COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 14, H.R. 356, H.R. 1855, H.R. 5243 AND VARIOUS OTHER BILLS RELATING TO EDUCATION AND HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 9, 10, 40216 O PART 2 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1959 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS Statements (formal) of— ten Broek, Jacobus, president, National Federation of the Blind_. U.S. Senate: Appendix II: Page 453 460 462 Table 1. Blind population of United States, by regions and 464 Table 2. Estimate of blindness in United States, by age 466 Table 2a. Rates per thousand blind population in United 467 470 Table 3a. Annual taxpayers' cost of blind programs-Fed- Table 4. Estimates of employability among the blind. 472 474 476 478 Appendix IV: Tabulation of blind population by State employment quotas 493 Biographies of officers, National Federation of the Blind: Chapter II. Social and economic integration of blind.. 497 Chapter III. Organizations of the blind... 513 Chapter IV. Achievements of the organizations of the blind, 543 Hayes, Harry E., Kansas State Department of Social Wel fare.. 575 Hines, Harry L., State of Nebraska Department of Services 574 Iowa State Commission for the Blind. 572 Mungovan, John, Massachusetts Division of Services for the 564 Nevada State Welfare Department 573 Stocker, Clifford A., State of Oregon Commission for the 568 Sundquist, Perry, California State Department of Social Welfare.. 566 Statements (formal) of—Continued ten Broek, Jacobus-Continued Chapter V. Opposition to organizations of the blind. Chapter VI. Consultation with representatives of organizations Articles from Braille Monitor: "Agency Leaders Make All-Out Attack Against Right- "Backward Hindsight". Bussie, Victor H., Louisiana State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Page 580 591 632 640 620 617 616 Kennedy, Hon. John F., a U.S. Senator from the State of June 27, 1957 625 February 17, 1959....... 623 Magnuson, Hon. Warren G., a U.S. Senator from the State of of Washington (news release). 631 Oregon Commission for Blind, motion passed. 622 627 "The Blind and the Right to Organize," address by Jacobus 649 Nagle, John F., president, Associated Blind of Massachusetts, statement..... 664 Organizations affiliated with National Federation of the Blind, by 667 |