WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON FAMILIES, 1978

JOINT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

CHILD AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

UNITED STATES SENATE

AND THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SELECT EDUCATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

REVIEW OF PLANS FOR THE PROPOSED WHITE HOUSE CON-

FERENCE ON FAMILIES AND THE FINDINGS OF THE CARNE-

GIE COUNCIL ON CHILDREN'S REPORT ENTITLED, "ALL OUR

CHILDREN: THE AMERICAN FAMILY UNDER PRESSURE"

FEBRUARY 2 AND 3, 1978

Printed for the use of the Committee on Human Resources
and the Committee on Education and Labor

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1978

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia

CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin

THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri

ALAN CRANSTON, California

WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine

DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island

S. I. HAYAKAWA, California

STEPHEN J. PARADISE, General Counsel and Staff Director

MARJORIE M. WHITTAKER, Chief Clerk

DON A. ZIMMERMAN, Minority Counsel

GREGORY FUsco, Minority Staff Director

FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey

JOHN H. DENT, Pennsylvania

JOHN BRADEMAS, Indiana

AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California

WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan

PHILLIP BURTON, California

JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania

WILLIAM "BILL" CLAY, Missouri

MARIO BIAGGI, New York

IKE ANDREWS, North Carolina

MICHAEL T. BLOUIN, Iowa

ROBERT J. CORNELL, Wisconsin

PAUL SIMON, Illinois

EDWARD P. BEARD, Rhode Island

LEO C. ZEFERETTI, New York

GEORGE MILLER, California

RONALD M. MOTTL, Ohio

MICHAEL O. MYERS, Pennsylvania

AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania

JOSEPH A. LE FANTE, New Jersey

TED WEISS, New York

CEC HEFTEL, Hawaii

BALTASAR CORRADA, Puerto Rico

DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan

ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota

JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio

JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois

RONALD A. SARASIN, Connecticut

JOHN BUCHANAN, Alabama

JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont

LARRY PRESSLER, South Dakota

WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania

BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania

SHIRLEY N. PETTIS, California

CARL D. PURSELL, Michigan

MICKEY EDWARDS, Oklahoma

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

FEBRUARY 2, 1978

Perrotta, Ralph J., lawyer and program consultant, National Italian Ameri-

can Foundation; Theodore Taylor and Evelyn Moore, Black Child Devel-

opment Institute, HEW Coalition; and Rodolfo B. Sanchez, national

director, National Coalition of Hispanic Mental Health and Human Serv-

ice Organizations, and executive director, National Conference on His-

panic Families, a panel_---

Lally, Msgr. Francis J., chairman, Catholic Coordinating Committee for

the White House Conference on Families; Rabbi Daniel F. Polish, asso-

ciate director, Synagogue Council of America; and Rev. Eileen W.

Lindner, staff associate, National Council of Churches of Christ, U.S.A.,

a panel..

Kamerman, Sheila B., codirector, cross-national studies, Columbia Uni-

versity School of Social Work; and Robert B. Hill, director of research,

National Urban League, a panel.

Hopkins, Paul E., secretary, Coalition for White House Conference on

Families; W. Keith Daugherty, general director, Family Service Asso-

ciation of America; Mike Garanzini, S. J., president, National Council

of State Committees for Children and Youth and chairman, Missouri

Governor's Committee for Children and Youth; and Arthur and Elsa

Fitzgerald, codirectors, Boston, Mass., chapter, National Parent's Rights

Coalition, a panel..

Warden, Dick, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, accompanied by Nancy Amidei, Deputy Assist-
ant Secretary for Welfare Legislation_‒‒‒

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Schroeder, Hon. Patricia, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Colorado

270

Keniston, Kenneth, chairman, Carnegie Council on Children_.

280

Fisher, Hon. Joseph L., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Virginia

355

Pertschuk, Michael, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission___

362

Kinney, Stephanie Smith, Office of the Director General, Department of

State

375

Hayles, Robert, Office of Naval Research..

377

Fiss, Barbara L., program manager for Flexible Work Hours, Bureau of

Policies and Standards, Civil Service Commission, accompanied by Ed

McHugh, Bureau of Recruiting and Examining, U.S. Civil Service

Commission

389

401

Wattenberg, Marna, vice chairman, National Committee on Community

Activities, National Council of Jewish Women___

STATEMENTS

Carnegie Council on Children, Kenneth Keniston, chairman, prepared

statement

Catholic Coordinating Committee for the White House Conference on

Families, Monsignor Francis J. Lally, chairman, prepared statement----

Coalition for the White House Conference on Families, Paul E. Hopkins,
secretary, prepared statement_

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