HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 14088

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

65-452 O

JUNE 22 AND 24, 1966

Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services

SU.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1966

CONTENTS

Statements of:

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

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.........

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...

Kennedy, Senator Edward M., of Massachusetts
Kennedy, Senator Robert F., of New York...

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 1

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

Mansfield, Senator Mike, of Montana 1_

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

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
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..

Schmidt, Dr. William M., professor of Maternal and Child Health,
Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University 1
Schumacker, Dr. William E., president, National Association of State
Mental Health Program Directors and director of Mental Health
Bureau of the State of Maine...

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

Stokes, J. Buroughs, manager, Washington, D.C., office, Christian
Science Committee on Publication of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, Boston, Mass...

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

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

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Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service 1

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