Ganley and his wife, the former Maxine McKenzie, of Alexandria, Neb., live in Arlington, Va., and maintain a residence in Loch Arbour, N.J. They have two daughters, Corynn of Summit, N.J., and Sharon.

RONALD E. GEREVAS

Ronald E. Gerevas, 35, was nominated by President Ford as ACTION's Associate Director for Domestic and Antipoverty Operations on March 29, 1975, after nearly 3 years of service as an executive at the Federal volunteer agency.

Gerevas came to ACTION in August 1972 as Assistant Director for Public Affairs. In September 1973, he was named Director of ACTION'S Office of Recruitment and Communications, then a new division which combined the Agency's former Offices of Citizens Placement and Public Affairs. He has directed the work of 500 Washington and regional staff members in informing the public of ACTION programs and recruiting volunteers for the Peace Corps and VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America).

As Associate Director for Domestic and Antipoverty Operations, he would be responsible for all ACTION domestic volunteer activities and a budget of $100 mil'ion. More than 150,000 ACTION volunteers are serving in domestic programs in all 50 States and the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico. Gerevas is a native of Fairfield, Calif., and a graduate of California State University in San Jose. After leaving college, he worked for 8 years with the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency in New York and Los Angeles.

Gerevas joined the advertising agency's New York office in August 1964 as a management trainee. Within 1 month, he became director of its training programs and, 6 months later, personnel manager of its creative department, with responsibility for 500 professional employees.

Later, Gerevas became an account executive, working on such major accounts as R. T. French, Standard Brands, and Miles Laboratories. He moved in 1970 to J. Walter Thompson's Los Angeles office, where he was an account supervisor for 7-UP, Blue Cross, Carte Blanche, and other accounts.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Raper of 109 Olympic Circle, Vacaville, Calif., Gerevas was born and raised in Fairfield, where his grandfather, Joseph Gerevas, 86, once served as mayor. His grandparents still reside in Fairfield at 47 Balboa Court.

He studied public administration as an undergraduate at California State University at San Jose, where he was named outstanding senior at his graduation in 1962. He remained at the university to earn his master's degree in business administration in 1964.

Gerevas is married to the former Rosalie Morrongiello, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Morrongiello of 1347 Bay Ridge Ave., Booklyn, N.Y.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerevas reside in Alexandria, Va., with their two children Michelle, 7, and Stephen, 4.

Besides the Peace Corps and VISTA, ACTION includes the Foster Grandparent proorom. Petired Senior Volunteer program (RSVP), Senior Componion program, ACTION Cooperative Volunteers, Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Active Corps of Executives (ACE) and University Year for ACTION.

HARRY J. HOGAN

Harry J. Hogan, 59, former Catholic University government relations director and district attorney for the Dalles, Oreg., was nominated by the President to serve as ACTION Assistant Director for policy and program development in August, 1973.

Hogan, whose appointment was confirmed by the Senate in October, is responsible for developing and evaluating new approaches to voluntarism for ACTION programs.

Prior to his appointment, Hogan spent one year at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. as head of the department of government relations. A member of the American Bar Association and the Oregon Bar Association, he was a professor of law at Delaware Law School in Wilmington from 1971 to 1972, and counsel to the House Special Subcommittee on Education from 1969 to 1971. From 1961 to 1968 he held several posts with the U.S. Department of the Interior. He was general counsel for the Bonneville Power Administration in Port

land, Oreg., and associate solicitor for water and power matters and legislative counsel in Washington, D.C.

Hogan was twice elected district attorney in The Dalles, Oreg., in 1956 and 1960. Between 1947 and 1952 he was a member of the legal staff of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Indian Affairs.

He is the author of many articles, including "Student Aid and Institutional Autonomy: Congressional Decisions," Journal of Student Financial Aid, March 19.3; "Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program: Its impact upon the Middle Class," Journal of Student Financial Aid, June 1973; "The B.E.O.G. Revolution," Change Magazine, Summer, 1973; "The Supreme Court and the Crisis in Liberalism," Journal of Politics, May 1971; "Some Congressional Viewpoints on Student Unrest," The College Counsel, 1969; and "Supreme Court and Natural Law," American Bar Association Journal, June 1968.

A 1937 magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University, Hogan holds an LL.B. degree from Columbia Law School and a Ph. D. in American history from George Washington University. During World War II, he served more than 4 years of active duty in the Navy. He is a commander in the Naval Reserve. He and his wife, the former Virginia Esau of Jamaica, L.I., N.Y., reside in Bethesda, Md. They are the parents of three daughters.

FRANK E. WILLIAMS

Frank E. Williams, 50, former director of ACTION's southern region, serves as deputy associate director of ACTION for VISTA and antipoverty programs. A native of Titusville, Fla. and an educator in his home State for more than 20 years, Williams is responsible for the operation of VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America).

Before he was named head of VISTA and antipoverty programs for the Federal Voluntary Service Agency, Williams directed ACTION's domestic volunteer programs in region IV, the 8-State southern area with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., for 16 months.

ACTION's domestic programs include VISTA, Foster Grandparent program, retired Senior Volunteer program (RSVP), Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Active Corps of Executives (ACE) and University Year for ACTION. The Peace Corps is ACTION's international volunteer program.

Williams became director of ACTION's southern region after serving for 18 months as assistant director of the Cabinet Committee on Education. While in Atlanta, he served on the YMCA board of directors and was the chairman of the Consumer Protection Committee of the Federal Executive Board.

A veteran of Army service during World War II, Williams received a bachelor's degree in economics and business from Morehouse College in 1949 and a master's degree in educational guidance from Atlanta University in 1957. He earned a doctor of education degree in educational administration from the University of Florida in 1968.

Williams began his educational career in 1949 as a teacher, and later as a principal, at the Titusville Center of Adult Evening Education.

He taught social studies from 1952 to 1960 at the Gibson School in Titusville and was the school's principal for the following 6 years.

Later, he was supervisor of special projects and a special assistant on school desegregation problems for the Brevard County (Titusville) School Board.

Williams also was an assistant professor of education at Florida Technological University in Orlando for 1 year, before taking leave to assume the Cabinet Committee position.

A life member of the National Education Association, he is a former president of the Brevard County and Orange Belt District teachers associations and a past board member of the Florida State Teachers Association. He currently is a member of the American Association of Voluntary Services Coordinators.

He has been a consultant on integration of school activities and services for four Florida counties and a consultant on problems of black teachers in rural southern communities at Tuskegee Institute.

Williams also has been active in community action, day care, mental health, human relations and minority affairs programs.

He is the recipient of several awards for outstanding service as an educator. Williams, a resident of Washintgon, D.C., is married to the former Artie P. Griffin of Titusville.

VICTOR E. HRUSKA

Victor E. Hruska, 66, was appointed director of ACTION's Older Americans volunteer programs on May 1, 1972, after a lengthy executive career with the Prudential Insurance Company of America.

Former director of claims and medicare coordinator for the insurance firm in Newark, N.J., Hruska is responsible for three of ACTION's key citizens' service efforts the Foster Grandparent program (FGP), the retired senior volunteer program (RSVP) and the Senior Companion program (SCP).

These three ACTION programs offer elderly Americans opportunities to serve as volunteers in their communities. The Foster Grandparent program enables low-income older Americans to work on a one-to-one basis with children in institutions, while RSVP assists community organizations in developing meaningful service opportunities for persons of retirement age.

SCP, structured much like FGP, provides low-income Americans service roles which are directed toward providing better care for older persons in their own homes as well as in institutional settings. The newest of ACTION's older Americans programs, SCP was begun in 1974..

Born in David City, Nebr., Hruska grew up in Omaha and graduated from Omaha Technical High School. He received a law degree from the University of Chicago in 1932 and is a member of the Illinois Bar Association.

Hruska joined Prudential in 1936 as a home office representative, working in various cities throughout the United States for six years before entering the Navy in 1942.

Assigned to naval intelligence work, Hruska taught at the Navy Advanced Intelligence School and served in the Pacific as assistant intelligence officer to the commander of amphibious forces. He completed military service in 1946 with the rank of lieutenant commander.

Returning to Prudential he became assistant director of labor relations and later associate general manager of the firm's south central home office in Jacksonville, Fla., where he supervised a regional staff of 650 persons.

He was vice chairman of the Florida Health Insurance Council and was active in conferences on the aging. Hruska was named director of claims for Prudential's national headquarters in Newark in 1965.

Hruska was also Prudential's medicare coordinator for a year when the firm began administration of the health benefits program for the elderly in New Jersey in 1965.

Hruska is married to the former Elisabeth Robinson of East Orange, N.J. They have one son, Robbie, a student at the University of Massachusetts.

Besides its older Americans programs, ACTION includes the Peace Corps, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Active Corps of Executives (ACE) and University Year for ACTION.

JAMES E. H. MAYER

James E. H. Mayer, 32, is the Director of ACTION's Special Volunteer Programs (SVP). He is responsible for the management and direction of new demonstration volunteer programs, either directly or through ACTION regional offices. Mayer was appointed Acting Director of SVP in July 1974, when the office was first established, and later became Director. Previously, Mayer served as a program specialist with ACTION's University Year for ACTION program for 2 years.

Mayer was the administrative assistant to the president of Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, Calif., from 1970 to 1972. During 1969 and 1970 he served as assistant to the chancellor at the same university.

Born and reared in Los Angeles, Mayer earned an associate of arts degree in history from El Camino College in Via Torrance, Calif., and received his bachelor's degree in political science from Pepperdine University.

Mayer and his wife, the former Elizabeth Robertson, live in Fairfax, Va.. with their three children.

EMERSON MARKHAM

Address. 5408 Keppler Road, NW., Washington, D.C. 20031.

Age. 44.

Family. Wife: Julia. Three sons: David, 16; Steven, 12; Robert, 6. Three daughters: Laura, 14; Nadine, 8; Claudia, 2.

Education. B.A. Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.; social studies-1947-51. M.P.A. Syracuse University (Maxwell School), Syracuse, N.Y. Public administration-1952. Certificate, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va.

1969.

Professional experience, 1971 to present-Director, Budget Division, ACTION. January 1971 to August 1971-Acting Deputy Assistant Postmaster General for Planning, Postal Service. 1969-71-Director, Planning Division, Postal Service. 1955-69-Director, Programing Division, Postal Service. 1964-65-Special Assistant, Postal Service. January 1964 to May 1964-Chief, Administrative Staff, SRDS, Federal Aviation Agency. 1962-64-Chief, Administrative Management Division, SRDS, Federal Aviation Agency. 1960 to 1962-Chief, Management Services Division, Federal Aviation Agency. 1959-Training Officer, Public Administration Division, International Cooperation Administration. 1950-Budget Examiner, Federal Aviation Agency. 1957 to 1958-Budget and Fiscal Officer, Airways Modernization Board. 1957-Budget Examiner, Atomic Energy Commission. 1956 to 1957-Budget Analyst, Navy Department.

Memberships. American Society for Public Administration, Member, Budget and Organization Committee, National Association, Vice President and Senior Advisor for Washington Chapter, 1966-68. General Chairman, Financial Management Roundtable, 1964-65.

Mr. FLOOD. Do you have some people with you that you would like us to know?

Dr. BALZANO. Mr. Chairman, we have with us today the Deputy Director, Mr. John Ganley; our Director of the Budget, Mr. Markham; our Assistant Director for Policy and Planning, Mr. Harry Hogan, and our Acting Associate Director for Domestic and Antipoverty Operations, Mr. Ronald Gerevas.

I also have with me various members of the ACTION team: The directors of our major domestic volunteer programs such as older Americans volunteer programs, SCORE/ACE; and a number of other supporting witnesses that can back up our answers with as much detail as you like.

Mr. FLOOD. All right.

I see you have a prepared statement. What do you want to do with this?

Dr. BALZANO. If you do not mind, I would like to submit my statement for the record and just make a few abbreviated comments. [The statement follows:]

Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, I welcome this opportunity to appear before you today as the Director of the ACTION Agency on behalf of the President's budget request for ACTION's domestic programs for fiscal year 1976.

I am accompanied today by some of my key staff, including: John Ganley, Deputy Director of ACTION; Ronald Gerevas, Acting Associate Director for Domestic and Anti-Poverty Operations; Harry Hogan, Assistant Director for Policy and Planning, who is also serving presently as Acting Assistant Director for Congressional Affairs; and Emerson Markham, Director of Budget.

In addition, we have with us today the directors of our major domestic volunteer programs.

STATEMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 1976 REQUEST

Our request today is for an appropriation of $101.6 million. This represents a slight increase of $1.6 million over the fiscal year 1975 appropriation. We estimate that this level of appropriation will support 20,600 man-years of full-time volunteer service, an increase of nearly 250 man-years over fiscal year 1975, in our VISTA, university year for ACTION, foster grandparent, senior companion and special volunteer programs. It will also provide service opportunities for 197,000 part-time volunteers, 47,200 more than this year, in the youth challenge, SCORE/ACE and retired senior volunteer programs.

Included also with this request for fiscal year 1976 is our request of $21,083,000 for the Federal fiscal year transition period from July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976. This amount is approximately 21 percent of our fiscal year 1976 request and is designed to maintain the domestic programs of ACTION at levels achieved during the coming fiscal year.

Before addressing the specific items in our budget request, I would like to review briefly some of ACTION's major accomplishments during the past year.

FISCAL YEAR 1976 STEWARDSHIP OF MAJOR PROGRAMS

The past year has been characterized by continued growth in ACTION's major domestic programs and by expansion into new areas of activity.

Most spectacular has been the growth of the retired senior volunteer program, which is expected to have by June 30, 1975, over 140,000 volunteers participating in 666 local projects in all 50 States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. In VISTA we estimate a 4,535 man-year level for the current year, the highest in the program's 10-year history. The university year for ACTION, foster grandparent and special volunteer programs will also achieve significant man-year increases in fiscal year 1975.

Growth in numbers of volunteers means, of course, an increase in benefits to the communities they serve. A fiscal year 1973 productivity study of the VISTA and university year for ACTION (UYA) programs estimated conservatively that the average VISTA and UYA volunteer generated community resources for the poor valued at approximately two and one half times the cost of the volunteer. Investment in ACTION's older Americans volunteer programs yields similar high returns. This year, for example, over 25,000 of ACTION's 120,000 RSVP volunteers, who cost the Federal Government, on the average, less than $125 per year, have given vital support to the nutrition programs for the elderly authorized by title VII of the Older Americans Act. At the same time foster grandparents will provide over 12 million hours of specialized care and attention to more than 25,000 mentally retarded, physically handicapped, or otherwise disadvantaged children.

We have also witnessed over this past year an increased acceptance of, and appreciation for, ACTION volunteers in local communities. This is evidenced by local communities bearing an important share of the cost of RSVP, UYA and other major ACTION programs. For example, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst has fielded 70 UYA volunteers in fiscal year 1975, whose food and lodging allowances are, in part, supported with $84,000 in cash from participating agencies.

It is also demonstrated by a recent survey of agencies in the State of Washington receiving volunteers under the program for local service, an ACTION special volunteer program, which indicated that 97 percent of the 115 agencies would request such volunteers for another year. Furthermore, 91 percent of these organizations said that the ACTION PLS volunteers were either essential or highly important to the accomplishment of their objectives.

Whereas several years ago the average RSVP project involved 13 different types of activities, today this range has been greatly expanded as more and more potential sponsors have come to appreciate the value of RSVP volunteers and their vast contributions in a growing range of community needs.

NEW PROGRAMS

In the past year ACTION has taken steps to implement two major new programs, authorized by the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, which we feel hold great promise. These are the senior companion and the youth challenge programs.

The senior companion program is generally modeled after the foster grandparent program except that senior companions serve adults, particularly elderly adults, rather than children. The main thrust of this new program is to give the kind of care and attention to adults with physical, emotional or mental disabilities, most of whom are restricted to their homes, or, in many cases, to a single, small room that will prevent or delay their being institutionalized. Some senior companions also serve in hospitals, nursing homes and other institutions for the elderly. The first 18 senior companion projects were funded in June 1974. By September 30, there were already 375 senior companion volunteers. This total has now grown to approximately 1,000.