scribed each year of the act. It is the opinion of this committee that an extension of the title V-A program for a 5-year period and an increase in the allocation would provide an opportunity for the guidance programs to become an established and effective part of every secondary school program in Oregon. An extension of the act to include elementary schools is equally needed. The potential for effective program development in this area is unlimited. We hope you will give this piece of vital legislation your favorable consideration. Sincerely yours, O. C. CHRISTENSEN, Jr., Secretary, Guidance Advisory Committee. Senator WAYNE MORSE, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.: YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO, May 10, 1961. Regret inability to attend hearings May 12-13 on NDEA bill, S. 1726, to eliminate disclaimer affidavit because of annual meeting of our board of trustees. Antioch College vigorously approves amending section 1001 (f) if for following reasons: 1. Vague ambiguous wording is a threat to individual and academic freedom and from an administrative point of view the section is completely unrealistic and not administratable. There is no way members of the teaching faculty or administration can guide or counsel the student as to whether he should or should not sign the disclaimer affidavit since there is at no place a definition of the kinds of organization referred to in the act. 2. The affidavit is discriminatory and we cannot accept the idea that young men and women of college age should be singled out from all other recipients of Federal funds and required to sign this special affidavit. 3. The provisions of this disclaimer will not be effective in discovering who is disloyal to our country for real subversives would have no scruples about signing such an affidavit. JAMES P. DIXON, Antioch College. PITTSBURGH, PA., May 12, 1961. Senator WAYNE MORSE, Chairman, Subcommittee on Education, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Tech urges support of S. 1726 to extend and expand National Defense Education Act in national interest. We agree with the point of view expressed By the American Council on Education. J. C. WARNER, President, Carnegie Institute of Technology. Senator WAYNE MORSE, Washington, D.C.: GRINNELL, Iowa, May 11, 1961. Understand S. 1726, to omit disclaimer affidavit from National Defense Education Act, will be considered soon. Strongly urge action to remove affidavit. Haverford College strongly endorses NDEA bill S. 1726 which omits disclaimer witicavit. HUGH BORTON, President. Senator WAYNE MORSE, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. COLUMBIA, Mo., May 12, 1961. Dear Senator MORSE: I want to express our strong support for the extension of the NDEA program and especially the loan and fellowship titles. These have been of great value to higher education in the United States, as we can testify from our experience at the University of Missouri. The amendments suggested by the American Association of Land Grant Colleges and State universities meet with our entire approval. Senator WAYNE MORSE, ELMER ELLIS, President, University of Missouri. PORTLAND, OREG., May 12, 1961. Delighted your Education Subcommittee holding hearings S. 1726. Cannot appear to testify but believe you know Reed College was one of earliest colleges to believe it should not accept NDEA funds under condition of negative disclaimer affidavit. We have remained consistent in belief that this position is ineffective in its intended purpose, discriminatory in singling out teachers and students, and should be removed by amendment. In other respects heartily favor extending, broadening, and strengthening National Defense Education Act. Best wishes. HON. WAYNE MORSE, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.: RICHARD H. SULLIVAN, President, Reed College. MARTIN, TENN., May 12, 1961. Officials of the University of Tennessee, Martin Branch, Martin, Tenn., are deeply interested in extension of National Defense Education Act with such amendment finally adjudged advantageous. PAUL MEEK. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 12, 1961. SENATOR WAYNE MORSE, Chairman of Subcommittee on Education of Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Washington, D.C.: Urge extension of NDEA; urge removal of discrimination against private schools in Loan Fund forgiveness; urge removal of requirements of disclaimer affidavit; urge extension of fellowships to established as well as new programs and set amounts for educational, grants-in-aid to institution in title IV. R. J. HENLE, S.J., Academic Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School, CEDAR FALLS, Iowa., May 11, 1961. SENATOR WAYNE MORSE, Strongly support administration NDEA bill, S. 1726, which omits disclaimer affidavit for college students. Would like to attend hearings. Sudden date for having hearings make attendance impossible. Our experience indicates affidavit performs no function except an implied threat free speech. WM. C. LANG, Professor of History, Iowa State Teachers College. SENATOR WAYNE MORSE, DETROIT, MICH., May 11, 1961. Chairman, Subcommittee on Education, Re hearings tomorrow S. 1726 wish to convey strong support for expansion and extension of NDEA Act of 1958. Various programs have exceeded original hopes of catalyzing action in States and institutions for strengthening education specifically urge doubling student loan ceiling per institution. It would be of significant help our University. Also graduate fellowship program should be expanded to 5,000 per year per need for support in new and old programs critical continuation of language development program of great value facilitating more effective international programs. Urge expansion title 7 to cover comprehensive student education processes including special media support proposal removing disclaimer affidavit title 10. Dr. RANDEL M. WAHLEY, Vice President, Graduate Student and Research, Wayne State University. NEW YORK, N.Y., May 11, 1961. Senator WAYNE MORSE, Chairman, Education Subcommittee, As a longtime teacher of English in college I wish to endorse heartily S. 1726 to amend NDEA title VI by including English as the subject in which improvement in teaching is vitally necessary. I would urge its inclusion also in title III. Respectfully yours, EDWARD S. NOYES. NEW YORK, N.Y., May 11, 1961. Senator WAYNE MORSE, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Appreciate invitation to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare hearings on S. 1726 but have nothing to add to testimony committee will be receiving from others and do not therefore plan to appear. CLARENCE FAUST, Fund for Advancement of Education. WILMETTE, ILL., May 11, 1961. Hon. WAYNE MORSE, Chairman, Education Subcommittee, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, As the Senate Subcommittee on Education begins its hearings on the renewal of the National Defense Education Act, I am on my way to Addis Ababa to serve as a consultant to the meeting of African nations called by the United Nations. I regret I shall not be able to personally attend your hearing but wanted to observe that from our knowledge as a producer of educational films a great and significant contribution has been made to the schools of our country from the funds provided by the NDEA. Individual films in the areas of science, mathematics and modern foreign language as well as complete high school courses on film in physics and chemistry along with other meaningful materials and equipment are now being utilized all across the land in schools that heretofore were deprived insight into these subjects by these means of modern communication. I would like to go on record as expressing the hope the idea will be renewed and extended to include the improvement of instruction in other essential academic areas important to our educational system, and that careful consideration be given to the proposed amendment to title VII calling for the holding of institutes and workshops for the training of teachers, school administrators, principals and, etc., in the utilization of new educational media. I understand some reference is being proposed to the inclusion of physical fitness under title III. As much as any American I am concerned with the physical well-being of our youth, however, the National Defense Education Act had an entirely different purpose and intent. If the provision of funds for physical fitness is now deemed important, I suggest it should be provided for in a separate bill and to thus permit the idea to continue to carry our programs for those scholastic subjects so important in our educations system. Respectfully. BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, N.Y., May 111961. Hon. WAYNE MORSE, Chairman, Subcommittee on Education, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR MORSE: I am writing to you on behalf of the faculty and trustees of Barnard College to express our strong support of the provisions of S. 1726 to amend section 1001 (f) of the National Defense Education Act. Barnard College has never applied for loan funds under the National Defense Education Act and will not do so as long as the act requires an "affidavit of disbelief." Financial aid for students is sorely needed in this time of rising costs of education, and we believe that the amendments incorporated in S. 1726 will make it possible for all colleges and universities to make such aid available to their students. Yours sincerely, MILLICENT C. MCINTOSH. ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGES, Hon. WAYNE L. MORSE, Chairman, Subcommittee on Education, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR MORSE: The Association of American Colleges, along with the American Council on Education and other educational organizations, will be represented by President Asa S. Knowles, of Northeastern University, in testimony to be presented to your committee on Saturday the 13th, on amendment of the National Defense Education Act of 1958. We did not think it appropriate to ask you to take up the committee's time by hearing a separate witness from our association as we are in substantial agreement with our sister organizations on the principal amendments that seem desirable. There are, however, two particular amendments on which the Association of American Colleges has taken an explicit stand. At our last annual meeting, held at Denver, Colo., in January, the following resolution was adopted: "Whereas the National Defense Education Act of 1958 has enabled colleges and universities to develop a variety of programs designed to meet some of the Nation's critical needs for trained manpower; and "Whereas experience has shown that the act stands in need of amendment in a number of respects: be it "Resolved, That the Association of American Colleges congratulate the staff of the U.S. Office of Education on their wise and skillful administration of the act and offer its cooperation in the formulation of amending legislation; and be it further "Resolved, That the Congress be urged to limit the requirements of section 1001 (f) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 to the simple oath or affirmation of true faith and allegiance to the United States, and to provide that benefits established for teachers under any part of the act shall be made available to teachers in both public and private institutions at all educational levels." You will see from the text of this resolution that, while we recognize the need of a number of amendments to the act, the two points on which we make a definite recommendation are (1) the limitation of section 1001 (f) to the simple oath of allegiance and (2) the removal of the existing discrimination among different classes of teachers with respect to benefits such as the loan forgiveness provision under title II of the act. We should be grateful if you would be willing to include this letter in the record as a supplement to the oral testimony to be presented by President Knowles. Sincerely, F. L. WORMALD, Acting Executive Director. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, Hon. WAYNE MORSE, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR MORSE: This morning I received a call from colleagues in Washington who urged that I appear before your committee this coming Saturday in behalf of higher education. Since it is not possible for me to come to the Capitol I am writing this letter. I hope you know how much greater pleasure I would have appearing before you and having the opportunity to discuss the educational bill with you personally. There are three parts of the National Defense Education Act which I would like to call to your attention in particular: First, in relation to graduate fellowships it is my judgment, and it is shared by most of the members of the American Council on Education, that the wisest means of providing graduate fellowships is through the establishment of quotas to particular institutions, leaving the institutions free to appoint the fellows. Only through such a quota system can we avoid crowding a few prestige schools with more fellows than they can easily handle. Our present national interests lie in the direction of diffusing the graduate programs throughout the Nation and strengthening the quality of a larger number of already good institutions. This latter objective can be provided for through the quota system. Second, all of the American Council institutions of which I am aware are eager to have this legislation made more in conformity with the principles of American freedom by exclusion of the disclaimer-oath requirement. I know that I need not dwell on this subject since the disclaimer, as a tool, is as foreign to your thinking as to my own. Third, under the present bill, teacher benefits are available only to men and women who expect to teach in public schools. I am sure it is in the interest of American education to grant the same immunity from debt under the NDEA loan program to men and women who subsequently go into teaching in private schools. It is my judgment that it is in the interest of education to grant the same opportunities for financial help to people now teaching in private schools who are invited to institutes of science or institutes of mathematics that are now made available only to the public schools. I should like to have you include my voice, for whatever weight it may have, in favor of continuance of the quota system for assigning fellowships, the exclusion of the disclaimer-oath requirement, and the extension of the teacher benefits either under loans or for fellowships at institutes to teachers in private schools as well as in public schools. Mrs. Wilson joins me in sending affectionate regards to you and Mrs. Morse. Sincerely yours, O. MEREDITH WILSON, President. THE ASSOCIATION FOR SUPERVISION Hon. WAYNE MORSE, Washington, D.C. MY DEAR SENATOR MORSE: At the annual meeting of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, an organization made up of approximately 8,000 people in key leadership position in the 50 States, two resolutions were passed which we would like to call to your attention. They are as follows: "THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT "Whereas the Federal Government has initiated and implemented through the National Defense Education Act a program for the improvement of instruction in certain specified areas; and "Whereas the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development has recognized that certain instructional programs have been improved through the National Defense Education Act; and "Whereas the acquisition of equipment and remodeling of facilities do not themselves guarantee the improvement of instruction; and |