Legislative Series continued
Box 14 - Handicapped (1966-1968, 1970-1972) - Health Care-Veterinarians (1961, 1966-1968).
F 1: Handicapped (1966-1968, 1970-1972).
Topics and types of documents include bill draft to amend Internal Revenue Code of 1954 regarding tax credit for education of the handicapped; various correspondence dealing with federal aid; publications; pamphlets; and copies of H. R. 7936 and H. R. 8011 to amend Wagner-O'Day Act dealing with commodities produced by the handicapped. Correspondents include Robert Dole (Congressional Record remarks); President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped (booklet); Robert N. Giaimo; and Harold Russell.
F 2 - 7: Health Care (n. d., 1961, 1963, 1965-1967, 1969-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence from constituents and health care agencies dealing with health care legislation; publications; pamphlets; booklets; news releases; statements; resolutions; copy of H. R. 12426 to amend the Public Health Service Act; copy of H. R. 13482 the Vaccination Assistance Act of 1969; copy of H. J. Res. 945 regarding "National Blood Donor Month"; "Key Features of the National Health Care Act of 1971," January 1971; congressional meeting notices; petition; news articles; copy of H. R. 14200 to establish a Department of Health; copy of H. R. 14591 dealing with the conquest of multiple sclerosis; and copy of H. R. 4133 dealing with illness insurance. Correspondents include Theodore R. Kupferman (F 2); Roscoe P. Kandle, New Jersey Commissioner of Health (F 2); Edward G. Biester, Jr. (F 2); New Jersey Regional Medical Program (publications) (F 3, 5 report); American National Red Cross (guidelines) (F 5, 6 report, 7); American Medical Association (F 5, 6, 7); Caspar W. Weinberger (F 6); Elliot L. Richardson (F 6); California Medical Association (F 6, 7); Jeffrey Cohelan (F 7); Paul Rogers (F 7); and American Legion (F 7).
F 8: Health Care - Blindness (1966-1968, 1970, 1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with vision legislation. Correspondents include National Federation of the Blind; and American Foundation for the Blind.
F 9: Health Care - Cancer Research (1969-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with cancer research legislation; and copy of H. Res. 906, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089 and H. Con. Res. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 138, 139, 168, 184 regarding national commitment to cure cancer. Correspondents include Donald M. Fraser.
F 10: Health Care - Chiropractors (1969-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence to include chiropractic under Medicare; statements; news clippings; honorary doctor of humanities degree notice from Los Angeles College of Chiropractic Physicians; pamphlets; and journal articles. Correspondents include American Public Health Association (resolution, statement); American Medical Association (Summary of Actions); National Health Federation (bulletin); and American Chiropractic Association.
F 11: Health Care - Combination Prescription Drugs (1971).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence from constituents and departments within the Department of Health Education and Welfare dealing with combination prescription drugs. Correspondents include Food and Drug Administration; and Johnson and Johnson.
F 12: Health Care - Dental Health (1965, 1971-1972).
This folder contains various correspondence dealing with pending legislation concerning dental health.
F 13: Health Care - Eye Care (1965, 1967).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with pending vision legislation. Correspondents include New Jersey Optometric Association.
F 14: Health Care - Family Planning (1967, 1969-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with family planning legislation; and Family Planning Perspectives, January 1972.
F 15: Health Care - Food and Drug Administration (1962, 1966-1970, 1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with drug legislation; news clippings; journal articles; Congressional Record remarks; drug prices; and drug safety. Correspondents include National Health Foundation; New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association; Johnson and Johnson; and National Association of Retail Druggists.
F 16 - 17: Health Care - Health Insurance (1970-1972).
Topics and types of documents include press releases; publications; Congressional Record remarks; copy of H. R. 4133 to establish a national insurance program; copy of H. R. 4349 to provide a comprehensive health care program for the 1970s; various correspondence dealing with national health insurance legislation; and statements. Correspondents include UAW (proposal) (F 16); Lawrence J. Hogan (F 16); Omar Burleson (bill objectives) (F 16); American Conservative Union (proposal) (F 16); AFL-CIO (statement) (16, 17); Andrew J. Biemiller (F 16, 17); George Meany (statement) (F 17); Group Health Maintenance Plan Inc., New Jersey (F 17); and Blue Cross and Blue Shield (F 17).
F 18: Health Care - Health Manpower Bill (1968, 1971-1972).
Topics and types of documents include re: Manpower Bill regarding training of nurses; copy of H. R. 6774 dealing with financial assistance for nursing schools; various correspondence dealing with nurse training legislation; news clippings; and "Notification to Member of Congress Regarding the Award of Grants Authorized by the Public Health Service Act, As Amended by the Comprehensive Health Manpower Training Act of 1971," July 1972. Correspondents include New Jersey State Nurses' Association; and American Hospital Association.
F 19: Health Care - Hospitals (1965, 1969, 1971-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence regarding hospital legislation; pamphlets; copy of H. R. 465 to authorize adding hospitals for drug treatment centers; copy of H. Con. Res. 151 dealing with Congressional opposition to closing hospitals; and publications. Correspondents include Clarence D. Long; Edward A. Garmatz (resolution); AFL-CIO, New Jersey; and Disabled Officers Association (statement).
F 20: Health Care - Medicredit (1971).
Topics and types of documents include "Medical and Health Care for All: A Description of the Medicredit National Health Insurance Program," American Medical Association; and list of Congressional Medicredit sponsors. Correspondents include American Medical Association (pamphlet, news release, statement, and proposal).
F 21: Health Care - Mental Health (1965-1966, 1970-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with mental health legislation; re: H. R. 2985 regarding Community Mental Health Centers; publications; and fact sheet. Correspondents include American Psychological Association (statement); New Jersey Association for Mental Health, Inc.; and National Association for Mental Health, Inc.
F 22: Health Care - Multiple Sclerosis (1972).
This folder contains correspondence re: the establishment of a National Commission on Multiple Sclerosis. Correspondents include Frank Thompson, Jr.
F 23: Health Care - Nursing Homes (1971-1972).
Topics and types of documents include Nursing Home Fact Book 1970-1971, American Nursing Home Association, 1971; and "Saving Lives in Nursing Home Fires," Special Studies Subcommittee report, 1972. Correspondents include American Nursing Home Association (fact book); and William J. Randall (report).
F 24: Health Care - Sickle Cell Anemia (1970-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with legislation pertaining to Sickle Cell Anemia; pamphlets; journal articles; resolutions; re: S. 2676 regarding research for Cooley's Anemia; petition; Where's Herbie?: A Sickle Cell Anemia Story and Coloring Book, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1972; and "Cooley's Anemia," Blood and Research Foundation for Children, Inc., April 1972. Correspondents include Robert N. Giaimo (statement in favor of H. R. 13592 with a list of supporters for National Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act); and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (booklet).
F 25: Health Care - Tuberculosis and Respiratory Illnesses (1964, 1966-1967, 1969-1971).
This folder contains various correspondence dealing with tuberculosis legislation. Correspondents include John E. Fogarty; New Jersey Tuberculosis and Health Association, Inc.; and Tuberculosis-Respiratory Disease Association of New Jersey.
F 26: Health Care - Veterinarians (1961, 1966-1968).
Topics and types of documents include "Veterinary Medical Science and Human Health," United States Government Printing Office, August 1961; various correspondence dealing with veterinary legislation; "Construction of Veterinary Medical Education Facilities," United States Government Printing Office, April 1966; copy of H. R. 608, H. R. 12590, and H. R. 9184 to establish the position of Chief Veterinary Officer of the Public Health Service; journal articles; and "Case for a Chief Veterinary Officer," Gallagher, Veterinary Economics, May 1967. Correspondents include American Veterinary Medical Association; and Conference of Public Health Veterinarians.
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