Aid to Fine Arts: Hearing Before the Select Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, on H. R. 4172, H. R. 4174, and Related Bills to Aid the Fine Arts in the United States. Hearing Held in Washington, D. C., May 15, 1961U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961 - 364 pages |
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... millions of uncommitted people of the world - into friends is to earn their respect through our own respect for our own cultural leadership and achievements in the deeply related fields of education , science , and the fine arts . As we ...
... millions of uncommitted people of the world - into friends is to earn their respect through our own respect for our own cultural leadership and achievements in the deeply related fields of education , science , and the fine arts . As we ...
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... million professional instrumentalists . But I voice , too , my personal views as a private citizen devoted to the arts and particu- larly to music . I might add that I speak for our union membership as lovers of music , also . Certainly ...
... million professional instrumentalists . But I voice , too , my personal views as a private citizen devoted to the arts and particu- larly to music . I might add that I speak for our union membership as lovers of music , also . Certainly ...
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... million in the last 7 years to send cul- tural presentations abroad . This was a wise investment and has earned large dividends of good will and understanding in many parts of the world . Can we not now call upon the Federal Government ...
... million in the last 7 years to send cul- tural presentations abroad . This was a wise investment and has earned large dividends of good will and understanding in many parts of the world . Can we not now call upon the Federal Government ...
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... million pupils in the schools who are receiving music at- tention from these teachers , and I would not be surprised but what we could get almost unanimous approval from our teachers and the parents of these children for the kind of ...
... million pupils in the schools who are receiving music at- tention from these teachers , and I would not be surprised but what we could get almost unanimous approval from our teachers and the parents of these children for the kind of ...
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... aspects of the lives of our citizens . The number of boys and girls and older people who are coming under this influence represent literally millions of families . I am here to speak for our executive secretary who 36 AID TO FINE ARTS.
... aspects of the lives of our citizens . The number of boys and girls and older people who are coming under this influence represent literally millions of families . I am here to speak for our executive secretary who 36 AID TO FINE ARTS.
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