CONTENTS CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Page Bartlett, Lawrence, Chairman, State Directors' Section, The American Hansford, Byron, Executive Secretary, Council of Chief State School Lyng, Hon. Richard, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agri- culture; accompanied by Miss Isabelle M. Kelley, Assistant Deputy Ad- ministrator; Mr. Edward Hekman, Administrator; and Mr. Herbert Rorex, Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, Martin, Miss Josephine, Administrator, School Food Service Program, 1748 Appendix 2. Material submitted by witnesses-Continued State Agency Directors of USDA Midwest Region: Comments, Item 2-From Senator Hart: Page 1856 Letter from Howard W. Briggs, director, Detroit Public Schools__ 1860 1862 Item 3-From Senator Cook: Letter from Mrs. Helen A. Davis, food service director, Todd 1863 Letter from C. W. Bevins, director, Division of School Food 1863 Letter from Harold Garrison, superintendent; and Jane Watts, 1864 Item 4-From Josephine Martin: Statement of Jack P. Nix, Georgia State Superintendent of 1865 Appendix 3. Material submitted by others than witnesses: Open Letter to Secretary Lyng, by John Perryman, for publication in 1869 1870 From Representative Dr. William R. Roy (D-2d Dist., Kansas). Appendix 4. Articles of interest: 1871 News previous to the hearing: August 25, 1971: The Washington Evening Star: "McGovern Asks Lifting of 1873 August 26, 1971: The Denver Post: "McGovern Charges: 'Top Brass' Blamed 1874 The Washington Post: "McGovern Joins Protest: More Money 1875 August 28, 1971: The Providence (R.I.) Evening Bulletin: "Lunch Cuts Hit 1876 The Providence (R.I.) Journal: "Skimping on School Lunches" 1878 The Washington Post: "Hunger In The Classroom”. 1878 August 29, 1971: The Providence Sunday Journal: "No School Lunch Expan- 1879 August 30, 1971: The New York Times: "Federal School Lunch Plan Fails To 1879 August 31, 1971: The Associated Press, Wire Release: By Austin Scott-- 1880 1881 September 3, 1971: The Washington Post: "U.S. Cutting School Lunch Funds"-- 1886 September 6, 1971: The New York Times: "Feeding Hungry Children". 1887 News subsequent to hearing: September 8, 1971: The New York Times: "McGovern Scores Pupil Lunch 1888 The Washington Evening Star: "Federal Changes Won't Hurt 1889 "School Lunch Crunch". 1890 The Washington Post: "U.S. Denies Cutting School Lunch Funds" 1890 V Appendix 4. Articles of interest-Continued The Berkeley (Calif.) Post: "New Regulations Menace School Page 1891 U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs: 1892 "44 Senators Request President's Intervention in School 1892 The Washington Post: Herblock cartoon: "Got To Teach 'Em 1895 September 10, 1971: The Providence (R.I.) Evening Bulletin: "Curb on Lunches 1895 Station KOWH, Omaha, Nebr.: An Editorial by Mrs. Wini- 1897 September 11, 1971: The Washington Food Report: "Furor Over School Lunch 1898 September 16, 1971: The New York Post: "44 Senators Fight School Lunch 1899 The Wall Street Journal: "Nixon's Diet for Pupils: Agency 1899 The Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Md.): "44 Senators Urge Nixon 1901 September 28, 1971: The Washington Evening Star: "Showdown on School 1902 September 29, 1971: Letter from the White House to Hon. George McGovern from 1903 The New York Times: "Senate Acts To Force Rise in Aid 1904 October 3, 1971: The New York Times: "Lunches for Hungry Children”. 1905 The Wall Street Journal: "Administration To Lift School 1906 1907 The New York Times: "U.S. Increases Pupil Lunch Aid But 1908 October 8, 1971: The New York Times: "Fudge for Lunch”. 1909 The Washington Post: Herblock cartoon: "New Play in the 1910 October 9, 1971: The Washington Post: "Taking Back the Lunch Money". 1910 The New York Times: "U.S. Tightens Rule on Free 1911 October 13, 1971: The Washington Evening Star: "New Challenge Set on Lunch 1912 October 15, 1971: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human 1913 The New York Times: "Nixon's Own Expert Criticizes Cut- 1916 The Wall Street Journal: "House Panel Approves Unani- 1917 Appendix 4. Articles of interest-Continued The Washington Post: "Congressional Report: House Unit Page 1917 October 16, 1971: The Washington Post: "School Lunch Edict Hit by 59 Senators" 1918 October 17, 1971: The New York Times: "School Lunches: The Script Called 1918 The Washington Post: "Unresolved Question: Will the Gov- 1919 October 18, 1971: The Washington Post: "Nixon Orders Clarifying of School 1920 October 19, 1971: The Washington Evening Star: "Agriculture Bows to Critics, 1921 The Washington Post: "U.S. Drops Cut in School Lunch 1921 The New York Times: "House Orders Nixon Aides Not to Cut 1922 The Wall Street Journal: "Administration Cancels Attempts The Washington Post: "Congressional Report: School Lunch 1925 October 22, 1971: The Washington Post: "The Free Lunch Reversal". 1925 November 7, 1971: The Washington Post: "Excerpt from Article by Carroll 1926 November 8, 1971: Associated Press Dispatch: "School Lunch Budget” 1926 Appendix 5. Supplemental information to the hearing: Passage of Senate Joint Resolution 157: From the Congressional Record, Oct. 1, 1971: Free Lunches-Reduced Price Lunches for Needy Children 1929 From the Congressional Record, Oct. 15, 1971: School Lunch Regulations_ Passage of Senate Joint Resolution 923: From the Congressional Record, Oct. 18, 1971: 1987 School Lunch and Breakfast Programs for Needy Children-- 1989 Message from the House of Representatives on House Joint Resolution 923: From the Congressional Record, Oct. 20, 1971: Free or Reduced Price Lunches for Needy Schoolchildren___ 2014 CRISIS IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1971 U.S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON Washington, D.C. The Select Committee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 1114, of the New Senate Office Building, the Honorable George McGovern, chairman of the committee, presiding. . Present: Senators McGovern, Hart, and Cook. Staff members present: Kenneth Schlossberg, staff director; Gerald S. J. Cassidy, general counsel; and Judah Sommer, minority counsel. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR MCGOVERN, CHAIRMAN Senator McGOVERN. The committee will please come to order. Today's hearing deals with the proposed regulations of August 13 which reduce the reimbursement rate to 35 cents for free and reducedprice school lunches. Over the last 2 weeks the Select Committee has been besieged by literally hundreds of State and local school lunch directors and by community representatives of all kinds, with urgent requests that we hold a hearing on the proposed regulations at the earliest possible date. I cannot recall any time since this committee has been in operation when there has been such an outcry against a proposed regulation as we have heard over the past 2 weeks. Thirty-seven State school lunch directors, meeting in Minneapolis on August 5 through 7, unanimously condemned the new regulations and have called upon this committee to hold these hearings today. BASIC POINT OF DISAGREEMENT There is one basic point of disagreement that we are going to deal with in today's hearings. The question is very sharply drawn, and it is just that single issue that we will be looking at: The August 13th regulations which the Department of Agriculture claims are designed to assist the States to do a better job in carrying out the congressional intent of Public Law 91-248, that every eligible child "shall be served meals free or at a reduced cost;" and, on the other hand, the point of view of the State school lunch directors' unanimous position that this new regulation will bring the School Lunch Program-in their words "to a screeching halt." (1747) |