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From Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., [No.] 78-50, “Williams says final congressional action on mandatory retirement ‘will help ensure the rights of elderly workers.’”. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3QJ7F8R
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From Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., [No.] 78-50, “Williams says final congressional action on mandatory retirement ‘will help ensure the rights of elderly workers.’”. RUcore: https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3QJ7F8R

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TitleFrom Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., [No.] 78-50, “Williams says final congressional action on mandatory retirement ‘will help ensure the rights of elderly workers.’”
Date Issued1978
SubjectWilliams, Harrison A., Jr., 1919-2001
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3QJ7F8R
LanguageEnglish
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Type: Exhibition section
Name: The Elderly
Detail: "What will we as a Nation do with the energy, imagination, and experience of Americans who are technically beyond retirement age, even though they feel they have something yet to give for others? We should answer that question in the most positive terms we can." Harrison A. Williams, Jr., Opening statement at introduction of Older Americans Community Service Program bill, 12 January 1967.Poverty, health care, housing, and other concerns of the elderly were a central feature of Great Society programs. As a member of the Special Committee on Aging for most of his career, Williams gained a first-hand view of the problems of the aged, leading to his advocacy of corrective legislation and involvement in programs such as Meals on Wheels. Williams viewed seniors not just in terms of their problems, but also as individuals with potential as a national human resource warranting government support. Green Thumb, Retired Senior Volunteer (RSVP), and other programs advocated by Williams and supported by federal funding reflected this view.
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Detail: Age discrimination in employment was initially outlawed in 1967 under a bill signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. The law, which at its signing covered ages 40 through 65, has been amended many times since to expand its coverage. These included the 1978 amendments sponsored by Williams and signed by President Jimmy Carter.
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Type: Finding aid
Name: Inventory to the Papers of Harrison A. Williams, Jr.
Detail: Finding aid provides description of materials in the Harrison A. Williams collection
CollectionCrossroads: Harrison A. Williams, Jr. and Great Society Liberalism, 1959-1981
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections
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