Special Postage Rates for Educational, Cultural, and Library Materials: Hearings, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 4595. July 8, 1959U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 38 pages Considers H.R. 4595, to amend the Postal Rate Increase Act of 1958 to permit the mailing of books, library books, sound recordings, book catalogs, films, and related materials at a special less expensive rate. |
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16-millimeter films 9 cents A. S. MIKE MONRONEY additional pound amended 72 Stat American Library Association bill bound volumes catalogs of phonograph catalogs of sound Chairman clarify clause clause iv committee amendment Committee on Post Congress Council of Chief DOYLE educa Employees Salary Act equipment Federal Employees Salary film catalogs FRANK CARLSON guides or scripts incidental blank spaces inserting in lieu kits laboratory library book rate library materials library rate lieu thereof MINOW Miss KRETTEK Office and Civil parcel post permit the mailing phonograph recordings Post Office Department Postal Rate Revision Postmaster pound or fraction proposed amendment rates for educational reading matter record catalogs record dealers Revision and Federal RILEY schools Schwann Catalog Science Materials Center scientific section 204 Senator Kennedy Senator MONRONEY Senators Saltonstall sound recordings spaces for students special postage rates special rate statute Subcommittee tion U.S. Senate uniform certain provisions volumes of periodicals Washington youngster
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Page 7 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE RY THE BILL, AS REPORTED In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic...
Page 17 - Congress hereby finds and declares that the security of the Nation requires the fullest development of the mental resources and technical skills of its young men and women. The present emergency demands that additional and more adequate educational opportunities be made available. The defense of this Nation depends upon the mastery of modern techniques developed from complex scientific principles.
Page 7 - ... public libraries, organizations, or associations shall be charged with postage at the rate of 4 cents for the first pound or fraction thereof and 1 cent for each additional pound or fraction thereof, except, that the rates now or hereafter prescribed for third- or fourthclass matter shall apply in every case where such rate is lower than the rate prescribed in this subsection for books under this classification...
Page 2 - Congress: (i) books consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibliography or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for students...
Page 18 - We must increase our efforts to identify and educate more of the talent of our Nation. This requires programs that will give assurance that no student of ability will be denied an opportunity for higher education because of financial need ; will correct as rapidly as possible the existing imbalances in our educational programs which have led to an insufficient proportion of our population educated in science, mathematics, and modern foreign languages and trained in technology.
Page 23 - State educational agency for (A) acquisition of laboratory and other special equipment, including audio-visual materials and equipment and printed materials (other than textbooks), suitable for use in providing education in science, mathematics, [or] modern foreign language, or physical fitness in public elementary or secondary schools, or both, and (B) minor remodeling of laboratory or other space used for such materials or equipment.
Page 7 - ... (B) public libraries, religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor, veterans, or fraternal organizations or associations not organized for profit and none of the net income of which inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual...
Page 7 - ... notations and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books; (b) printed music, whether in bound form or in sheet form; (c) bound volumes of academic theses in typewritten or other duplicated form and bound volumes of periodicals; and (d) other library materials in printed, duplicated, or photographic form or in the form of unpublished manuscripts.
Page 36 - Association, a nonprofit, professional association of more than 22,000 members, consisting of librarians, trustees, and friends of libraries interested in the development, extension, and improvement of libraries as essential factors in the educational program of the Nation.
Page 8 - ... under this classification ; Provided. That this rate shall apply only to such books as are addressed for local delivery, for delivery in the first, second or third zone, or within the State in which mailed. "Public libraries, organizations, or associations before being entitled to the foregoing rates shall furnish to the Postmaster General under such regulations as he may prescribe, satisfactory evidence that none of the net income of such organizations inures to the benefit of any private stockholder...