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, 1961

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Page 288 - to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for a limited time, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Page 2 - ... (2) during the period of such appointment, [and the further period of two years after the termination thereof, ] to the prosecution or participation in the prosecution, by any person so appointed, of any claim against the Government involving any matter...
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Page 3 - For the purposes of this act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,300,000,000.
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Page 157 - If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all — except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.

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