These materials represent the testimony given before the Select Committee on Aging of the House of Representatives during February 1979. Statements of the committee members are presented as well as remarks by Louis Harris, nationally known survey researcher, and Kenneth K. Keene, director of a New York consulting firm specializing in employee benefits. Issues addressed in the testimony include the following: (1) inflation and the quality of life, (2) mandatory retirement, (3) attitudes toward private pensions, and (4) attitudes toward social security. The appendices contain the results of the 1979 study of American attitudes toward pension and retirement, a nationwide survey of employees, retirees, and business leaders conducted by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc. (HLM)