Howard A. Rusk

This recording marks [the first?] meeting of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped. Arde Bulova, Chairman of the Special Employer Subcommittee, invites several speakers to the microphone to discuss the importance of hiring disabled workers, with emphasis on those disabled on the job or in combat.

Commissioner of Health, Dr. Leona Baumgartner, Dr. Howard Rusk, Dr. Henry Colby of the Department of Hospitals, and Dr. Leonard Covello discuss the problems confronting older people at a celebration at the East Harlem Day Center for Older Persons. Commissioner Henry L. McCarthy acts as host.

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