COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION 95-996 APRIL 16 AND 18, 1973 Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1973 073 TB5 / 1 11te 1. CONTENTS Page John O'Connor, director of contracts and community relations, de- partment of health services, County of Los Angeles, Calif_ Dr. D. Cramer Reed, dean, Wichita State University School of Medi- Elizabeth Lundgren, director, division of allied health studies, Miami- Dade Junior College, Miami, Fla---- James A. Maye, executve director of the Paralyzed Veterans of Amer- ica, accompanied by Frank R. DeGeorge, national president and Rufus Wilson, Associate Deputy Administrator, Veterans' Admin- istration, accompanied by Dr. Marc J. Musser, Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery; Winton D. Ross, Director, Budget Service, Office of the Controller; Viggo P. Miller, Assistant Administrator for Construction; and A. T. Bronaugh, As- sociate General Counsel, the Veterans' Administration__ Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, president, Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Richard P. Schmidt, dean of the college of medicine, Upstate Medicine Center, State University of New York, Syracuse, N.Y_____ Dr. Clayton Rich, dean of the school of medicine, Stanford University, Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, president elect for the Association of Academic Health Centers, vice president for health sciences, direc- tor of the Health Sciences Center, professor of medicine, University Col. Herbert M. Houston, director, national legislative service, Veter- ans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc___. William J. Flaherty, deputy national director of legislation, Disabled Written statement of Elizabeth Lundgren, director, division of allied health studies, Miami- Page 46 Rufus H. Wilson, Associate Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs, 254 Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, president, Baylor College of Medicine, 267 Dr. Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., president of medicine and dentistry of 275 282 Dr. Richard P. Schmidt, dean of the college of medicine, Upstate Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, president elect for the Association of 295 304 Col. Herbert M. Houston, director, national legislative service, Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc‒‒‒‒ 312 William J. Flaherty, deputy national director of legislation, Disabled 316 Francis W. Stover, director, national legislative service, Veterans of 322 Charles E. Mattingly, deputy director, national legislative commission, the American Legion_-_ 326 E. H. Golembieski, director, national veterans affairs and rehabilitation commission, the American Legion___. 327 Miscellaneous Helping to meet the dental health care needs of the Nation: the potential role of the dental service of the Veterans's Administration's health care system, a report of the Veterans' Administration Advisory Council on Dentistry_ Position statement, possible association of Department of Health Services with the Veterans' Administration, by director of Department of Health Services, Liston Witherill_ Helping to meet the Health Care Needs of the Nation, a reprint from the Journal of the American Medical Association, June 5, 1972, volume 220‒‒‒‒ Letters to Hon. Alan Cranston, chairman of the Subcommittee on Health and Dr. Hamilton B. G. Robinson, dean, School of Dentistry, Univer- John A. D. Cooper, president, Association of American Medical Vice President, 2660 Connecticut Avenue NW., from Clinton E. 333 |