4.S. Congress. Senate.

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON
LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE.

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 622, S. 1227, S. 1228, S. 1271, S. 1411,

S. 1562, and S. 1726

BILLS TO AMEND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT

MAY 12 AND 13, 1961

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1961

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COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

LISTER HILL, Alabama, Chairman PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona WAYNE MORSE, Oregou

EVERETT McKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois RALPH YARBOROUGH, Texas

CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey
JOSEPH S. CLARK, Pennsylvania

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont
HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey
QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota
BENJAMIN A. SMITH II, Massachusetts
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island

STEWART E. MCCLURE, Chief Clerk
JOHN 8. FORSYTHE, General Connsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

WAYNE MORSE, Oregon, Chairman LISTER HILL, Alabama

CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
RALPH YARBOROUGH, Texas

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona
JOSEPH S. CLARK, Pennsylvania
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia

CHARLES LEI, Professional Staff Member

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CONTENTS

Text of:

S. 622

S. 1227-

S. 1228.

S. 1271

S. 1411.

S. 1726.

S. 1232

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MAY 12, 1961

McMurrin, Sterling M., U.S. Commissioner of Education, Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare; accompanied by Ralph C. M. Flynt,

Assistant Commissioner for Legislative and Program Development..

Smith, Hon. Benjamin A., II, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massa-

chusetts..

Fuller, Dr. Edgar, executive secretary, Council of Chief State School

Officers..

Hecht, George J., chairman, the American Parents Committee, Inc., and

publisher, Parents Magazine

Roeber, Dr. Edward G., president, American Personnel and Guidance

Association; accompanied by Dr. Arthur A. Hitchcock--

Bomar, Cora Paul, supervisor of School Library Service, North Carolina

State Department of Public Instruction, representing the American

Library Association; accompanied by Miss Germaine Krettek, director. -

White, Don, executive vice president, National Audio-Visual Association,

Inc.-

Ludington, John R., U.S. Office of Education.

Sullivan, Graham, chief, Bureau of National Defense Education Act

Administration, California State Department of Education.-

Kennedy, Miles D., director, National Legislative Commission, the

American Legion...

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AFTERNOON SESSION

Robbins, Paul H., executive director, National Society of Professional

Engineers

Stover, Francis W., director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of

Foreign Wars of the United States.-

Feldman, J. Arnold, executive director of the American Veterans Commit-

tee (AVC).

Speiser, Lawrence, Washington director, American Civil Liberties Union

Dunne, Finley Peter, Jr., Washington director, International School

Foundation -

Richard A. Rettig, president, U.S. National Students Association --

Borchardt, Selma M., vice president and Washington representative of

the American Federation of Teachers.

Fidler, William P., general secretary of the American Association of Uni-

versity Professors

Shipman, Richard, assistant director of legislative service, National

Farmers' Union.

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