AMEND THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGING OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS Sprague, Norman, director of the employment retirement program of the National Council on Aging....... Hutton, William, executive director of the National Council of Senior Cook, Wesley, director, medicare alert program, United Planning organiza- Smothers, Miss Maude G., team captain, medicare alert volunteer.. Barg, Mrs. Sylvia, director, Helpmate Volunteer Bureau of Retired Adults, Philadelphia, representing the National Council of Jewish Women, accompanied by Mrs. Dot Ebert, Washington, D.C.; Jacob Golden, Washington, D.C.; and Miss Judy Calof, professional assistant, National Council of Jewish Women, Senior Service Corps experiment Bingham, Hon. Jonathan, a U.S. Representative from the 23d Congressional District of New York, accompanied by Mrs. Susan Kinoy, director of Kings Bridge neighborhood project on the aging, New York City; and Walter Newburgher, senior citizens activities, district 65, Retail, Whole- sale & Department Store Union, New York City. Brandel, Arthur, project director, National Council of Senior Citizens, J. William Norman, staff director, Senate Special Committee on Aging, representing Senator George Smathers, U.S. Senator from the State of Joseph Prendergast, executive vice president, National Recreation & Park Association, as presented by Ken Smithee.. Mrs. Margaret Schweinhaut, chairman, Maryland Coordinating Commis- sion on Problems of the Aging.... Mrs. Eone Harger, president-elect, National Association of State Units on Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph T. Alves, chairman, Commission on Aging, Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, as presented by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.. Dr. Blue Carstenson, executive director, Senior Member Council, National Farmers Union, and executive vice president, Green Thumb, accom- panied by Mrs. Polly Shackleton, member, National Advisory Committee on Green Thumb, Inc.; and Hank Wilcox, project director, Green Mrs. Polly Shackleton, member, National Advisory Committee for Green Miss Germaine Krettek, associate director, American Library Association.. Dr. J. Iverson Riddle, psychiatrist and superintendent of Western Carolina JUNE 15, 1966 Hon. W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor.. Mathiasen, Geneva, executive director, National Council on the Aging, Page 115 120 130 138 Mrs. Stevie Suggs, staff member, Select Education Subcommittee, House William C. Fitch, executive director, National Retired Teachers Association and American Association of Retired Persons, presented by Ernest Giddings, director of legislation....... 138 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Articles entitled "First "TEAM' Goes In," by Carol Sutton, from the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal, February 6, 1966... 154 "Help From Helpmate," from the Germantown Courier, April 22, 1965_. 153 "Johnson Orders a Study of Aged-Tells Pages He Would Like To "Sam Winter Retires From Old Age," from Look, August 13, 1963.. Comments from directors of youth organizations, schools, and agencies... Alves, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph T., chairman, Commission on Aging, Quillan, Francis S., the Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Newark, STATEMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS: Blakely, Thomas, J., ACSW, executive secretary, Diocesan Develop- 126 154 156 155 151 82 150 150 148 145 102 201 202, 203 Freeman, Orville, L., Department of Agriculture, dated June 17, 1966. 200 Garnett, Burt, Key West, Fla., dated May 18, 1966. 205 Kelly, Mayor James W., Jr., East Orange, N.J., dated May 26, 1966- 206 206 Malgieri, Vito A., director, Committee on Older People, United Com- 213 207 Sheppard, Dr. Harold L., member, Advisory Committee on Older 210 Sickles, Rev. Clarence W., executive director, Heath Village, Hack- 209 Sloat, Mrs. Nathan, executive director, Volunteer Bureau of Sacra- 212 Wilson, Harry R., consultant, Fresno County Senior Citizens' Center, Stalley, Marshall, assistant director, Rutgers, the State University, 212 208 |