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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

Proposed Legislation for Federal Assistance to

States for School-Construction Purposes

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 2, 3, 8,

9, 10, 15, 16, 17, —, AND —, 1955

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1955

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

GRAHAM A. BARDEN, North Carolina, Chairman

AUGUSTINE B. KELLEY, Pennsylvania
ADAM C. POWELL, JR., New York
CLEVELAND M. BAILEY, West Virginia
CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky
ROY W. WIER, Minnesota
CARL ELLIOTT, Alabama
PHIL M. LANDRUM, Georgia
LEE METCALF, Montana
JAMES B. BOWLER, Illinois
EARL CHUDOFF, Pennsylvania
EDITH GREEN, Oregon

JAMES ROOSEVELT, California
HERBERT ZELENKO, New York
HARRIS B. MCDOWELL, JR., Delaware
FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey
STEWART L. UDALL, Arizona

II

SAMUEL K. MCCONNELL, JR., Pennsylvania
RALPH W. GWINN, New York

WINT SMITH, Kansas

CARROLL D. KEARNS, Pennsylvania

HAROLD H. VELDE, Illinois

CLARE E. HOFFMAN, Michigan

ALBERT H. BOSCH, New York

JOE HOLT, California

JOHN J. RHODES, Arizona

STUYVESANT WAINWRIGHT, New York

PETER FRELINGHUYSEN, JR., New Jersey
SAM COON, Oregon

ORVIN B. FJARE, Montana

FRED G. HUSSEY, Chief Clerk
JOHN O. GRAHAM, Minority Clerk
EDWARD A. MCCABE, General Counsel
RUSSELL C. DERRICKSON, Chief Investigator

CONTENTS

Bennett, Hon. Charles E., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Florida_

Denton, Hon. Winfield K., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Indiana..........

Elliott, Hon. Carl, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Harris, Hon. Oren, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Hays, Hon. Brooks, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Hyde, Hon. DeWitt S., a Representative in Congress from the State

Reuss, Hon. Henry S., a Representative in Congress from the State

Johnson, Hon. Leroy, a Representative in Congress from the State

of California...

Kearns, Hon. Carroll D., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Pennsylvania, and Hon. Cleveland M. Bailey, a Repre-

sentative in Congress from the State of West Virginia; accom-

panied by Robert L. Cardon, Legislative Counsel's Office, House of

Representatives; and Russell C. Derrickson, Chief Investigator,

Committee on Education and Labor

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

Perkins, Hon. Carl D., a Representative in Congress from the State

Rabant, Hon. Louis C., a Representative in Congress from the State

Thompson, Hon. Ruth, a Representative in Congress from the State

Udall, Hon. Stewart L., a Representative in Congress from the State

Watts, Hon. John C., a Representative in Congress from the State of

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Letters, prepared statements, etc., submitted for the record by-

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Colorado..

Dallard, Robert, superintendent, San Diego, Calif., city schools-

Donaldson, Marion, superintendent of public schools, Tucson, Ariz..

Kennedy, Miles D., director, the American Legion.........

Carson, C. A., associate superintendent, Tucson Public Schools, Tuc-

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Letters, prepared statements, etc-Continued

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

Michigan, letter of, in connection with hearings on school-con-

struction bills.

Replies received from-

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Jones, A. B., State superintendent of public instruction,

State of Idaho.

Taylor, C. L., superintendent of public instruction, Lansing,

Freeman, Hon. Orville L., Governor, State of Minnesota.

Kampschroeder, W. C., assistant State superintendent of

public instruction, State of Kansas..

Murphy, Irvin P., director, administrative services, State

of New Mexico_.

Bailey, Thomas D., State superintendent of education,

State of Florida...

Clement, Hon. Frank G., Governor of the State of Tennessee_

Herter, Hon. Christian A., Governor, Commonwealth of

Massachusetts..

Marshall, John, administrator, School Building Assistance

Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Javits, Jacob K., attorney general, State of New York-

King, Hon. Samuel Wilder, Governor of Hawaii..

Cook, Eugene, attorney general, State of Georgia..

Cohen, Herbert B., attorney general, Commonwealth of

Ritch, Charles F., Jr., Bureau of Field Services, State of

Wright, Frank M., associate superintendent of public in-

struction, State of California...

Heintzleman, Hon. B. Frank, Governor of Territory of

Williams, Hon. G. Mennen, Governor of the State of Michi-

Tripp, F. E., legislative secretary, State of Michigan.

Kavanagh, Thomas M., attorney general, State of Michigan_

Simpson, Roy E., superintendent of public instruction, State of Cali-

Warren, R. B., assistant superintendent of schools, Muskegon,

Milwaukee School Board and the Milwaukee Common Council..

Franklin County, Ky., Teachers Association..

Stringfellow, George E., president, New Jersey Taxpayers Association

The Schools in Trouble, article.

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Thompson, Hon. Frank, a Representative in Congress from the State

Statistical information, etc.-

Distribution by States under S. 5, introduced by Senator Hill and 29

others, January 6, 1955; based on an appropriation of $500 million

Allocation of school-construction funds under flat-grant distribution as

in H. R. 14, Kearns (R. Pa.), H. R. 15, Bailey (D. W. Va.), S. 480,

Humphrey (D. Minn.) and Ives (R. N. Y.), S. 522, Dirksen (R. Ill.).

Expenditures for capital outlay and interest by public elementary and

secondary school systems, biennially, 1931-32 to 1951-52_.

Extract from constitution of State of Michigan..

Indexes on building-construction costs.

Non-Federal current expenditure for public elementary and secondary

schools: United States, and Michigan, revenue income from State

and local sources.

Expenditures for public elementary and secondary education for

1951-52 (actual) and 1954-55 (estimated) – .

Estimated non-Federal current expenditure for public elementary and

secondary day schools for continental United States, 1951-52 to

1959-60

Intergovernmental expenditure, by function and by State, 1952

Limitations on the issuance of bonds for school capital outlay expressed

as percents of taxable assessments, 1953–54_.

Preliminary computations of allotments (out of $100 million in

Federal funds) to States for school-construction expenditures, based

on school population, effort, and need.

Analysis of chief provisions of H. R. 5112

Allotment per State and per child under H. R. 5112_

Hill-Burton formula for determining each State's share of the Federal

allotment for hospital construction___

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