HEARINGS

OF THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL

SERVICE CORPS

U.S. Congress. Senak, oF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE,

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1321

A BILL PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS TO
STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS IN THE
UNITED STATES

99-865

MAY 28, 29; JUNE 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 18, AND 19, 1963

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

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1963

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SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS
HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

JOHN G. TOWER, Texas
JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

FREDERICK R. BLACKWELL, Counsel to the Subcommittee

ANNE O. VON DER LIETH, Associate Counsel

HARRY G. WILKINSON, Associate Counsel

RAYMOND D. HURLEY, A88ociate Minority Counsel

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CONTENTS

Text of-

S. 1321

Report from the Veterans' Administration...

Report from the Department of Commerce_.

Report from the Peace Corps...

Report from the Department of the Interior.

Report from the Civil Service Commissioner.

Report from the Bureau of the Budget----

Report from Housing and Home Finance Agency..

Report from the Department of Agriculture.......

Report from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare__

Report from the Department of Labor..

Explanation of S. 1321_

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MAY 28, 1963

Wirtz, Hon. W. Willard, Secretary of Labor, accompanied by Daniel P.

Moynihan, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research,

and Samuel V. Merrick, Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs..

Udall, Hon. Stewart L., Secretary of the Interior...

MAY 29, 1963

Kennedy, Hon. Robert F., Attorney General of the United States-

Bartlett, Hon. E. L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska___

Whitman, Carl, chairman, Tribal Business Council, Three Affiliated

Tribes, Fort Berthold Reservation, New Town, N. Dak...-

Clemens, Clifton, member, city council, Wasco, Calif._

Forbes, Malcolm, publisher and editor of Forbes Magazine... -

Celebrezze, Hon. Anthony J., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

87

JUNE 5, 1963

Shriver, Hon. R. Sargent, Jr., Director, the Peace Corps---.

Gleason, Hon. John S., Jr., Administrator, Veterans' Administration___.

100

112

JUNE 6, 1963

Anderson, William R., Consultant to the President and Staff Director of

the President's Study Group on a National Service Program___

119

JUNE 7, 1963

Stepp, Howard, registrar, Princeton University, accompanied by Ronald

Glick, Edward Rivinus, and Michael Pane__

Hawkins, Mrs. Arthur, department of Christian Social Action, Protestant

Episcopal Diocese of Newark, N.J..

140

149

Tumin, Melvin, associate professor of sociology, Princeton University---

154

McAlpin, Rev. David H., Jr., president, Mercer County Association for

Mental Health_.

157

Holland, Hon. Arthur, mayor, Trenton, N.J.--

159

Convissor, Samuel, administrative assistant to the mayor of Newark and

executive director, South Side project__.

164

Stalley, Marshall, assistant director, Urban Studies Center, Rutgers Uni-

versity; Bradford Abernethy, chaplain, Rutgers University; and Eric

Moss, Institute of Labor Relations, Rutgers University.

169

McCorkle, Dr. Lloyd W., Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies for

the State of New Jersey, accompanied by Salvatore Russoniello- -

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