CONTENTS

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Text of the bill, H. R. 2550.

Report on bill by Federal Security Agency.

Report on bill by Bureau of the Budget

Statements of-

Parran, Dr. Thomas, Surgeon General, United States Public Health

Service...

Stevenson, Dr. George S., medical director, National Committee for

Mental Hygiene..

Marquis, Dr. Donald, secretary, American Psychological Association_

Hartshorne, Miss Frances, executive secretary, Connecticut Society for

Mental Hygiene....

Braceland, Čapt. Francis, Chief, Neuropsychiatric Branch, Bureau of

Medicine and Surgery, United States Navy --

Hershey, Maj. Gen. Lewis B., Director, Selective Service System..
Challmer, Co. Allen A., Deputy Director, Division of Neuropsychiatry,
Office of Surgeon General, United States Army

Meyer, Eugene, president, National Committee for Mental Hygiene,

Washington, D. C..

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Baird, Col. John H., Chief, Neuropsychiatry, United States Veterans'

Administration_

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Bond, Maj. D. D., Chief, Psychiatric Branch, Office of Air Surgeon,

United States Amry-

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Curran, Dr. Frank J., representing the Emergency Committee of

Neuropsychiatric Societies of New York City..

Baggs, Dr. A. N., medical consultant of the American Legion.

Wiley, Mrs. Harvey W., chairman, department of legislation, General

Federation of Women's Clubs, Washington, D. C.

Lowe, Mrs. C. B., member of legislation committee, National Congress

of Parents and Teachers.

Miller, Watson B., Acting Administrator, Federal Security Agency-

Strecker, Dr. Edward .A., vice president, American Psychiatric

Society.

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Shortley, Michael J., Director, United States Office of Vocational

Rehabilitation.

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Felix, Dr. Robert H., Chief, Division of Mental Hygiene, United States

Public Health Service...

Levine, Miss Rae A., representing New York City Committee on

Mental Hygiene-- -

Vogel, Victor H., Office of Educational Rehabilitation_

Winslow, C. E. A., member, Public Health Council of the State of

Connecticut----.

Letter from Donald G. Marquis, recording secretary of the American

Psychological Association__.

Letter from Vice Adm. Ross T. McIntire, Surgeon General United States

Navy..

Telegram from H. A. Carlson, scientific director of research of the Council

on Problems of Alcohol...

Letter from Sanford Bates, commissioner, Department of Institutions and

Agencies, State of New Jersey.

Letter from Dr. Karl M. Bowman, president, American Psychiatric Asso-

ciation...

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Letter from Margaret Clark Lefevre, executive secretary, Minnesota Men-

tal Hygiene Society.

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Letter from Dr. I. E. Riggin, president, Association of State and Territorial

Health Officers-

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Letter from Donna Diamond, president, Association for the Improvement
of Conditions in Mental Hospitals, Inc., New York City..
Letter from Mildred W. Saupe, professor of psychology, Missouri Valley
College, Marshall, Mo.-

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Letter from Anderson, H. B., secretary, Citizens' Medical Reference
Bureau, Inc., New York City.

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Letter from mental hygiene committee, health division of the Brooklyn
(N. Y.) Council for Social Planning-

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Telegram from Arthur L. Ringle, Seattle, Wash...

STATISTICAL TABLES AND ARTICLES

1. Physicians recommended and employed in State mental hospitals in

1940__.

2. Total expenditures of State hospitals for mental disease, and per capita

expenditures for maintenance, by divisions and States, in 1941.

3. Statement entitled "Illiteracy and Educational Deficiency among Selec-

tive Service Registrants, November 1940 to June 1944".

4. Statement entitled "Mental Disease in Selective Service Registrants"

5. Article from August 11, 1945, issue of the American Medical Association

Journal entitled "Mental and Personality Disorders in Selective Serv-

ice Registrants," by Col. Leonard G. Rowntree...

6. Estimated initial grants to States for maintenance and operation of a

central mental health office and a minimum of one general mental hy-

giene outpatient clinic for each 500,000 population_.

7. Number of general mental hygiene clinic hours necessary for adequate

service, the number of clinic hours now available, and estimated funds.

8. Report on "Needs in Psychiatric Rehabilitation in New York City," by

the New York City committee on mental hygiene of the State Chari-

ties Aid Association_.

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9. Editorial from the American Journal of Public Health of June, 1945,

entitled "New Leadership in Mental Hygiene".

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