Aiken, Hon. George D., United States Senator from the State of Allott, Hon. Gordon, United States Senator from the State of Bequet, Neva, president, Washington Library Association_ Bible, Hon. Alan, United States Senator from the State of Nevada.. Burdick, Harriet Forbes, president, New Jersey Library Association.. Chait, Williams, president, Michigan Library Association.. Doerschuk, Ernest E., Jr., president, Pennsylvania Library Associa- Fulbright, Hon. J. W., United States Senator from the State of Arkan- sas.. Hodgson, James G., president, Colorado Library Association Homes, Nellie M., president, Missouri Library Association.. Hoyal, Mrs. Margaret J., president, Texas Library Association_. Kideney, Mrs. James W., chairman, legislative program committee, American Association of University Women.. McDonough, Roger H., director, New Jersey State Library.. Mueller, Dr. Kate Herner, chairman, education committee, Ameri- Oboler, Eli M., president, Pacific Northwest Library Association. - Osland, Mrs. Geneneve, legislation assistant, General Federation of Richards, John S., president, American Library Association.. Sexton, Brendan, education director, United Automobile, Aircraft, Wallace, Mrs. George, Fitchburg, Mass.. Walton, Virginia, president, Montana State Library Association__ Letters and telegrams: Belknap, Helen R., secretary, Delware Library Association, to Hon. 39 Bingham, Mrs. Barry, Glenview, Ky., to chairman, May 22, 1956- North Dakota Library Association, to chairman, May 22, 1956... Dennis, Catherine T., president, American Home Economics Associa- Dodd, Dorothy, president, Florida Library Association, Tallahassee, 71 Drennan, Henry, president, Oregon Library Association, to chairman, Edmonds, Cecil, national director, Arkansas Jaycees, to Hon. Lister Fayer, Mrs. Margaret L., president, Vermont Library Association, to Ferguson, Elizabeth, chairman, Council of National Library Associa- tions, to Hon. Lister Hill, April 19, 1956--- Foy, Bernard L., president, Tennessee Library Association, to chair- Fulbright, Hon. J. W., to Hon. Lister Hill, February 25, 1955, trans- mitting resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas. Gould, Samuel B., president, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, to chairman, May 21, 1956. - - Halvorson, Lloyd Č., economist, the National Grange, to chairman, Hertel, John, Fairplay, Colo., to Hon. Gordon Allott, January 25, Humphry, James, III, president, Maine Library Association, to Jacobs, Mrs. Alma S., librarian, Great Falls, Mont., to chairman, Jefferson, Ruth, associate secretary, Association for Childhood Educa- tion International, to chairman, May 21, 1956.--. Jenkins, Mrs. Clifford N., national chairman of legislation of the National Congress Parents and Teachers, to chairman, May 22, Judd, Jim W., Denver, Colo, to Hon. Gordon Allott, February 2, Kellam, W. P., president, Georgia Library Association, to chairman, Kideney, Mrs. James W., legislative program committee chairman, American Association of University Women, to Hon. Lister Hill,, La Bounty, Maxine, president, division of libraries for children and young people, American Library Association, to chairman, May 22, Land, Miss Ray, president, Virginia Library Association, to chairman, McBirney, Ruth, president, Idaho State Library Association, Boise, Idaho, to chairman, May 22, 1956.- Milligan, Frank, president, Iowa Library Association, to chairman, Moreland, George B., president, Maryland Library Association... Mueller, Kate Herner, education committee chairman, American Association of University Women, to Hon. Lister Hill, March 30, Nistenderk, Verna, president, library extension section, public libraries division, American Library Association, to chairman, May 21, 1956- Peck, Irene S., executive secretary, New Mexico State Library Com- mission, to Hon. Dennis Chavez, January 21, 1955, and enclosure... Reedy, Ruth Clark, president, Louisiana Library Association, to Reid, Ed E., executive director, Alabama League of Municipalities, Roysworth, Willa M., past president, Alabama Library Association, Montgomery, Ala., to chairman, May 19, 1956. Rush, N. Ordwin, president, Mountain Plains Library Association, Laramie, Wyo., to Hon. Lester Hill, May 19, 1956. Sandoe, Mildred W., president, public libraries division, American Library Association, to chairman, May 22, 1956, transmitting 70 Letters and telegrams-Continued Sepin, Gladys S., president, Ohio Library Association, to chairman, Settlemire, Claude L., president, Kansas Library Association, to Shubert, Joseph F., president, Nevada Library Association, to chairman, May 19, 1956.. Stratton, John B., president, Oklahoma Library Association, to chairman, May 22, 1956. Sullivan, Richard J., president, Massachusetts Library Association, to chairman, May 19, 1956. Sweasy, Mrs. J. R., president, Minnesota Library Association, to chairman, May 19, 1956-. Thomas, Robert, president, North Dakota Library Association, to Thompson, Alice B., Federal Coordinator for the Connecticut Library Traynor, J. Frank, president, Library Trustees Foundation of New Vaughan, Dorothy M., president, New Hampshire Library Association, to chairman, May 19, 1956. Vickers, Lucile F., president, South Dakota Library Association, to Vosper, Robert, president, Association of College and Reference Wright, Mrs. Marjorie P., Oklahoma, Agricultural and Mechanical LIBRARY SERVICES WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1956 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in the Old Supreme Court Chamber, United States Capitol, Senator James E. Murray presiding. Present: Senators Murray, Hill, and Smith of New Jersey. Also present: Committee staff members Steward E. McClure, John E. Forsythe, William G. Reidy, Michael Bernstein, and Mary Di Dio. Senator MURRAY. The hearing will come to order, please. This hearing has been scheduled to take testimony relating to the Library Services bill, S. 205. This measure was introduced by my esteemed colleague, Senator Lister Hill, for himself and 12 other Senators. The cosponsors of this measure are Senators George Aiken, Paul Douglas, Henry Jackson, Mike Mansfield, Frank Carlson, Irving Ives, William Langer, Dennis Chavez, Matthew Neely, Herbert Lehman, James Eastland, and Estes Kefauver. Since the introduction, four other Senators have asked that their names be added as cosponsors: Olin Johnston, J. W. Fulbright, Gordon Allott, and Clifford Case. To that list, I want to add my own name. I should like to mention briefly Lister Hill's long time interest in this legislation. In March 1946, he introduced the public library demonstration bill. The bill was favorably reported by this committee, but it was passed over on the Consent Calendar. The following year, he reintroduced the bill and George Aiken joined him as a cosponsor. In 1948 the bill passed the Senate, but did not reach the House floor. Again in 1949, the bill was introduced by Senators Hill and Aiken. The bill reached the Consent Calendar but was passed over when the House defeated it by 3 votes. The bill was completely revised and became the Library Services bill. It has been introduced in each Congress since then. Twice more this committee favorably reported the bill, but the failure of the House to act caused the Senate bill to be passed over on the Consent Calendar. I am pleased to be able to say that Senator Hill and Senator Murray voted for the bill every time it came to a committee vote. On May 8, the House passed the Library Services bill, H. R. 2840, by a voice vote with a good majority. This is the action we have been awaiting. 1 |