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FEDERAL AID FOR LIBRARY SERVICE
IN RURAL AREAS

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS STANFORD

FIRST SESSION

ON

LIBRARIES

Bills to Promote the Further Development of

Public Library Service in Rural Areas

63164

HEARINGS HELD AT WASHINGTON, D. C.
MAY 25, 26, AND 27, 1955

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1955

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

GRAHAM A. BARDEN,

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 M. MCDOWELL, JR., Delaware
FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey
STEWART L. UDALL, Arizona

North Carolina, Chairman

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 2D, 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

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL AID FOR LIBRARY SERVICE IN RURAL AREAS

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CONTENTS

Bailey, Hon. Cleveland M., a Representative in Congress from the

State of West Virginia. -

Baily, Harold J., first vice-president, trustees section, public libraries

division, American Library Association.

Bingham, Mrs. Barry, chairman of the Kentucky bookmobile project
and chairman of the governor's advisory commission to the library
extension division _ _ _

139, 143

132

201

186

204

Hall, Mrs. Zippa L., chairman, citizens' committee of the Kansas Li-
brary Association_.

121

Hamilton, Frances, executive secretary, Association for Childhood
Education International, Washington, D. C.......

197

Harris, M. M., editor of the San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Tex-
Hartz, Mrs. A. Paul, Waverly, Va., legislative chairman, General Fed-
eration of Women's Clubs.

119

90

Johnson, Reuben, legislative assistant, National Farmers Union
Leigh, Robert D., member of the graduate faculty, Columbia Uni-
versity, and dean of the Library School..

191

111

Lemke, The Reverend Andrew B., minister, First Congregational
Church, Allegan, Mich....

105

McKay, Mrs. Mildred, director of the New Hampshire State Library
and president of the National Association of State Libraries..
McKnight, Dr. R. B., Charlotte, N. C., Library Commission_
Merrow, Hon. Chester E., a Representative in Congress from the
State of New Hampshire...

Moore, Mrs. Kay B., Whortonsville, N. C...

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Pilkerton, Norman A., Jr., student, Margaret Brent High School,
Leonardtown, Md.; also Louis Guy Knott, Mary Rose Payne, and
Marian Pilkerton, Leonardtown, Md...

157

Additional funds needed to meet $1.50 minimum, chart-

Agriculture and Libraries, article from American Library Association
Bulletin...-

13

Albert, Hon. Carl, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Oklahoma. _ .

99

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Bennett, G. L., deputy State librarian, State of Colorado.

250

Berry, Hon. E. Y., a Representative in Congress from the State of
South Dakota__

205

Boling, Edward J., director of the budget, State of Tennessee_
Bolton, Hon. Frances P., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Ohio.

237

16

Brewster, Mrs. George, Jr., president, South Dakota Library Asso-
ciation

259

Bright, Mrs. A. L., president, National Association of Pro America__
Brown, K. E., West Virginia Library Commission____

240

62

Budge, Hon. Hamer H., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Idaho..

100

Coy, Sallie E., chairman, government relations committee, and Walter

W. Curley, president, Rhode Island Library Association.

Day, N. J., president, Southeastern Library Association___
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, report to Committee
on Education and Labor on H. R. 1753 and H. R. 2861_.

70

74

Huber, Mary L., president, Maryland Library Association.

Jenkins, Hon. Thomas A., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Ohio.

Johnson, A. M., State controller, State of Montana_
Johnson, Mrs. Dean, Buckhannon, W. Va..

Johnson, Paul C., president, American Country Life Association....
Joyner, L. Felix, deputy commissioner, Department of Finance,
Commonwealth of Kentucky.

225

266

233

159

222

227

Kee, Hon. Elizabeth, a Representative in Congress from the State
of West Virginia....

12

LeCompte, Hon. Karl M., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Iowa

261

McDonald, Marguerita, secretary, Montana State Library Associa-
tion___.

218

McDonough, Roger H., Department of Education, State of New
Jersey.

266

Minimum standards of volumes per capita, as formulated by American
Library Association___

62

Mollohan, Hon. R. H., a Representative in Congress from the State
of West Virginia__

221

Morrison, Hon. J. H., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Louisiana_

13

Mullen, E. D., director, library service, State of Alabama....

5

Neath, Mrs. E. A., chairman, Montana Federation of Women's
Clubs

217

Nix, Lucile, State Department of Education, Atlanta, Ga..

223

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