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P114-44 NATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE ACT

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

CLARENCE F. LEA, California, Chairman ROBERT CROSSER, Ohio

CHARLES A. WOLVERTON, New Jersey ALFRED L. BULWINKLE, North Carolina PEHR G. HOLMES, Massachusetts VIRGIL CHAPMAN, Kentucky

B. CARROLL REECE, Tennessee LYLE H. BOREN, Oklahoma

CHARLES A. HALLECK, Indiana LINDLEY BECKWORTH, Texas

CARL HINSHAW, California J. PERCY PRIEST, Tennessee

CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio OREN HARRIS, Arkansas

EVAN HOWELL, Illinois GEORGE G. SADOWSKI, Michigan

LEONARD W. HALL, New York RICHARD F. HARLESS, Arizona

THOMAS D. WINTER, Kansas JOHN W. MURPHY, Pennsylvania

JOSEPH P. O'HARA, Minnesota EDWARD A. KELLY, Illinois

WILSON D. GILLETTE, Pennsylvania
LUTHER PATRICK, Alabama
JOHN B. SULLIVAN, Missouri
DWIGHT L. ROGERS, Florida
BENJAMIN J. RABIN, New York
VITO MARCANTONIO, New York

ELTON J. LAYTON, Clerk
F. P. RANDOLPH, Assistant Clerk

PUBLIC HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE

J. PERCY PRIEST, Tennessee, Chairman
ALFRED BULWINKLE, North Carolina CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio
VIRGIL CHAPMAN, Kentucky

THOMAS D. WINTER, Kansas
VITO MARCANTONIO, New York

WILSON D. GILLETTE, Pennsylvania

II

CONTENTS

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Text of the bill, H. R. 2550.

1

Report on bill by Federal Security Agency

4

Report on bill by Bureau of the Budget

Statements of-

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

Service-

8

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

Mental Hygiene..

17

Marquis, Dr. Donald, secre American Psychological Association.. 24

Hartshorne, Miss Frances, executive secretary, Connecticut Society for

Mental Hygiene---

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

Medicine and Surgery, United States Navy.

28

Hershey, Maj. Gen. Lewis B., Director, Selective Service System. 35

Challmer, Co. Allen A., Deputy Director, Division of Neuropsychiatry,

Office of Surgeon General, United States Army -

54

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

Washington, D. C..

:58,

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

Administration...

62

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

United States Amry.

65

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

Neuropsychiatric Societies of New York City -

66

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

71

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

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

72

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

of Parents and Teachers..

73

Miller, Watson B., Acting Administrator, Federal Security Agency -- 74

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

Society

75-81

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

Rehabilitation.--

78

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

Public Health Service..

82

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

Mental Hygiene-

97

Vogel, Victor H., Office of Educational Rehabilitation.

108

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

Connecticut --

111

COMMUNICATIONS

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

Psychological Association.-

25

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

Navy.

32

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

on Problems of Alcohol..

82

Letter from Sanford Bates, commissioner, Department of Institutions and

Agencies, State of New Jersey --

108

Letter from the Illinois Society of Mental Hygiene..

109

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

ciation..

109

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.

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.
Letter from Anderson, H. B., secretary, Citizens' Medical Reference

Bureau, Inc., New York City -
Letter from mental hygiene committee, health division of the Brooklyn

(N. Y.) Council for Social Planning-
Telegram from Arthur L. Ringle, Seattle, Wash.---

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STATISTICAL TABLES AND ARTICLES

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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..

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

entitled “New Leadership in Mental Hygiene”.