Library Service in Rural Areas: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, Second Session, on H.R.5195, a Bill to Promote the Further Development of Public Library Service in Rural Areas. Hearings Held at Washington, D.C., April 1 and 2, 1952U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 - 87 pages |
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... shows that of the children in the fifth grade in elementary school , less than 50 percent ultimately graduate from ... show in a moment , Mr. Chairman , and as you so well know from your own State , there are no library facilities . I am ...
... shows that of the children in the fifth grade in elementary school , less than 50 percent ultimately graduate from ... show in a moment , Mr. Chairman , and as you so well know from your own State , there are no library facilities . I am ...
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... show that $ 105 million were spent , which leaves quite a gap , as you can see . This bill which you have introduced , Mr. Chairman , in my judg- ment would go a long way , at least it would make a good beginning in repairing these ...
... show that $ 105 million were spent , which leaves quite a gap , as you can see . This bill which you have introduced , Mr. Chairman , in my judg- ment would go a long way , at least it would make a good beginning in repairing these ...
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... shows that in west Georgia where no library service was at one time available , except the type of State service ... show what can be done when those facilities are available and to stimulate - I would like to emphasize that word - to ...
... shows that in west Georgia where no library service was at one time available , except the type of State service ... show what can be done when those facilities are available and to stimulate - I would like to emphasize that word - to ...
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... show communities what a real library service can do for their citizens in the hope that they then - the citizens of those communities - having seen the benefits of good library service will be willing to pay only $ 1.50 a head to ...
... show communities what a real library service can do for their citizens in the hope that they then - the citizens of those communities - having seen the benefits of good library service will be willing to pay only $ 1.50 a head to ...
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... show the number in the country that have a basis for good minimum library service . It shows by the wide- open white spaces the large number of communities in the whole country which do not have that kind of base for service . It boils ...
... show the number in the country that have a basis for good minimum library service . It shows by the wide- open white spaces the large number of communities in the whole country which do not have that kind of base for service . It boils ...
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Page 1 - Board for such prior quarter. (3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon, through the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay to the State, at the time or times fixed by the Board, the amount so certified.
Page 1 - Administrator may find necessary. "(2) The Administrator shall then certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount so estimated by the Administrator for any period, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum by which he finds that his estimate for any prior period was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State...
Page 2 - United States for the three most recent consecutive years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce.
Page 2 - State plan approved under subsection (a) , finds that— (1) the State plan has been so changed that it no longer complies with the provisions of subsection (a), or (2) in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply substantially with any such provision...
Page 1 - State library administrative agency certifies will in its judgment assure use of such funds to maximum advantage in the further extension of public library services to areas without such services or with inadequate services...
Page 2 - 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...
Page 2 - public library" means a library that serves free all residents of a community, district, or region, and receives its financial support in whole or in part from public funds...
Page 2 - State educational agency shall not make further payments under this title to specified local educational agencies affected by the failure) until he is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply. Until he is so satisfied...