THE AGED AND THE AGING IN

THE UNITED STATES

(THE COMMUNITY VIEWPOINT)

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE.

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

43350

PART 2.—BOSTON, MASS.

OCTOBER 13 AND 14, 1959

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

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1959

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PROBLEMS OF THE AGED AND AGING

PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan, Chairman

JOHN F. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

JOSEPH S. CLARK, Pennsylvania

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia

II

EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona

SIDNEY SPECTOR, Staff Director

HAROLD L. SHEPPARD, Research Director

CONTENTS

STATEMENTS

Bachrach, Dr. Samuel, chairman, Committee on Aging, Worcester, Mass.

Prepared statement...

Page

510

499

Barkley, David, School of Public Health, Harvard University.

Belanger, J. William, president, Massachusetts State Labor Čouncil, AFL-

CIO

Burton, Miss Flora E., Chairman, Committee on Aging, United Community
Service, Boston, Mass....

527

Butler, Dr. Allan M., prepared statement_

479

Carroll John, appearing on behalf of Hon. Murial C. Javelin, deputy super-

visor in charge of work with adults, Boston Public Library

Clark, Dean A., M.D., Boston, Mass., prepared statement, containing
letters from Massachusetts General Hospital, dated November 7, 1958,
and December 18, 1958..........

374

454

Conlin, Dr. John F., superintendent, Boston City Hospital.

Prepared statement.

466

463

Connelly, Edward F., executive director, general counsel, Massachusetts

Federation of Nursing Homes, Inc. -

390

Prepared statement__

388

Coyne, John E., president, National Conference on Public Employee Re-

tirement Systems, prepared statement..

557

Cronin, Daniel I., deputy director, Welfare Department, Boston, prepared

statement

533

Curtis, Hon. Laurence, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Massachusetts..

360

Prepared statement..

358

Dalton, Right Rev. Msgr. A. C., director of Catholic Hospitals, Archdiocese
of Boston....

Deady, John, secretary-treasurer, Building Trades Council, Boston, Mass.

Del Sesto, Hon. Christopher Del Sesto, Governor of Rhode Island, prepared

statement.

530

420

436

Ewalt, Dr. Jack, director, Massachusetts Mental Health Center.

Frechette, Alfred L., commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public

Health

421

474

French, Harold B., prepared statement..

560

Friend, Dale G., M.D., chairman, Committee on Aging, Massachusetts

Medical Society, Boston, Mass., prepared statement

Furcolo, Hon. Foster, Governor, State of Massachusetts-

474

345

Prepared statement_

343

Green, Edward A., vice president, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

Co....

517

Prepared statement

513

Hammerstein, Vincent N., D.O., chairman, Committee on Geriatrics,

Massachusetts Osteopathic Society, prepared statement

561

Hayden, Charles G., M. D., executive director, Massachusetts Medical

Service, Boston, Mass., prepared statement__

476

Harris, Dr. Seymour, Department of Economics, Harvard University –

Prepared statement.

412

406

Javelin, Mrs. Muriel C., deputy supervisor in charge of work with adults,

Boston Public Library, prepared statement

372

Kaplan, Hon. Sumner, House chairman, Joint Committee on Public Wel-

fare, Massachusetts State Legislature.

387

Prepared statement..

386

Karpeles, Harry D., assistant director, Jewish Centers Association of

Greater Boston...

549

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