Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

H.R. 6476 and similar bills

CARD DIVISION

TO AMEND THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION ACT TO
ASSIST IN PROVIDING MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE
FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION OF STATE REHABILI-
TATION PROGRAMS, AND TO ASSIST IN THE EXPANSION
AND IMPROVEMENT OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES PRO-
VIDED UNDER SUCH PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE
MENTALLY RETARDED AND OTHER GROUPS PRESENTING
SPECIAL VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROBLEMS, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 13, 14, AND
28, 1965; CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL 30, 1965

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ADAM C. POWELL, Chairman

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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

ADAM C. POWELL, New York, Chairman

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky
EDITH GREEN, Oregon

JAMES ROOSEVELT, California
FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey
ELMER J. HOLLAND, Pennsylvania
JOHN H. DENT, Pennsylvania
ROMAN C. PUCINSKI, Illinois
DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey
JOHN BRADEMAS, Indiana
JAMES G. O'HARA, Michigan
RALPH J. SCOTT, North Carolina
HUGH L

AUGUSTUSARY New York

HAWKINS, California

CARLTON R. SICKLES, Maryland
SAM GIBBONS, Florida

WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine
PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii

JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York
LLOYD MEEDS, Washington

WILLIAM H. AYRES, Ohio
ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan
ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota
CHARLES E. GOODELL, New York
JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
DAVE MARTIN, Nebraska
ALPHONZO BELL, California
PAUL FINDLEY, Illinois
OGDEN R. REID, New York
GLENN ANDREWS, Alabama

LOUISE MAXIENNE DARGANS, Chief Clerk
RUSSELL C. DERRICKSON, Staff Director

C. SUMNER STONE, Special Assistant to the Chairman
Dr. DEBORAH PARTRIDGE WOLFE, Education Chief
LEON ABRAMSON, Chief Counsel for Labor-Management
MICHAEL J. BERNSTEIN, Minority Counsel for Education and Labor
CHARLES W. RADCLIFFE, Special Education Counsel for Minority

HEARINGS, PRINTS AND REPORTS

CONTENTS

Boggs, Mrs. Fitzhugh W., chairman, Committee on Governmental

Affairs, National Association for Retarded Children, Inc.----.

Gellman, William, executive director, Jewish Vocational Service...
Harmon, John C., director, special services and legislative counsel,
Goodwill Industries of America__

Krusen, Dr. Frank H., chairman of the Expert Medical Committee of
the American Rehabilitation Foundation_

Nagle, John F., chief, Washington office, National Federation of the

Blind...

Page, William K., president-elect, Association of Rehabilitation

Centers.

Schloss, Irvin P., legislative analyst, American Foundation for the

Blind..

Slicer, Alfred, Illinois State director of vocational rehabilitation...

Suazo, Antonio C., executive director, National Association of Shel-
tered Workshops & Homebound Programs, Inc..
Switzer, Mary E., Commissioner of Vocational Rehabilitation, Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare, accompanied by Russell
J. N. Dean, Samuel E. Martz, Joseph Hunt, and Emiley M. Lam-
born__

Whitten, E. B., director, National Rehabilitation Association, ac-

companied by Dr. A. P. Jarrell, president, National Rehabilitation

Association, and administrator of the Georgia Rehabilitation

Agency.

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:
Arneson, Kathaleen C., legislative consultant, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, letter to Chairman Green, dated May 4,
1965_.
Biemiller, Andrew J., director, Department of Legislation, AFL-
CIO, and Nelson H. Cruikshank, director, Department of Social
Security, AFL-CIO, letter to Chairman Green, dated April 12,
1965-.

Boggs, Mrs. Fitzhugh W., chairman, Committee on Governmental
Affairs, National Association for Retarded Children, Inc., testi-
mony_by_

Doyle, Patrick J., M.D., Acting Commissioner, Vocational Rehabili-
tation Administration, HEW:

Letter to Chairman Green, dated May 5, 1965__-.
Statement by Dr. Albert G. Hess, director, juvenile court study,
National Council on Crime and Delinquency-

Erickson, Allan R., personnel director, Goodwill Industries of Oregon,
Portland, Oreg., letter to chairman Green, dated April 5, 1965.
Fogarty, Hon. John E., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Rhode Island, statement by.----

Gellman, William, Ph. D., executive director, Jewish Vocational

Service and Employment Center, Chicago, Ill., testimony of...----

Harmon, John C., Jr., director, special services, Goodwill Industries of
America, Inc.:

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