4.S. Congress. Senate.

OF THE

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING.

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

Part 2.-Trenton, N.J.

OCTOBER 23, 1961

Printed for the use of the Special Committee on Aging

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1962

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona
OREN E. LONG, Hawaii

NOTE. Thirteen hearings on Federal and State activities in the field of aging

were held and they are identified as follows:

R.V.S. 14 My 62

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CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Hon. Arthur J. Holland, mayor of Trenton....

Hon. Robert B. Meyner, Governor of the State of New Jersey

Commissioner John Tramburg, New Jersey Department of Institutions

and Agencies...

F. Spencer Smith, bureau of community institutions

Page

255

256

264

265

Irving Engelman, director, division of welfare..

268

Ed Hann, chief, bureau of assistance___

271

Dr. V. Terrell Davis, director, division of mental health and hospitals.

Dr. Johannes F. Pessel, chairman, advisory council on the chronic sick,

New Jersey State Department of Health.

271

274

James Michener, author, resident of Tinicum, Bucks County, Pa..

Joseph Regan, mayor, Edgewater, N.J...

Mrs. John Rosenberry, director, senior citizens programs of Edgewater..

Dr. Louis S. Wegryn, president-elect, the Medical Society of New Jersey -

Joel R. Jacobson, executive vice president, New Jersey AFL-CIO.-

Edward Gray, international representative, region 9, United Auto Workers.

William L. Lauderdale, representing the New Jersey Farm Bureau___

Leslie J. Dikovics, chairman, social security committee, New Jersey

Chamber of Commerce.

Gerard J. Lang, vice president, American Hospital Development Corp.,

Moonachie, N.J.

Leonard Coyle, executive director, Licensed Nursing Home Association of

New Jersey..

360

Jack Goldstein, president, Council for Older Adults of Newark, YM-

YWHA..

364

Adolph Rubenstein, Newark, N.J.

369

Eone Harger, director, division of aging-

372

Elmer H. Christie, secretary, Old Guard, Point Pleasant, N.J.

385

Mrs. Minnie Jacobson, Lady Guards, Point Pleasant, N.J.

388

Thomas D. Haley, relocation director, city of Trenton..

388

Mrs. Catherine Čramer..

388

John Collao, director of organization, National Council of Senior Citizens

for Health Care Through Social Security

290

Louis Luria, Franklinville, N.J...

393

Reinhardt V. Metzger, North Caldwell, N.J.

394

Louis J. Persico, first vice president, AFL-CIO, Trenton.

Christie, Elmer H., secretary, Old Guard, Point Pleasant, N.J..

385

Collao, John, director of organization, National Council of Senior Citizens

for Health Care Through Social Security..

390

Cramer, Mrs. Catherine.

Coyle, Leonard, executive director, Licensed Nursing Home Association of

New Jersey-

360

388

Davis, Dr. V. Terrell, director, division of mental health and hospitals.. -

Dikovics, Leslie J., chairman, Social Security Committee, New Jersey

Chamber of Commerce..