Educational Issues of Concern to the 84th Congress; a Report Prepared in the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress ... March 17, 1955U.S. Goverment Printing Office, 1955 - 61 pages |
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... Members of Congress ( in pending bills ) are not in full agreement . The issue continues complicated and contro- versial . One of the most profound effects of universal military training would be upon education . Some of the possible ...
... Members of Congress ( in pending bills ) are not in full agreement . The issue continues complicated and contro- versial . One of the most profound effects of universal military training would be upon education . Some of the possible ...
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... members of the subcommittee, said: The subcommittee unanimously recommends that legislation be enacted providing for Federal payments to enable the States and local communities to expand their school-construction programs. There is no ...
... members of the subcommittee, said: The subcommittee unanimously recommends that legislation be enacted providing for Federal payments to enable the States and local communities to expand their school-construction programs. There is no ...
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... members of the subcommittee , said : The subcommittee unanimously recommends that legislation be enacted pro- viding for Federal payments to enable the States and local communities to expand their school - construction programs . The ...
... members of the subcommittee , said : The subcommittee unanimously recommends that legislation be enacted pro- viding for Federal payments to enable the States and local communities to expand their school - construction programs . The ...
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... Members of both Houses of Congress . B. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND A movement for Federal participation in the support of public libraries began at least as early as in 1929.3 A precedent for Federal promotion of library services was ...
... Members of both Houses of Congress . B. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND A movement for Federal participation in the support of public libraries began at least as early as in 1929.3 A precedent for Federal promotion of library services was ...
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... Members and in the Senate by the same 3 who had introduced it previously . At least partly because of the great pressure of labor legislation , the bill was not reported in the House . It came up on the Senate Calendar four times but ...
... Members and in the Senate by the same 3 who had introduced it previously . At least partly because of the great pressure of labor legislation , the bill was not reported in the House . It came up on the Senate Calendar four times but ...
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81st Congress 83d Congress 84th Congress administration agencies aid to school amendment amount authorized basis bills proposing capita income Carl Elliott chapter citizens civilian college grade Commissioner of Education Committee on Education congressional concern educa Education and Labor enacted established expenditure favor Federal aid Federal allotments Federal funds Federal Government financial aid financing fiscal George-Barden Act grants-in-aid higher education HISTORICAL BACKGROUND January 13 Labor and Public legislation library services bill Lister Hill ment million national defense National Security Training Office of Education oil for education outer Continental Shelf percent percentage President Eisenhower program of Federal public education Public Law 31 public library services public schools purpose question of Federal RACIAL SEGREGATION recommended Reserve forces training revenue school construction secondary Security Training Commission Security Training Corps Senate Senate Committee Smith-Hughes Act submerged lands support of education taxes tion universal military training vocational education Washington Star
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Page 21 - Federal share" for any State shall be 100 per centum less the State percentage and the State percentage shall be that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the...
Page 5 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 5 - If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization it expects what never was and never will be.
Page 33 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Page 22 - Act. (b) The Commissioner is also authorized to make such studies, investigations, and reports as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act, including periodic reports for public distribution as to the values, methods, and results of various State demonstrations of public library services undertaken under this Act.
Page 36 - Shelf appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction, control, and power of dispostion as provided in this Act.
Page 59 - In what ways can we organize our school systems more efficiently and economically ? 3.
Page 36 - ACT To PROVIDE FOR THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES OVER THE SUBMERGED LANDS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO LEASE SUCH LANDS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
Page 33 - Territory, fulfilled this promise in behalf of the Confederation. Without undertaking to reproduce the text of the ordinance, it suffices to say that it contained a bill of rights, a promise of ultimate statehood, and it provided (italics mine) that '
Page 33 - Act of 1862 provided a grant of Federal lands or land scrip to each State in the amount of 30,000 acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress from that State.