This will enable the Congress to consider further measures after some experience with the program has accumulated.
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Remarks Upon Signing the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act
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I am glad to announce at this time that we are establishing a new division in the United States Office of Education to administer the teaching and research program under the act.
Today, we cannot even identify the cause of retardation in 75 percent of the cases.
So the central responsibility, of course, is to try to develop a climate in this country where there is as close to full employment as we can get it, and then to give particular attention to those who are handicapped.
We also have a program here for those whom we regard as mentally restored, those who pass through a difficult period but who are now fully capable of carrying their burden.





