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Vocational Education,

THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND CHILD

NUTRITION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1975

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 3736

A BILL TO AMEND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND
CHILD NUTRITION ACTS IN ORDER TO EXTEND AND RE-
VISE THE SPECIAL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHIL-
DREN AND THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES RELATED TO STRENGTHENING THE
SCHOOL LUNCH AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

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HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
MARCH 4 AND 10, 1975

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
CARL D. PERKINS, Chairman

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1975

"CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

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CONTENTS

Hearings held in Washington, D.C.:

March 4, 1975.

March 10, 1975.

Text of H.R. 3736..

Section-by-section analysis.

Statement of-

Bevins, Z., State director of school food service programs in the State

of Kentucky.

Feltner, Dr. Richard L., Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Con-

sumer Services, USDA, Edward J. Hekman, Administrator, Food

and Nutrition Service; John A. Harris, Office of General Counsel; and

Jerry Bolling, Food and Nutrition Service..

Jones, Fred, administrator, Oklahoma school lunch program_

Martin, Josephine, Georgia Department of Education.

Perryman, Dr. John, executive director, American School Food Service

Association; Ms. Helen Walker, director of School Food Services,

School Board of Polk County, Fla.; John Stalker, Massachusetts

Department of Education; Miss Josephine Martin, legislative

chairman, American Food Services Association; Joseph Stewart,

director of school food service for the District of Columbia; Ms.

Gene White, legislative chairman of food school programs; and

Karen Perry, student, Cary, N.C.

Reed, Richard, chief, Bureau of School Food Management, New
York State Education Department. -

Reiss, Col. E. C., president, National Association of State Agencies.
Richmond, Hon. Frederick W., a Representative in Congress from
the State of New York....

Risenhoover, Hon. Theodore M., a Representative in Congress from

the state of Oklahoma__.

Stalker, John, director, Bureau of Nutrition, School Food Service,

Massachusetts Department of Education.

Stickle, Gabriel, National Foundation, March of Dimes; Dr. Ellen

Alkon, Minneapolis Health Department; and Dr. Rose Ann Lang-

ham, Metairie, La.......

106

Van Egmond, Dorothy, assistant to the director of food services,
Prince George's County Public Schools___

176

Vanik, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Ohio

46

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:

Alkon, Dr. Ellen, director, Maternal and Child Health, acting com-

missioner of health, Minneapolis Health Department, prepared

statement of

139

Feltner, Richard L., Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Agri-

ture, prepared statement of...

20

Gorodetski, Rabbi S. B., chairman, Hassidic Corp. for Urban Con-

cerns, Brooklyn, N. Y., prepared statement of

149

Harvey, Stefan, the Childrens' Foundation, Washington, D.C.:

Need for WIC-The Special Food Supplement Program (table)__

Prepared statement of

154

150

"Status Report on the Special Food Service Program for Chil-

dren," a report_- -

156

Jones, Fred L., State director, Oklahoma school lunch section, State
Department of Education, prepared statement of.......
Koch, Edward I., New York, prepared statement of -

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