENATE NINETIETH CONGRESS 83-481 O JUNE 22 AND 23, 1967 Printed for the use of the Special Committee on Aging U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office RALPH YARBOROUGH, Texas HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota Part 1-Washington, D.C. Part 2-New York, N.Y. (Additional hearings anticipated but not scheduled at the time of this printing.) II Page 1 Opening statement by the chairman__. Williams, Harrison A., Jr., chairman, Special Committee on Aging- David, Alvin M., Assistant Commissioner for Program Evaluation and Planning, Social Security Administration; Carruth J. Wagner, Assistant Surgeon General; and George A. Silver, M.D., Deputy Assistant Sec- retary for Health and Scientific Affairs; accompanied by Jeffrey H. Weiss, operations research analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Program Coordination, and John Grupenhof, Legislative unit, Office Nolen, Dr. William A., Litchfield, Minn. Edelman, John W., president, and William R. Hutton, executive director, National Council of Senior Citizens; and Frank Wallick, legislative staff of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agri- James, George, M.D., dean, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, and Milton I. Roemer, M.D., professor, School of Public Health, Cervantes, Rev. Lucius F., S. J., Ph. D., professor of sociology, St. Louis (Mo.) University, and assistant to the mayor of St. Louis.......... Guiney, Mary K., project director and planning consultant on aging to 136 Friedman, Bernard, medical director and superintendent, Robert Koch 126 McNerney, Walter J., president, Blue Cross Association_. Ohlendorf, Howard C., chairman, Planning Committee on Aging, Health Vincent, Sister Mary C.C.V.I., the Cardinal Ritter Institute, St. Louis, Mo. Williams, Cary M., Suncoast Progress, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla--- Cervantes, A. J., mayor, St. Louis, Mo.: Letter to Hon. George A. Smathers, |