The transcripts of testimony given before the Senate Committee on Aging by the former Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Joseph Califano, and the Director of the Center on Work and Aging at the American Institutes for Research, Harold Sheppard, are presented. Issues reviewed in these statements address the following areas of concern: work patterns, retirement planning, lifelong learning, the impact of inflation and the economy, and social attitudes. The appendices provide examples of correspondence between Senator Frank Church, Chairman of the Senate Committee, and Califano, Church and Sheppard, and excerpts of a report by Sheppard entitled "Research and Development Strategy on Employment-Related Problems of Older Workers." (HLM)