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(HILL-BURTON) ACT AMENDMENTS

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE.
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 205, S. 231, S. 614, Title III of S. 1679,
and Title IV of S. 1581

BILLS RELATIVE TO HOSPITAL SURVEY AND
CONSTRUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS

MAY 4, 5, AND 9, 1949

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

445663

91275

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1949

CONTENTS

146

I. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Banyon, Stanley R., editor-publisher, Palladium Publishing Co., Benton
Harbor, Mich___

Brewster, Hon. Owen, a United States Senator from the State of Maine..

Bugbee, George, executive director, American Hospital Association,

Chicago, Ill

Page

218

236

240

Carter, Robert G., supervisor, hospital planning division, Florida State

Improvement Commission_

213

Elliott, Hon. Alfred, a former Member of Congress from the State of

California..

227

Ferrell, Dr. John A., executive secretary, North Carolina Medical Care

Commission, Raleigh, N. C...

154

Galloway, Dr. D. V., executive director, Mississippi Commission on

Hospital Care, Jackson, Miss_

114

Halvorson, Lloyd C., secretary, National Grange Interim Committee on

Health

261

Hansen, Horace R., attorney, Cooperative Health Federation of America,

St. Paul, Minn...

178

Hoffman, Hon. Clare E., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Michigan

218

Hoge, Dr. V. M., Chief, Division of Hospital Facilities, United States

Public Health Service_

21

207

Holland, Hon. Spessard L., a United States Senator from the State of
Florida__

Hutcheson, Dr. R. H., commissioner, Tennessee Department of Public

Health, and president, Association of State and Territorial Health

Officers---

Kaiser, Dr. Albert D., executive director, regional hospitals, Rochester,

N. Y

Leavell, Dr. Hugh R., professor of public health practice, Harvard School
of Public Health, Boston, Mass., and chairman, executive board,
American Public Health Association, New York, N. Y.

Lull, Dr. George F., secretary, American Medical Association, Chicago,
Ill.

Martin, Rev. John G., S. T. D., chairman, committee on legislation,
American Protestant Hospital Association, Newark, N. J.
McDonald, Angus, assistant legislative secretary, Farmers Educational
and Cooperative Union of America, Washington, D. C..
Pepper, Hon. Claude, a United States Senator from the State of Florida.
Reed, Dr. Louis, Chief, Special Services Branch, Division of Hospital
Facilities, United States Public Health Service

Sanger, Dr. William T., president, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond,
Va...

96

92

237

88

258

182

185

15

169

Scheele, Dr. Leonard A., Surgeon General, United States Public Health

Service_

11

Slaughter, J. O., chairman, Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care,

Jackson, Miss.

Sikes, Hon. Robert L. F., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Florida

218

111

Smith, Hon. Margaret Chase, a United States Senator from the State of

Maine...

Smith, Rt. Rev. Msgr. George Lewis, president, Catholic Hospital Asso-
ciation, Aiken, S. Č..

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234

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