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Thursday, July 21, 1977
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Prime Time
Staying in Touch
With Mrs. Carter
by Harriet Miller
In the months before she
moved to the White House,
Rosalynn Carter mentioned her
interest in the
problems of ag­
ing many times.
On May 10,
Mrs Carter held
her first meeting
with profession­
als in the field of aging; no other
First Lady had ever convened
such a meeting She had invited
them to the White House to bricl
her on the important issues and
to suggest ways that she might be
part of the solution to the prob­
lems of growing old.
Mrs. Carter's 22 advisors came
from the Congress, the National
Retired I eachers Association, the
American Association of Retired
Persons, the National ( aucus on
the Black Aged, the Gray Pan­
thers, the National Conlercnve
on the Spanish-Speaking I Iderly,
the National Council on the Ag
ing, and several other groups
In preparing for the meeting.
Mrs Carter’s staff debated the
order in which the advisors
would deliver their prepared
statements to the First l ady.
I hat particular problem was
solved, appropriately enough, by
asking the oldest speaker to go
tint, followed by the others in
descending order of age There­
fore. the youngest — nearly a
half-century younger than Rep
Claude Pepper (D-Fla ), who at
76 led off the speakers — found
themselves in the position of
having to wait until near the end
of the meeting to be heard
Since the young are reputed to
have more of every thing—except
years—than the old. it is to be
assumed that they accepted their
role in the order of things with
much grace and patience
One of the more interesting
ideas that emerged at the discus­
sion came from Cyril Brickfield,
who represented the National
Retired leathers Association He
suggested that Mrs. I arter en­
courage the first ladies of other
countries to organize with her
an international conference on
aging The conference could
serve as a vehicle for sharing
ideas and successes among the
nations, which, in spue of many
cultural and language differences,
often have common problems
Rep. Pepper talked to Mrs.
Carter about mandatory retire­
ment He is a sponsor of one bill
to eliminate the mandatory re­
tirement age, which is now 70.
from federal employment, and
another that would remove the
upper age limit from the Age
Discrimination in Employment
Act. which now protects employ­
ees front age 40 to age 65 Rep
Pepper said, "The argument that
mandatory retirement of the el­
derly opens needed jobs for
young workers will ultimately be
nullified by a return to a full-
employment economy But until
that time we must ask whether
forcing able-bodied persons who
want to continue to work into an
overburdened social security sys­
tem is economically or socially
justifiable "
Other speakers talked about
the need for courses in geriatric
medicine in the medical schools,
the shameful stale of some nurs­
ing homes that house many of
the frail elderly, the lack of suit­
able. low-cost housing for older
and retired persons, the plight of
many Indians and natives of
Alaska who do not qualify tor
retirement benefits of any kind,
and the myriad other issues af­
fecting the 23 million people
over 65 who live in America
today.
One of the last speakers was
Peter Hughes, who represented
the millions of members of the
American Association of Retired
Persons Said Hughes "Only
when the stereotypes of age and
the ignorance and fear of aging
arc erased will 'ageism' disappear.
And we are realistic enough to
know that government is limited
in its ability to change individual
altitudes about aging
“You, however, Mrs Carter."
he continued, "as the First 1 ady
of this nation, have a great op­
portunity to help bring about
change in public opinion and
erase ageism from our society."
He encouraged Mrs Carter to
remind the public again and
again of the immorality of age
discrimination He suggested she
relate the issues of aging to other
areas of interest to her He pro­
posed that she set up an advisory
panel on problems of aging that
could meet regularly with her
and keep her in touch with the ,
issues in all of their aspects Fi­
nally, he urged her to enlist the
support of the President in eradi­
cating ageism in ail of its forms
in the United States.
Promised Mrs Carter at the
end of the discussion: "I'll be in
touch."
tllarriet Miller it the executive
director of the non-profit, non­
partisan National Hetired Teach­
ers Association and American
Association of Hetired Persons in
U'ashmi’ton, D C.)
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