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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON
LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE
EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS )..

FIRST SESSION
ON

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S. J. Res. 46

A JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR AN OBJECTIVE, THOROUGH, AND
NATIONWIDE ANALYSIS AND REEVALUATION OF THE HUMAN AND ECO-
NOMIC PROBLEMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 724
A BILL TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH, AND TO
PROVIDE FOR A STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM

S. 848
A BILL TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, AS AMENDED

S. 886 (Title VI)
A BILL TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE BY ENCOURAGING
THE EXTENSION OF VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT HEALTH SERVICES
PLANS, FACILITATING THE FINANCING OF CONSTRUCTION OF NEEDED
HEALTH FACILITIES, ASSISTING IN INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
ADEQUATELY TRAINED NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH PERSONNEL,
IMPROVING AND EXPANDING PROGRAMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND

PUBLIC HEALTH, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 30 AND APRIL 13, 1955

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COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

LISTER HILL, Alabama, Chairman JAMES E. MURRAY, Montana

H. ALEXANDER SMITH, New Jersey MATTHEW M. NEELY, West Virginia IRVING M. IVES, New York PAUL H. DOLGLAS, Illinois

WILLIAM A. PURTELL, Connecticut HERBERT H. LEHMAN, New York

BARRY M. GOLDWATER, Arizona JOHN F. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

GEORGE H. BENDER, Ohio
PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan

GORDON ALLOTT, Colorado
STEWART E. MCCLURE, Staf Director

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

LISTER HILL, Alabama, Chairman HERBERT H. LEHMAN, New York

WILLIAM A. PURTELL, Connecticut PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan

GEORGE H. BENDER, Ohio
WILLIAM G. REIDY, Professional Staff