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From fiscal '53, when the funds for the Mental Health Institute were $10,518,000 to 1963, the funds have increased to $143,599,000, a span of ten years. And it's fair to say that there's never been any such effort in any place in the world, on this scale. Of course, it's still much too small when you think there are still around 700,000 people in some type of federal, state or county mental institution.

Mrs. Lasker, there's a related field and I wonder if you're interested in that and whether you have done anything, and that is the area of rehabilitation. A man who is committed to a mental hospital and through the use of drugs is discharged, there is always a certain stigma attached to him in his finding employment. This is a problem.

Yes, I think it is a problem, but I haven't done anything about it. I don't know how to do it on any national or state scale. I can tell you in another session what we tried to do in New York State. We made some impact in New York State. But I haven't done anything on this and it is a problem that should be taken care of.

Yes. We turn them back in society and we don't help to absorb them.

That's right, or don't give them adequate help. The whole