INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

OVERSIGHT OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts

JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma
JOHN E. MOSS, California
JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan
PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida

LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California
J. J. PICKLE, Texas

FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania
JOHN M. MURPHY, New York
DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia
BROCK ADAMS, Washington

W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia
PETER N. KYROS, Maine
BOB ECKHARDT, Texas
RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina
BERTRAM L. PODELL, New York
HENRY HELSTOSKI, New Jersey
JAMES W. SYMINGTON, Missouri
CHARLES J. CARNEY, Ohio
RALPH H. METCALFE, Illinois
GOODLOE E. BYRON, Maryland
WILLIAM R. ROY, Kansas

JOHN BRECKINRIDGE, Kentucky

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio
ANCHER NELSEN, Minnesota

JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina
JAMES HARVEY, Michigan
TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio
DAN KUYKENDALL, Tennessee
JOE SKUBITZ, Kansas
JAMES F. HASTINGS, New York
JAMES M. COLLINS, Texas
LOUIS FREY, JR., Florida
JOHN WARE, Pennsylvania

JOHN Y. MCCOLLISTER, Nebraska
DICK SHOUP, Montana

BARRY M. GOLDWATER, JR., California
NORMAN F. LENT, New York
H. JOHN HEINZ III, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM H. HUDNUT III, Indiana
SAMUEL H. YOUNG, Illinois

May 9, 1973 (Washington, D.C.)_.

June 15, 1973 (New York, N.Y.) –

Statement of—

Blumberg, Irving, executive director, New York Citizens Against

Mental Illness__

Brown, Dr. Bertram S., Director, National Institute of Mental Health,

Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare---

Campbell, Dr. Robert J., secretary, American Psychiatric Association_

Carver, John, Ph. D., executive director, Mental Health-Mental Re-

tardation Authority of Harris County, Houston, Tex., representing

the National Council of Community Mental Health Centers----

Christmas, Dr. June J., commissioner, Department of Mental Health

and Mental Retardation Services, New York City.

Cooper, Edwin J., chairman, Committee to Preserve Community

Mental Health and Retardation Centers, Boro Park and Sunset

Park, Brooklyn, N.Y__

Diamond, Dr. Herbert, medical director, West Philadelphia, Pa. Com-

munity Mental Health Consortium, representing the National Coun-

cil of Community Mental Health Centers_--

Edigar, Elmer, administrator, Prairie View Mental Health Center,

Newton, Kans., representing the National Council of Community

Mental Health Centers_

Farabee, Dr. Dale H., commissioner, Kentucky Department of Mental

Health

Feldman, Dr. Saul, Associate Director for Community Mental Health

Services, Health Services and Mental Health Administration,

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare..

Hart, Dr. William, director, Rochester Mental Health Center,

Rochester, N.Y., in behalf of the National Council of Community

Mental Health Centers__

Hatcher, William H., chairman of the board, Washington Heights-

West Harlem-Inwood Mental Health Center..

Hutchinson, Orion N., Jr., chairman, Community Mental Health

Centers Committee, National Association for Mental Health_‒‒‒

Miller, Dr. Alan D., commissioner, New York State Department of

Mental Hygiene..

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Morris, Jonas V., executive director, National Council of Community

Mental Health Centers____.

Paster, Dr. Vera, executive director, Washington Heights-West
Harlem-Inwood Mental Health Center.

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165

Sabino, Madalene, chairman, Community Coalition, Inc., Brooklyn,

N.Y

141

Santor, Carmon, president, New York State Association of Community
Mental Health Boards..

176

Schneier, Max, chairman, Federation of Parents Organizations, New

York State, and vice president, Citizens United for the

Handicapped

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Still, Betty, chairman, Jamaica-South Flushing Mental Health Coun-

cil, Queens, N.Y

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Tullis, Ashar S., executive director, Kentucky Association for Mental

Health

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Zapp, Dr. John S., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation

(Health), Department of Health, Education, and Welfare___

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