SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

AUTHORIZING AN IMPROVED HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM
FOR DEPENDENTS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL ON ACTIVE
DUTY, FOR RETIRED MEMBERS, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 3169

AUTHORIZING A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR THE MENTALLY
RETARDED, MENTALLY ILL, AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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JUNE 22 AND 24, 1966

Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1966

Apple, Dr. William S., executive director, American Pharmaceutical
Association_

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Bible, Senator Alan, of Nevada 1

Bohannon, Lt. Gen. Richard L., Surgeon General of the Air Force_-
Brewer, Rear Adm. James T., USN (retired), Mountain chapter, Re-
tired Officers Association 1.

Brown, Vice Adm. Robert B., Surgeon General of the Navy.
Carlton, Col. John T., executive director, Reserve Officers Association
Association of the United States.

Chapman, Col. James W., legislative counsel, The Retired Officers As-

sociation

Davis, Dr. Milton V., National Medical Veterans Society-
Ettenger, Col. Clayton, chairman, Armed Forces Personnel Services
Committee of the National Association for Retarded Children, Inc..
Fellendorf, George, executive director, Alexander Graham Bell Associ-
ation for the Deaf (statement read by Mrs. Joseph M. Jones,
member of the board of directors).

Friedrich, Dr. Rudolph H., American Dental Association_

Hartke, Senator Vance, of Indiana____

Kennedy, Senator Edward M., of Massachusetts-

Kennedy, Senator Robert F., of New York..

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Heaton, Lt. Gen. Leonard D., Surgeon General of the Army-

Jones, Mrs. Joseph M., member of the board of directors, Alexander

Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and granddaughter of

Alexander Graham Bell-read statement of George Fellendorf,

executive director.

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Mansfield, Senator Mike, of Montana 1

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Kimmich, Dr. Robert A., chairman, Financing of Services Committee,

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directers 1.

Lasker, Mrs. Albert D., President of Albert and Mary Lasker Foun-

dation, Inc., of New York City

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Leggett, Congressman Robert L. Fourth Congressional District of Cal-
ifornia

Morris, Hon. Thomas D., Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower) _

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Nagle, John F., Chief, Washington office, National Federation of the'
Blind...

Nolan, Robert W., national executive secretary, Fleet Reserve Associ-

ation

Price, Congressman Melvin, 24th Congressional District of Illinois 1

Robbins, Edward A., Jr., O.D., member of the Military Affairs Com-

mittee of the American Optometric Association and president of the

Optometric Center of the National Capital Area----

Schloss, Irvin P., legislative analyst, Washington office, American

Foundation for the Blind, Inc---

1

Schmidt, Dr. William M., professor of Maternal and Child Health,
Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University

Schumacker, Dr. William E., president, National Association of State

Mental Health Program Directors and director of Mental Health

Bureau of the State of Maine.

mittee..

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Shore, Chester C., legislative chairman, American Veterans Com-

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Throne, Dr. John M., associate director, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.,

Foundation_.

1 Statements submitted for the record; did not appear in person.

Stokes, J. Buroughs, manager, Washington, D.C., office, Christian

Science Committee on Publication of the First Church of Christ,

Scientist, Boston, Mass--

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