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STANFORD
LIBRARIES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 11823

AND SIMILAR BILLS TO AMEND THE LIBRARY
SERVICES ACT

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 26, 27, AND 29, 1962

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
ADAM C. POWELL, Chairman

LIBRARIES

CLEVELAND M. BAILEY, West Virginia, Chairman

PETER FRELINGHUYSEN, JR., New Jersey
ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota
PETER A. GARLAND, Maine

Bomar, Miss Cora Paul, president, American Association of School

Librarians, and supervisor, school library services, North Carolina

State Department of Public Instruction..

Brahm, Dr. Walter, State librarian, Ohio....

Bryan, James E., president, American Library Association, and direc-
tor, Newark Public Library, Newark, N.J..

Butler, Miss Sallie, director, General Federation of Women's Clubs -

Cohen, Hon. Wilbur J., Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Depart-

ment of Health, Education, and Welfare..

Coombs, Mrs. Bruce, member, Washington State Library Commis-

sion...

Dix, William S., Association of Research Libraries_.

Downs, Robert B., dean of library administration and director of the
Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois.

Gaver, Miss Mary, professor of library service, Rutgers University-

Greenaway, Emerson, director of the Free Library of Philadelphia___

Lill, Frank, editor and publisher of the Emporia Times...

McMurrin, Hon. Sterling M., U.S. Commissioner of Education,

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare...

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Miller, Hon. Clem, a Representative in Congress from the State of

California.

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Rogers, Rutherford D., Acting Librarian of Congress..

Roosevelt, Hon. James, a Representative in Congress from the State

of California..

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135

Scott, John E., president, West Virginia Library Association, and

librarian, West Virginia State College-

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Shipman, Richard, assistant director, legislative services, National

Farmers Union...

Alexander, Mrs. Susanna, regional librarian, Daniel Boone Regional

Library, Columbia, Mo., letter to Congressman Moulder-

American Council on Education, statement of___

Bacelli, Mrs. Hallie, school library superviser, Guilford County, N.C.,

article, "NDEA"

Willham, Dr. Oliver S., president, Oklahoma State University; ac-

companied by Edmon Low, librarian, Oklahoma State University..

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:

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"Backward Books," editorial in the Washington Post of May 28,

1962....

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Blasingame, Ralph, Jr., State librarian, Commonwealth of Pennsyl-

vania, Department of Public Instruction:

Letter to Chairman Bailey...

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"The Fit Inheritance Pennsylvania's New Plan for Library'

Development," article in P. E. L. State Bulletin, January 1962

"Books at Any Price," excerpt by the Valley of Parks Regional

Library, London, Ky..

Brahm, Dr. Walter, State librarian, Ohio, letter to Congressman

Frelinghuysen..

Brewster, Hon. Daniel B., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Maryland, letter to Chairman Bailey enclosing a letter from

Edwin Castagna, director, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore,

Md.

Prepared statements, etc.-Continued

Brownlee, Dr. R. Jean, chairman, Higher Education Committee; Dr.
Maycie Southall, chairman, Elementary and Secondary Education
Committee; Mrs. Walter M. Bain, chairman, Committee on Legis-
lative Program, American Association of University Women,
statement on behalf of

Carroll, Charles F., State superintendent of public instruction, State
of North Carolina, letter to Congressman Scott..

Clouse, John E., Jr., M. D., chairman, Georgia Citizens Library
Committee, letter to Chairman Bailey..

Cohen, Hon. Wilbur J., Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Depart-

ment of Health, Education, and Welfare:

A summary of progress in the first 5 years of the Library Services

Act__

Comparison of State and local funds expended in fiscal 1956 and

available for 1962 for all public library services in the areas

covered by the State plan under the Library Services Act

(table).

Funds available from State sources for all public library services,
fiscal years 1956 and 1962, excluding fully earned Federal
balances (table).

Prices of library materials.

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Prices of library materials and of consumer goods and

services (chart)__

Title I: Adequacy of Public Library Service in the United

States (chart).

Title II: Public Elementary and Secondary School Libraries

(chart)

Title III: Public and Private College and University
Libraries (chart).

Coombs, Mrs. Bruce A., member, Washington State Library Com-

mission:

Adopted principles for the programs under the Library Services

Act__

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Morical, Roberta M., chairman, north central regional library

board of trustees, letter from..

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Digest of comments from various public figures on the need for

financial assistance to metropolitan area public libraries.

Disheroon, Mrs. Earl, Carrollton, Ark., letter submitted by Arkansas

Library Commission..

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Dix, William S., Association of Research Libraries, membership list.

Downs, Robert B., dean of library administration and director of the

Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois

"Accredited Library Schools".

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Eckel, Mrs. Jacob E., president, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, N.Y.,
letter to Chairman Bailey...

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ment of

Ellsworth, Ted, administrator of public programs, Institute of Indus-
trial Relations, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., state-

"Employment Outlook for Librarians,' U.S. Labor Department

publication

Excerpts from State reports on programs under the Library Services

Act, fiscal years 1957-61...-.

Fogarty, Hon. John E., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Rhode Island, statement by..

Frantz, John C., library extension specialist, Library Services Branch,

U.S. Office of Education, "Public Libraries in Metropolitan Areas".

Garloch, Lorena A., president, Pennsylvania Library Association,
letter to Chairman Bailey.

Giaimo, Hon. Robert N., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Connecticut, statement of

Gibboney, Richard A., director, Bureau of Curriculum Development,

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruc-

tion, letter to Chairman Bailey..

Godwin, Mrs. H. S., president, North Carolina Congress of Parents &
Teachers, letter to Congressman Kornegay.

Goheen, Robert F., president, Princeton University, letter to Chair-

man Bailey.

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