Show t. t Washington Washingto 1 Scene Sen Wallace F. F Bennett R- R Utah has joined three other leading Republican Senat Senators rs in presenting a minority vic ie vies vies' I opposing compulsory medicare medicare medi medi- care and pointing to progress already made under the Kerr Kerr- Mills Act THE TilE said recently he has joined with WWI Senate Minority Mi 1 Ii Leader Everett McKinley McKin- McKin le Icy ley Dirksen R Sen Barry Bar Bar- ry lj Goldwater R R-Ariz and Sen Frank Carlson Carison R in fn a report of the Special Committee Com Coni- on Aging r In opposing President Kennedys KenI Kennedy's Kennedys Ken Ken- I ned nedy's s program to provide compulsory health aid to the elderly under Social Security Sen Bennett and the other three members of the Aging Committee contended that it lit would appear prudent to defer action on any new proposal until the effectiveness of the I Mills Kerr Act can be fully evaluated THIS TillS IS legislation enacted in 1960 after Congress had turned down the Kennedy program program program pro pro- gram to establish a federal- federal state program to aid the Ule needy elderly It was sponsored by Rep Wilbur D. D Mills lills D DArk Chairman of oC the House Ways and Means Committee and b by bythe bythe the late Sen Robert S. S Kerr KerrI j I D DOkla Referring to an extensive trial of the Kerr Mills Act Sen Bennett said A vigorous vigor vigor- I ous Otis imaginative administration tion of the program by the I Executive Branch is 1 essary if such an appraisal is isto isto to be meaningful It is eident evident evident evi i evi- evi dent that in its eagerness to impose a total compulsory health scheme on the elderly the lie present administration deliberately deliberately deI de de- de- de I has downgraded the values inherent in the Kerr Mills approach I SEN BENNETT pointed out that substantial progress had been made In fact he said the speed with which the program is being put into effect exceeds ex cx- that of any other previous previous pre pre- ious program provid i n g grants aid to to the Ule states L IN THE TIlE REPORT the Senators Senators Sen Sea listed three basic objections objections to providing medical as assistance assistance assistance for persons over 65 years ears as part of the social security security security se se- se- se system I 1 Such a program would constitute a patrial national of health services which seriously may endanger our j voluntary medical system 2 As a compulsory program program program pro pro- gram embracing all persons in inI inthis inthis this group without regard for forI I I whether the they want or need proposed government sel services Ces it would involve a major infringement infringement infringement in in- on individual responsibility responsibility responsibility re re- re- re and liberty 3 There is serious question whether it is proper to use federal federal fed fed- eral tax aC money to purchase such service for an individual indi dual without regard for I his s actual need |